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Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 22

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Chapter 22 of Matthew—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ In further reply Jesus again spoke to them with illustrations, saying:1
  2. “The kingdom of the heavens has become like a man, a king, that made a marriage feast2 for his son.
  3. And he sent forth his slaves to call those invited to the marriage feast,3 but they were unwilling to come.4
  4. Again he sent forth other slaves,5 saying, ‘Tell those invited: “Look! I have prepared my dinner,6 my bulls and fattened animals are slaughtered, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast.”’7
  5. But unconcerned they went off, one to his own field, another to his commercial business;8
  6. but the rest, laying hold of his slaves, treated them insolently and killed them.9
  7. ¶ “But the king grew wrathful, and sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.10
  8. Then he said to his slaves, ‘The marriage feast indeed is ready, but those invited were not worthy.11
  9. Therefore go to the roads leading out of the city, and anyone[a] YOU find invite to the marriage feast.’12
  10. Accordingly those slaves went out to the roads and gathered together all they found, both wicked and good;13 and the room for the wedding ceremonies was filled with those reclining14 at the table.
  11. ¶ “When the king came in to inspect the guests he caught sight there of a man not clothed with a marriage garment.15
  12. So he said to him, ‘Fellow, how did you get in here not having on a marriage garment?’16 He was rendered speechless.
  13. Then the king said to his servants,[b] ‘Bind him hand and foot and throw him out into the darkness outside. There is where [his] weeping and the gnashing[c] of [his] teeth will be.’17
  14. ¶ “For there are many invited, but few chosen.”18
  15. ¶ Then the Pharisees went their way and took counsel together in order to trap him in his speech.19
  16. So they dispatched to him their disciples, together with party followers of Herod,[d]20 saying: “Teacher, we know you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and you do not care for anybody, for you do not look upon men’s outward appearance.21
  17. Tell us, therefore, What do you think? Is it lawful to pay head tax to Caesar[e] or not?”22
  18. But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said: “Why do YOU put me to the test, hypocrites?23
  19. Show me the head tax coin.” They brought him a de·narʹi·us.[f]
  20. And he said to them: “Whose image[g] and inscription is this?”24
  21. They said: “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them: “Pay back,[h] therefore, Caesar’s things to Caesar, but God’s things to God.”25
  22. Well, when they heard [that], they marveled, and leaving him they went off.26
  23. ¶ On that day Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection,[i] came up to him and asked him:27
  24. “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If any man dies without having children, his brother must take his wife in marriage and raise up offspring for his brother.’28
  25. Now there were seven brothers with us; and the first married and deceased, and, not having offspring, he left his wife for his brother.29
  26. It went the same way also with the second and the third, until through all seven.30
  27. Last of all the woman died.
  28. Consequently, in the resurrection, to which of the seven will she be wife? For they all got her.”31
  29. ¶ In reply Jesus said to them: “YOU are mistaken, because YOU know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God;32
  30. for in the resurrection neither do men marry nor are women given in marriage,33 but are as angels in heaven.
  31. As regards the resurrection of the dead, did YOU not read what was spoken to YOU by God, saying,34
  32. ‘I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob’?35 He is the God,[j] not of the dead, but of the living.”36
  33. On hearing [that], the crowds were astounded at his teaching.37
  34. ¶ After the Pharisees heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they came together in one group.
  35. And one of them, versed in the Law,38 asked, testing him:
  36. “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”39
  37. He said to him: “‘You must love Jehovah[k] your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind.’40
  38. This is the greatest and first commandment.
  39. The second, like it, is this, ‘You must love your neighbor as yourself.’41
  40. On these two commandments the whole Law hangs, and the Prophets.”42
  41. ¶ Now while the Pharisees were gathered together Jesus asked them:43
  42. “What do YOU think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him: “David’s.”44
  43. He said to them: “How, then, is it that David by inspiration[l]45 calls him ‘Lord,’ saying,
  44. ‘Jehovah[m] said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies beneath your feet”’?46
  45. If, therefore, David calls him ‘Lord,’ how is he his son?”47
  46. And nobody was able to say a word in reply to him, nor did anyone dare from that day on to question him any further.48

