Thematic Bible




Matthew 22:1 (show verse)

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,

Matthew 22:2 (show verse)

“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.

Matthew 22:3 (show verse)

And he sent his servants to call those who had [previously] been invited to the wedding feast, but they refused to come.

Matthew 22:4 (show verse)

Then he sent out some other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Look, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened calves are butchered and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast.”’
Absorption » Business engagements take precedence with worldly men
Business » Cares » Engagements
Business life » Business Cares Result in » Business engagements take precedence with worldly men
The call of God » Rejection of, leads to » Destruction
Comes » The comes of God's word » Come at the king's urgent invitation
Entertainments » Kinds of, mentioned in scripture » Dinner
Feasts » Of new moons » Spiritual
Feasts » Figurative
Feasts » Wedding » The king's son
Spiritual food » Prepared in abundance for believers (select reading pr 91-6)
God » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » A spiritual feast
God's Call » The comes of God's word » Come at the king's urgent invitation
Jesus Christ » History of » Enunciates » The parable of the marriage banquet (in jerusalem)
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The arriage of the king's son
Kingdom of God » What the kingdom of God is likened to
Kingdom of heaven » Compared » To a king who made a marriage feast for his son
Oxen » Illustrative » (prepared for a feast,) of the provision of the gospel
Parables » Parables of Christ » Marriage-feast
Preparation » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » A spiritual feast
divine Providence » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » A spiritual feast
Social functions » Wedding feasts » The king's son
Social life » Wedding feasts » The king's son
Spiritual » Feasts » Prepared in abundance for believers (select reading pr 91-6)
Wicked people » Gospel invitation to, illustrated by the parables of » The marriage supper

Matthew 22:5 (show verse)

But they paid no attention [they disregarded the invitation, treating it with contempt] and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.

Matthew 22:6 (show verse)

The rest [of the invited guests] seized his servants and mistreated them [insulting and humiliating them] and killed them.

Matthew 22:7 (show verse)

The king was enraged [when he heard this], and sent his soldiers and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

Matthew 22:8 (show verse)

Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding [feast] is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

Matthew 22:9 (show verse)

So go to the main highways that lead out of the city, and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’

Matthew 22:10 (show verse)

Those servants went out into the streets and gathered together all the people they could find, both bad and good; so the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests [sitting at the banquet table].

Matthew 22:11 (show verse)

“But when the king came in to see the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed [appropriately] in wedding clothes,

Matthew 22:12 (show verse)

and he said, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without wearing the wedding clothes [that were provided for you]?’ And the man was speechless and without excuse.

Matthew 22:13 (show verse)

Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the darkness outside; in that place there will be weeping [over sorrow and pain] and grinding of teeth [over distress and anger].’

Matthew 22:14 (show verse)

For many are called (invited, summoned), but few are chosen.”

Matthew 22:15 (show verse)

Then the Pharisees went and conspired together plotting how to trap Him by [distorting] what He said.

Matthew 22:16 (show verse)

They sent their disciples to Him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are sincere and that You teach the way of God truthfully, without concerning Yourself about [what] anyone [thinks or says of Your teachings]; for You are impartial and do not seek anyone’s favor [and You treat all people alike, regardless of status].

Matthew 22:17 (show verse)

Tell us then, what do You think? Is it permissible [according to Jewish law and tradition] to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?”

Matthew 22:18 (show verse)

But Jesus, aware of their malice, asked, “Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites?

Matthew 22:19 (show verse)

Show me the coin used for the poll-tax.” And they brought Him a denarius [a day’s wage].

Matthew 22:20 (show verse)

And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?”

Matthew 22:21 (show verse)

They said, “[The Emperor Tiberius] Caesar’s.” Then He said to them, “Then pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”

Matthew 22:22 (show verse)

When they heard this, they were caught off guard, and they left Him and went away.

Matthew 22:23 (show verse)

On that day some Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection [of the dead], came to Him and asked Him a question,

Matthew 22:24 (show verse)

saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies, leaving no children, his brother as next of kin shall marry his widow, and raise children for his brother.’

Matthew 22:25 (show verse)

Now there were seven brothers among us; the first married and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother.

Matthew 22:26 (show verse)

The second also [died childless], and the third, down to the seventh.

Matthew 22:27 (show verse)

Last of all, the woman died.

Matthew 22:28 (show verse)

So in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her.”

Matthew 22:29 (show verse)

But Jesus replied to them, “You are all wrong because you know neither the Scriptures [which teach the resurrection] nor the power of God [for He is able to raise the dead].

Matthew 22:30 (show verse)

For in the resurrection neither do men marry nor are women given in marriage, but they are like angels in heaven [who do not marry nor produce children].

Matthew 22:31 (show verse)

But as to the resurrection of the dead—have you not read [in the Scripture] what God said to you:

Matthew 22:32 (show verse)

I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

Matthew 22:33 (show verse)

When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

Matthew 22:34 (show verse)

Now when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced (muzzled) the Sadducees, they gathered together.

Matthew 22:35 (show verse)

One of them, a lawyer [an expert in Mosaic Law], asked Jesus a question, to test Him:

Matthew 22:36 (show verse)

“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

Matthew 22:37 (show verse)

And Jesus replied to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

Matthew 22:38 (show verse)

This is the first and greatest commandment.

Matthew 22:39 (show verse)

The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for others].’

Matthew 22:40 (show verse)

The whole Law and the [writings of the] Prophets depend on these two commandments.”

Matthew 22:41 (show verse)

Now while the Pharisees were [still] gathered together, Jesus asked them a question:

Matthew 22:42 (show verse)

“What do you [Pharisees] think of the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed)? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “The son of David.”

Matthew 22:43 (show verse)

Jesus asked them, “How is it then that David by the inspiration of the Spirit, calls Him ‘Lord,’ saying,

Matthew 22:44 (show verse)


The Lord (the Father) said to my Lord (the Son, the Messiah),
Sit at My right hand,
Until I put Your enemies under Your feet”’?

Matthew 22:45 (show verse)

So then, if David calls Him (the Son, the Messiah) ‘Lord,’ how is He David’s son?”

Matthew 22:46 (show verse)

No one was able to say a word to Him in answer, nor from that day on did anyone dare to question Him again.