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them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
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Again, he sent forth other
servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and
my
fatlings
are
killed, and all things
are
ready: come unto the marriage.
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But they made light of
it,
and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
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And the remnant took his
servants, and entreated
them
spitefully, and slew
them.
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But when the king heard
thereof,
he was
wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
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Then
saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
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Go
ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
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So those
servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and
good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
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And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding
garment:
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And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment?
And he was speechless.
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Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take
him away, and cast
him
into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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For
many are called, but few
are
chosen.
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Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in
his
talk.
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And
they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art
true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any
man:
for thou regardest not
the person of men.
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Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar,
or not?
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But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said,
Why tempt ye me,
ye
hypocrites?
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Shew
me the tribute money.
And they brought unto him a penny.
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And he saith unto them,
Whose
is
this image and superscription?
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They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then saith he unto them,
Render
therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.
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When they had heard
these words,
they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
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The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked
him,
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Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his
wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
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Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first,
when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
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Likewise
the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
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And last of all the woman died also.
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Therefore
in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
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Jesus answered and
said unto them,
Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
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For in the
resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
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But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you
by God, saying,
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I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is
not the God of the dead, but of the living.
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And when the multitude heard
this,
they were astonished
at his doctrine.
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But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered
together.
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Then one of them,
which was
a lawyer, asked
him a question,
tempting him, and saying,
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