Gospel According to Matthew - Modern Literal Version

Gospel According to Matthew (MLV)

Matthew 22)

^22:1 And Jesus answered and spoke again to them in parables, saying,^22:2 The kingdom of heaven is similar to a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,^22:3 and sent forth his bondservants to call to those who were invited to the marriage feast and they did not wish to come.^22:4 Again he sent forth other bondservants, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened calves are killed and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast.^22:5 But they neglecting it, went away, one to his own field, another to his merchandise;^22:6 and the rest laid hold on his bondservants and mistreated them and killed them.^22:7 And the king having heard it was angry; and he having sent his armies, destroyed those murderers and burned their city.^22:8 Then he says to his bondservants, The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.^22:9 You* go therefore to the outlets of the roads and as many as you* will find, invite to the marriage feast.^22:10 And those bondservants went out into the roads and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good and the wedding was filled with guests.^22:11 But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw a man there not clothed with a wedding garment:^22:12 and he says to him, Friend, how did you come in here not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless.^22:13 Then the king said to the SERVANTS, Bind him hand and foot, take him away and cast him out into the outer darkness; the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there.^22:14 For* many are called, but the chosen are few.

^22:15 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might ensnare him in his talk.^22:16 And they send to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God in truth and do not care about anyone: for* you do not look on the outward appearance of man.^22:17 Tell us therefore, What do you think? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?

^22:18 But Jesus knowing heir wickedness, said, Why do you* test me, you* hypocrites?^22:19 Show me the tribute coin. And they brought to him a denarius.^22:20 And he says to them, Whose face is this image and superscription?^22:21 They say to him, Caesar's. Then he says to them, Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and to God the things that are God's.^22:22 And when they heard it, they marveled, and went away, leaving him.

^22:23 On that day the Sadducees came to him, saying that there is no resurrection and they asked him,^22:24 saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother _<32>will marry his wife and raise up seed to his brother. {Dt. 25:5}^22:25 Now there were with us seven brethren and the first married and died and having no seed left his wife to his brother;^22:26 similarly the second also and the third, to the seventh.^22:27 And after them all, the woman died also.^22:28 In the resurrection therefore whose wife will she be of the seven? For* they all had her as wife.

^22:29 But Jesus answered and said to them, You* are being misled, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.^22:30 For* in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like* angels of God in heaven.^22:31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you* not read what was spoken to you* by God, saying,

^22:32 I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? {Ex. 3:6}

God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.^22:33 And when the crowds heard it, they were astounded at his teaching.

^22:34 But the Pharisees, having heard that he had hushed the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.^22:35 And one out of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him and saying:^22:36 Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?

^22:37 And Jesus said to him, You will love* the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. {Dt. 6:5}^22:38 This is the first and great commandment.^22:39 And a second is similar to it, You will love* your neighbor as yourself. {Lev. 19:18}^22:40 On these two commandments hangs the whole law and the prophets.

^22:41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question^{, 22:42} saying, What do you* think about the Christ? Whose son is he? They say to him, The son of David.^22:43 He says to them, How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying, ^22:44 The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, until I place your enemies as a footstool for your feet? {Ps. 110.1}^22:45 If David then calls him Lord, how is he his son?^22:46 And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day forth to ask him any more questions.

<32>22:24 - Greek: will perform the duty of a husband's brother to his wife