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Greek: New Testament (NAS)
English: John Barach
Chapter 22
The Parable of the Wedding Feast
1  Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς πάλιν εἶπεν ἐν παραβολαῖς αὐτοῖς λέγων, 2  Ὡμοιώθη ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν ἀνθρώπῳ βασιλεῖ, ὅστις ἐποίησεν γάμους τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ. 3  καὶ ἀπέστειλεν τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ καλέσαι τοὺς κεκλημένους εἰς τοὺς γάμους, καὶ οὐκ ἤθελον ἐλθεῖν. 4  πάλιν ἀπέστειλεν ἄλλους δούλους λέγων, Εἴπατε τοῖς κεκλημένοις, Ἰδοὺ τὸ ἄριστόν μου ἡτοίμακα, οἱ ταῦροί μου καὶ τὰ σιτιστὰ τεθυμένα καὶ πάντα ἕτοιμα· δεῦτε εἰς τοὺς γάμους. 5  οἱ δὲ ἀμελήσαντες ἀπῆλθον, ὃς μὲν εἰς τὸν ἴδιον ἀγρόν, ὃς δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν ἐμπορίαν αὐτοῦ· 6  οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ κρατήσαντες τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ ὕβρισαν καὶ ἀπέκτειναν. 7  ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ὠργίσθη καὶ πέμψας τὰ στρατεύματα αὐτοῦ ἀπώλεσεν τοὺς φονεῖς ἐκείνους καὶ τὴν πόλιν αὐτῶν ἐνέπρησεν.
1And answering again, Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying: 2"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man, a king, who prepared a wedding feast for his son. 3And he sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, but they were not willing to come. 4Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited: Look, I have prepared my banquet; my bulls and fattened cattle have been slaughtered and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!’ 5But they, paying no mind, went away—one to his own farm, another to his business; 6while the rest, seizing his servants, mistreated them and killed them. 7And the king was enraged, and sending his troops, he destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
8  τότε λέγει τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ, Ὁ μὲν γάμος ἕτοιμός ἐστιν, οἱ δὲ κεκλημένοι οὐκ ἦσαν ἄξιοι· 9  πορεύεσθε οὖν ἐπὶ τὰς διεξόδους τῶν ὁδῶν καὶ ὅσους ἐὰν εὕρητε καλέσατε εἰς τοὺς γάμους. 10  καὶ ἐξελθόντες οἱ δοῦλοι ἐκεῖνοι εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς συνήγαγον πάντας οὓς εὗρον, πονηρούς τε καὶ ἀγαθούς· καὶ ἐπλήσθη ὁ γάμος ἀνακειμένων.
8"Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. 9Therefore, go to the thoroughfares of the roads and invite as many as you find to the wedding feast.’ 10And those servants went out into the roads and gathered everyone they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11  εἰσελθὼν δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς θεάσασθαι τοὺς ἀνακειμένους εἶδεν ἐκεῖ ἄνθρωπον οὐκ ἐνδεδυμένον ἔνδυμα γάμου, 12  καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ Ἑταῖρε, πῶς εἰσῆλθες ὧδε μὴ ἔχων ἔνδυμα γάμου; ὁ δὲ ἐφιμώθη. 13  τότε ὁ βασιλεὺς εἶπεν τοῖς διακόνοις, Δήσαντες αὐτοῦ πόδας καὶ χεῖρας ἐκβάλετε αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ σκότος τὸ ἐξώτερον· ἐκεῖ ἔσται ὁ κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων. 14  πολλοὶ γὰρ εἰσιν κλητοί, ὀλίγοι δὲ ἐκλεκτοί.
11"But when the king entered to look over the guests, he saw a man there not dressed in wedding clothes. 12And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But he was speechless. 13Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness; in that day there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ 14For many are called, but few are chosen.”
The Question of Paying Taxes
15  Τότε πορευθέντες οἱ Φαρισαῖοι συμβούλιον ἔλαβον ὅπως αὐτὸν παγιδεύσωσιν ἐν λόγῳ. 16  καὶ ἀποστέλλουσιν αὐτῷ τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτῶν μετὰ τῶν Ἡρῳδιανῶν λέγοντες, Διδάσκαλε, οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἀληθὴς εἶ καὶ τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ διδάσκεις καὶ οὐ μέλει σοι περὶ οὐδενός· οὐ γὰρ βλέπεις εἰς πρόσωπον ἀνθρώπων. 17  εἰπὲ οὖν ἡμῖν τί σοι δοκεῖ· ἔξεστιν δοῦναι κῆνσον Καίσαρι ἢ οὔ;
15Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in His speech. 16And they sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and that You teach the way of God in truth, and that You do not defer to anyone; for You do not look at the face of men. 17Tell us then, what do You think? Is it lawful to pay the head-tax to Caesar, or not?”
18  γνοὺς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὴν πονηρίαν αὐτῶν εἶπεν, Τί με πειράζετε, ὑποκριταί; 19  ἐπιδείξατέ μοι τὸ νόμισμα τοῦ κήνσου. οἱ δὲ προσήνεγκαν αὐτῷ δηνάριον. 20  καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, Τίνος ἡ εἰκὼν αὕτη καὶ ἡ ἐπιγραφή; 21  λέγουσιν αὐτῷ, Καίσαρος. τότε λέγει αὐτοῖς, Ἀπόδοτε οὖν τὰ Καίσαρος Καίσαρι καὶ τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ τῷ θεῷ. 22  καὶ ἀκούσαντες ἐθαύμασαν, καὶ ἀφέντες αὐτὸν ἀπῆλθαν.
