And Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,

The  ¹kingdom of the heavens has become like a  ²king who prepared a  ³wedding feast for his  ²son.

And he sent his  ¹slaves to call those who had been called to the wedding feast, yet they would not come.

Again, he sent  ¹other slaves, saying, Tell those who have been called, Behold, I have prepared my  ²dinner: my  ³oxen and my fatted cattle have been slain, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding feast.

But they disregarded it and went off, one to his own field and another to his business,

And the rest took hold of his slaves, treated them shamefully, and killed them.

And the king became angry, and he sent his  ¹troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

Then he said to his slaves, The wedding feast is ready, but those who have been called were  ¹not worthy.

Go therefore to the  ¹crossroads, and as many as you find, call to the wedding feast.

And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both evil and good, and the wedding feast was filled with those reclining at table.

But when the king came in to look at those reclining at table, he saw there a man who was not clothed with a  ¹wedding garment,

And he said to him, Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

Then the king said to the  ¹servants, Bind his feet and hands, and  ²cast him out into the outer darkness. In that place there will be the  ³weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

For many are  ¹called but few are chosen.

Then the  ¹Pharisees went and took counsel how they might ensnare Him in His words.

And they sent to Him their disciples with the  ¹Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that You are true and that You teach the way of God in truth and  ²do not fear anyone, for You do not  ³regard the person of men.

Tell us therefore, What do You think?  ¹Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, Why do you tempt Me,  ¹hypocrites?

 ¹Show Me the coin for the tribute. And they brought to Him a  ²denarius.

And He said to them, Whose is this image and inscription?

They said, Caesar's. Then He said to them, Render then the  ¹things that are Caesar's to Caesar and the  ²things that are God's to God.

And when they heard this, they marveled. And they left Him and went away.

On that day some  ¹Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came to Him and questioned Him,

Saying, Teacher, Moses said, If anyone dies and does not have children, his brother as next of kin shall marry his wife and raise up seed to his brother.

Now there were seven brothers with us. And the first married and died, and having no seed, he left his wife to his brother;

Likewise also the second and the third until the seventh.

And last of all the woman died.

In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her.

And Jesus answered and said to them, You err, not  ¹knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.

For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

“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  ¹living.

And when the crowds heard this, they were astounded at His teaching.

But the Pharisees, when they heard that He had muzzled the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.

And one of them, a  ¹lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him,

Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?

And He said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God  ¹with all your heart and  ¹with all your soul and  ¹with all your mind.”

This is the great and first commandment.

And the second is like it: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

On these  ¹two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.

Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus questioned them,

Saying, What do you think concerning the  ¹Christ? Whose son is He? They said to Him, David's.

He said to them, How then does David in  ¹spirit call Him Lord, saying,

“The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies underneath Your feet”?

If then David calls Him  ¹Lord, how is He his  ¹son?

And  ¹no one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone from that day dare to question Him anymore.

Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples,

Saying, The  ¹scribes and the  ²Pharisees have seated themselves in Moses' seat;

Therefore all that they tell you, do and keep; but do not do according to their works, for they say things and do not do them.

And they bind burdens, heavy and hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

And all their works they do to be seen by men, for they broaden their  ¹phylacteries and enlarge the  ²fringes of their garments,

And they love the place of honor at the dinners and the chief seats in the synagogues

And the salutations in the marketplaces and to be called by men,  ¹Rabbi.

But you, do not be called Rabbi, for  ¹One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers.

And do not call anyone on earth your father, for  ¹One is your Father,  ²He who is in the heavens.

Neither be called  ¹instructors, because  ²One is your Instructor, the Christ.

And the greatest among you shall be your servant.

And he who will exalt himself shall be humbled, and he who will humble himself shall be exalted.

But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,  ¹hypocrites! For you close off the kingdom of the heavens in the face of men; for you do  ²not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to enter.

 ¹But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour the widows' houses, even while for a pretense you make long prayers. For this reason you shall receive greater  ²judgment.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you go about the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of  ¹Gehenna as yourselves.

Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple,  ¹he is bound.

Fools and blind men, which is greater, the gold or the temple which  ¹sanctifies the gold?

And, Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift which is upon it, he is bound.

Blind men, which is greater, the gift or the altar which  ¹sanctifies the gift?

Therefore he who swears by the altar swears by it and by all the things upon it;

And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by Him who dwells in it;

And he who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you give a tenth of the mint and the anise and the cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law —  ¹justice and mercy and faithfulness. But these you should have done and  ²not neglected the others.

Blind guides, who strain out the gnat but swallow the camel!

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, but inwardly they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.

Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and the dish so that their outside also may become clean.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you resemble whitewashed graves, which outwardly appear beautiful but inwardly are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.