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “as many as.”
  2. ^ Or, “to his ministers (attendants).” Gr., tois di·a·koʹnois; Lat., mi·niʹstris; J22(Heb.), lam·sha·rethimʹ.
  3. ^ Or, “grinding; clenching.”
  4. ^ Or, “with the Herodians.”
  5. ^ Or, “to the Emperor.” Gr., Kaiʹsa·ri; Lat., Caeʹsa·ri; J22(Heb.), laq·Qeh·sarʹ.
  6. ^ See 20:2 ftn.
  7. ^ “Image.” Gr., ei·konʹ; Lat., i·maʹgo; J22(Heb.), had·demuthʹ, “the image.”
  8. ^ Lit., “Give you back.” Gr., A·poʹdo·te; Lat., redʹdi·te; J17,22(Heb.), tenuʹ.
  9. ^ “Resurrection.” Gr., a·naʹsta·sin, “raising up; standing up” (from a·naʹ, “up,” and staʹsis, “standing”); Lat., re·sur·rec·ti·oʹnem; J17(Heb.), techi·yathʹ ham·me·thimʹ, “revival of the dead.”
  10. ^ “He is the God,” B; J18, “Jehovah is God.”
  11. ^ See App 1D.
  12. ^ Lit., “in spirit.” Gr., en pneuʹma·ti; Lat., in spiʹri·tu; J17,18(Heb.), ba·ruʹach.
  13. ^ See App 1D.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Lu 14:16
  2. ^ Ge 29:22; Mt 9:15; Re 19:9
  3. ^ Jn 13:20
  4. ^ Lu 14:17
  5. ^ Mt 21:36
  6. ^ Jg 14:10
  7. ^ Re 19:9
  8. ^ Lu 14:18
  9. ^ Mt 21:35; 23:37; 1Th 2:15
  10. ^ Da 9:26; Lu 19:27
  11. ^ Ac 13:46
  12. ^ Mt 21:43; Lu 14:21
  13. ^ Mt 13:47
  14. ^ Mr 2:15
  15. ^ Re 19:8
  16. ^ Eph 4:24
  17. ^ Ps 112:10; Mt 8:12; 13:42; 24:51; 25:30
  18. ^ Mt 7:14; Lu 13:23
  19. ^ Mr 12:13; Lu 20:20
  20. ^ Mr 3:6; 12:13
  21. ^ Lu 20:21; Jn 3:2
  22. ^ Mt 17:25; Lu 20:22
  23. ^ Mr 12:15
  24. ^ Mr 12:16
  25. ^ Da 3:18; Ml 3:8; Mr 12:17; Lu 20:25; 23:2; Ro 13:7
  26. ^ Lu 20:26
  27. ^ Mr 12:18; Lu 20:27; Ac 4:2; 23:8
  28. ^ Ge 38:8; De 25:5; Ru 1:11; 3:13; Mr 12:19
  29. ^ Lu 20:29
  30. ^ Mr 12:21; Lu 20:31
  31. ^ Mr 12:23; Lu 20:33
  32. ^ Mr 12:24
  33. ^ Lu 20:35
  34. ^ Mr 12:26
  35. ^ Ex 3:6; Ac 3:13; Heb 11:16
  36. ^ Lu 20:37, 38; Ro 4:17
  37. ^ Mt 7:28; Mr 11:18
  38. ^ Lu 10:25
  39. ^ Mr 12:28
  40. ^ De 6:5; 10:12; Jos 22:5; Mr 12:30; Lu 10:27
  41. ^ Le 19:18; Mr 12:31; Lu 10:27; Col 3:14; Jm 2:8; 1Pe 1:22
  42. ^ Ro 13:10; Ga 5:14
  43. ^ Mr 12:35
  44. ^ Lu 20:41; Jn 7:42
  45. ^ 2Sa 23:2
  46. ^ Ps 110:1; Ac 2:34; 1Co 15:25; Heb 1:13; 10:13
  47. ^ Mr 12:37
  48. ^ Mr 12:34; Lu 20:40

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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