18But Jesus, perceiving their malice, said, “Why are you testing Me, hypocrites? 19Show Me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought Him a denarius. 20And He said to them, “Whose image is this, and whose inscription?” 21They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He said to them, “Therefore, give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” 22And when they heard this, they were amazed; and leaving Him, they went away.
The Sadducees and the Resurrection
23  Ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ προσῆλθον αὐτῷ Σαδδουκαῖοι, λέγοντες μὴ εἶναι ἀνάστασιν, καὶ ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν 24  λέγοντες, Διδάσκαλε, Μωϋσῆς εἶπεν, Ἐάν τις ἀποθάνῃ μὴ ἔχων τέκνα, ἐπιγαμβρεύσει ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀναστήσει σπέρμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ. {Deut. 25:5} 25  ἦσαν δὲ παρ' ἡμῖν ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοί· καὶ ὁ πρῶτος γήμας ἐτελεύτησεν, καὶ μὴ ἔχων σπέρμα ἀφῆκεν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ· 26  ὁμοίως καὶ ὁ δεύτερος καὶ ὁ τρίτος ἕως τῶν ἑπτά. 27  ὕστερον δὲ πάντων ἀπέθανεν ἡ γυνή. 28  ἐν τῇ ἀναστάσει οὖν τίνος τῶν ἑπτὰ ἔσται γυνή; πάντες γὰρ ἔσχον αὐτήν·
23On that day, Sadducees approached Him—those who say there is no resurrection—and they questioned Him, 24saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If someone dies without having children, his brother shall marry the widow as next-of-kin and raise up offspring for his brother.’ {Deut. 25:5} 25Now there were seven brothers among us. The first, after marrying, died; and since he had no offspring, he left his wife to his brother. 26The same happened with the second and the third, right down to the seventh. 27Finally, after everyone else, the woman died. 28In the resurrection, then, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her.”
29  ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Πλανᾶσθε μὴ εἰδότες τὰς γραφὰς μηδὲ τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ θεοῦ, 30  ἐν γὰρ τῇ ἀναστάσει οὔτε γαμοῦσιν οὔτε γαμίζονται, ἀλλ' ὡς ἄγγελοι ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ εἰσιν. 31  περὶ δὲ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τῶν νεκρῶν οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑμῖν ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ λέγοντος, 32  Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ θεὸς Ἀβραὰμ καὶ ὁ θεὸς Ἰσαὰκ καὶ ὁ θεὸς Ἰακώβ; {Exodus 3:6} οὐκ ἔστιν [ὁ] θεὸς νεκρῶν ἀλλὰ ζώντων. 33  καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ ὄχλοι ἐξεπλήσσοντο ἐπὶ τῇ διδαχῇ αὐτοῦ.
29But Jesus answered and said to them, “You are led astray because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God. 30For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying: 32‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? {Exodus 3:6} He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” 33And when the crowds heard this, they were spellbound by His teaching.
The Greatest Commandment
34  Οἱ δὲ Φαρισαῖοι ἀκούσαντες ὅτι ἐφίμωσεν τοὺς Σαδδουκαίους συνήχθησαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό, 35  καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν εἷς ἐξ αὐτῶν [νομικὸς] πειράζων αὐτόν, 36  Διδάσκαλε, ποία ἐντολὴ μεγάλη ἐν τῷ νόμῳ; 37  ὁ δὲ ἔφη αὐτῷ, Ἀγαπήσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ καρδίᾳ σου καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ψυχῇ σου {Deut. 6:5} καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ διανοίᾳ σου, 38  αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μεγάλη καὶ πρώτη ἐντολή. 39  δευτέρα δὲ ὁμοία αὐτῇ, Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν. {Lev. 19:18} 40  ἐν ταύταις ταῖς δυσὶν ἐντολαῖς ὅλος ὁ νόμος κρέμαται καὶ οἱ προφῆται.
34But when the Pharisees heard that He had muzzled the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35And one of them, an expert in the Law, questioned Him as a test: 36"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37And He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ {Deut. 6:5} 38This is the great and primary commandment. 39And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ {Lev. 19:18} 40On these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets.”
The Question about David’s Son
41  Συνηγμένων δὲ τῶν Φαρισαίων ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτοὺς ὁ Ἰησοῦς 42  λέγων, Τί ὑμῖν δοκεῖ περὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ; τίνος υἱός ἐστιν; λέγουσιν αὐτῷ, Τοῦ Δαυίδ. 43  λέγει αὐτοῖς, Πῶς οὖν Δαυὶδ ἐν πνεύματι καλεῖ αὐτὸν κύριον λέγων, 44 
Εἶπεν κύριος τῷ κυρίῳ μου,
Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου,
ἕως ἄν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν σου; {Psalm 109 (110):1}
41Now while the Pharisees were gathered, Jesus questioned them, 42saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” They said to Him, “The son of David.” 43He said to them, “How then does David, by the Spirit, call Him ‘Lord,’ saying: 44
‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at My right hand
until I put Your enemies under Your feet”’? {Psalm 109 (110):1}
45  εἰ οὖν Δαυὶδ καλεῖ αὐτὸν κύριον, πῶς υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἐστιν; 46  καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο ἀποκριθῆναι αὐτῷ λόγον οὐδὲ ἐτόλμησέν τις ἀπ' ἐκείνης τῆς ἡμέρας ἐπερωτῆσαι αὐτὸν οὐκέτι.
45If then David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his son?” 46And no one was able to answer Him a single word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to question Him any further.