So you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build up the graves of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the righteous,

And say, If we had been there in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

So then you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

And you, fill up the measure of your fathers!

Serpents! Brood of vipers! How shall you escape the judgment of Gehenna?

Therefore, behold, I send to you  ¹prophets and wise men and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city,

So that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

Truly I say to you,  ¹All these things shall come upon this generation.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often  ¹I desired to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!

Behold, your  ¹house is left to you  ²desolate.

For I say to you, You shall by no means see Me from now on until you say, Blessed is He who  ¹comes in the name of the Lord.

And Jesus came out  ¹from the temple and was going away, and His disciples came to Him to show Him the buildings of the  ²temple.

But He answered and said to them, Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, There shall by no means be left here a stone upon a stone, which shall not be  ¹thrown down.

And as He sat on the  ¹Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, Tell us,  ²When will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your  ³coming and of the consummation of the age?

And Jesus  ¹answered and said to them,  ²See that no one leads you astray.

For many will come in My name, saying, I am the Christ, and they will lead many astray.

And you will be hearing of  ¹wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for it must happen; but the  ²end is not yet.

For  ¹nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be  ²famines and  ³earthquakes in various places.

All these things are the beginning of  ¹birth pangs.

Then they will deliver  ¹you up to tribulation and will kill you, and you will be hated by all the nations because of My name.

And at that time many will be stumbled and will deliver up one another and will hate one another.

And many false prophets will arise and will lead many astray.

And because lawlessness will be multiplied, the love of the many will grow cold.

But he who has endured to the end, this one shall be  ¹saved.

And this  ¹gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole inhabited earth for a  ²testimony to all the nations, and then the  ³end will come.

 ¹Therefore when you see the  ²abomination of  ³desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the  ⁴holy place (let him who reads understand),

Then let those in Judea flee to the mountains;

Let him who is on the housetop not come down to take the things out of his house;

And let him who is in the field not turn back to take his garment.

But woe to those who are  ¹pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days.

And pray that your flight may not be in  ¹winter, nor on a  ²Sabbath,

For at that time there will be  ¹great tribulation, such as has not occurred from the beginning of the world until now, nor shall by any means ever occur.

And unless those days had been cut  ¹short, no flesh would be saved; but on account of the  ²chosen, those days will be cut short.

At that time if anyone says to you, Behold, here is the  ¹Christ! or, Here! do not believe it.

For  ¹false Christs and  ²false prophets will arise and will  ³show great signs and wonders so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen.

Behold, I have told you beforehand.

Therefore if they say to you, Behold, He is in the  ¹wilderness, do not go forth; Behold, He is in the  ²inner rooms, do not believe it.

For just as the  ¹lightning comes forth from the east and shines to the west, so will the  ²coming of the Son of Man be.

Wherever the  ¹corpse is, there will the vultures be gathered together.

And immediately  ¹after the tribulation of those days, the  ²sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

And at that time the  ¹sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the  ²tribes of the land will  ³mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming  ⁴on the clouds of heaven with  ⁵power and great glory.

And He will send His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will  ¹gather His chosen together from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other end.

 ¹But learn the parable from the  ²fig tree: As soon as its branch has  ³become tender and  ⁴puts forth its leaves, you know that the  ⁵summer is near.

So also you, when you see  ¹all these things, know that  ²it is near, at the doors.

Truly I say to you that this  ¹generation shall by no means pass away until all these things happen.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words shall by no means pass away.

But concerning that day and hour, no one knows, not even the angels of the heavens nor the  ¹Son, but the Father only.

For just as the  ¹days of Noah were, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.

 ¹For as they were in those days before the flood,  ²eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day in which Noah entered into the ark,

And they did not know that judgment was coming until the flood came and took all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

 ¹At that time two  ²men will be  ³in the field; one is  ⁴taken and one is left.

Two  ¹women will be  ²grinding at the mill; one is  ³taken and one is left.

 ¹Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord comes.

But know this, that if the  ¹householder had known in which watch the  ²thief was coming, he would have watched and would not have allowed his  ¹house to be broken into.

For this reason you also be ready, because at an hour when you do not expect it, the Son of Man is  ¹coming.

Who then is the  ¹faithful and prudent slave, whom the master has set over his  ²household to  ³give them food at the proper time?

 ¹Blessed is that slave whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.

Truly I say to you that he will set him  ¹over all his possessions.

But if that  ¹evil slave says in his heart, My master delays,

And begins to  ¹beat his fellow slaves and  ²eats and drinks with the drunken,

The master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know,

And will  ¹cut him asunder and appoint his  ²portion with the  ³hypocrites. In that place there will be the  ⁴weeping and the gnashing of teeth.