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The Parable of the Wedding Feast

 1And Jesus answered ⚓and spoke to them again by parables and said: 2“The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, 3and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come. 4Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner; ⚓my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.” ’ 5But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business. 6And the rest seized his servants, treated themspitefully, and killed them. 7But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out ⚓his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 8Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not ⚓worthy. 9Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.’ 10So those servants went out into the highways and ⚓gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.
  11“But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there ⚓who did not have on a wedding garment. 12So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was ⚓speechless. 13Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him⚓into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
  14⚓“For many are called, but few are chosen.”

The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?

 15⚓Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk. 16And they sent to Him their disciples with the ⚓Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and teach the way of God in truth; nor do You care about anyone, for You do not regard the person of men. 17Tell us, therefore, what do You think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
  18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test Me, you hypocrites? 19Show Me the tax money.”
 So they brought Him a denarius.
  20And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?”
  21They said to Him, “Caesar’s.”
 And He said to them, ⚓“Render therefore to Caesar the things that are ⚓Caesar’s, and to God the things that are ⚓God’s.” 22When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left Him and went their way.

The Sadducees: What About the Resurrection?

 23⚓The same day the Sadducees, ⚓who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him, 24saying: “Teacher, ⚓Moses said that if a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother. 25Now there were with us seven brothers. The first died after he had married, and having no offspring, left his wife to his brother. 26Likewise the second also, and the third, even to the seventh. 27Last of all the woman died also. 28Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her.”
  29Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, ⚓not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God. 30For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but ⚓are like angels of God 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, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” 33And when the multitudes heard this,⚓they were astonished at His teaching.

The Scribes: Which Is the First Commandment of All?

 34⚓But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35Then one of them, ⚓a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”
  37Jesus said to him, ⚓“‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38This is the first and great commandment. 39And the second is like it: ⚓‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40⚓On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord?

 41⚓While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked 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 in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying:
   44‘The⚓LORDsaid to my Lord,
   “Sit at My right hand,
   Till I make Your enemies Your footstool” ’?
  45If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?” 46⚓And no one was able to answer Him a word, ⚓nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore.

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Pev lug has txug rooj tshoob

(Lk. 14:15-24)

 1Yexu has dua pev lug rua puab tas, 2“Ntuj Ceeb Tsheej pev ib yaam le ib tug vaajntxwv kws npaaj rooj tshoob rua nwg tug tub, 3mas khaiv nwg cov qhev moog hu cov qhua kws caw tuaj noj tshoob, tassws puab tsw kaam tuaj. 4Nwg rov khaiv dua ib co tub qhe moog has tas, ‘Ca le has rua cov kws tub caw hov tas, Kuv tub npaaj nqaj qhau hab kuv tub tua tej nyuj hab tej mivnyuas nyuj kws fwb tav taag lawm, txhua yaam tub npaaj txhwj lawm. Mej ca le tuaj noj tshoob lauj!’ 5Tassws puab tsw quav ntsej le, ib tug moog ua laj ua teb, ib tug moog ua laag ua luam, 6dua le cov tseed ua phem rua nwg cov qhev hab muab tua pov tseg. 7Vaajntxwv npau tawg heev nwg txhad tso nwg cov tub rog moog ua kuas cov kws tua tuabneeg hov puam tsuaj hab muab puab lub moos hlawv pov tseg. 8Nwg has rua nwg cov tub qhe tas, ‘Rooj tshoob npaaj txhwj lawm, tassws cov kws caw hov tsw tswm nyog tuaj noj. 9Vem le nuav ca le tawm moog tom tej kev tshuam ntswb leejtwg kuj hu tuaj noj tshoob.’ 10Cov tub qhe hov txhad tawm moog tom tej kev hab hu txhua tug kws puab ntswb tsw has tug zoo tug phem, txhad muaj qhua puv nkaus chaav tsev ua tshoob.
  11“Thaus tug vaajntxwv hov lug saib cov qhua, nwg pum ib tug tsw naav tsoog tsho ua tshoob, 12tes txawm has rua tug hov tas, ‘Kwvluag 'e, ua caag koj tuaj ntawm nuav tsw naav tsoog tsho ua tshoob?’ Tug hov has tsw taug ib lus le. 13Vaajntxwv has rua cov tub qhe tas, ‘Ca le muab tug nuav khi teg khi taw laim rua saab nrau kws tsaus ntuj nti, qhov ntawd yuav muaj kev quaj qes nav quas qawv.’ 14Cov kws caw hu muaj coob, kuas cov kws xaiv tau muaj tsawg.”

Them se rua Xixa

(Mk. 12:13-17; Lk. 20:20-26)

 15Thaus ntawd cov Falixai moog sablaaj saib yuav nyaag Yexu tej lug le caag. 16Puab txawm khaiv puab cov thwjtim hab Helauj cov moog thom Yexu has tas, “Xwbfwb, peb paub tas koj yog ib tug ncaaj nceeg hab koj qha Vaajtswv txuj kev lawv le muaj tseeb hab tsw ua lawv le leejtwg lub sab nyam tsua qhov koj tsw saib leejtwg ntsej muag. 17Yog le nuav, thov koj qha rua peb saib koj xaav le caag. Tswm nyog them se rua Xixa los tsw them?” 18Yexu paub qhov kws puab xaav phem, nwg txhad has tas, “Cov nam tuabneeg ncauj lug zoo sab phem, mej tuaj swm kuv ua daabtsw? 19Ca le muab lub nyaj them se hov rua kuv saib.” Puab txhad muab ib lub ntenalia rua nwg. 20Yexu has rua puab tas, “Lub ntsej muag hab lub npe kws txaug nuav yog leejtwg?” 21Puab teb tas, “Yog Xixa le.” Yexu txawm has rua puab tas, “Yog le nuav yaam kws yog Xixa le ca le muab rua Xixa, yaam kws yog Vaajtswv le ca le muab rua Vaajtswv.” 22Thaus puab nov tej lug hov puab xaav tsw thoob, puab txawm ncaim Yexu moog lawm.

Qhov kws caj sawv rov lug

(Mk. 12:18-27; Lk. 20:27-40)

 23Tuab nub ntawd cov Xantukai kws qha has tas tsw muaj qhov kws sawv huv qhov tuag lug txawm tuaj cuag Yexu. Puab txhad thom Yexu 24has tas, “Xwbfwb, Mauxe tub has tas, ‘Yog leejtwg tuag lawm tsw tau muaj mivnyuas, mas nwg ib tug kwvtij yuav tsum yuav tug puj ntsuag hov txhad rhawv tau tug kws tuag le keeb kwm ca.’⚓ 25Peb cov muaj xyaa tug kwvtij. Tug hlub muaj quaspuj lawm le tuag tsw tau muaj mivnyuas, tseg tug quaspuj rua tug kwv yuav ua quaspuj. 26Mas tug ob tug peb moog txug tug xyaa kuj tuag taag ib yaam nkaus. 27Thaus kawg tug quaspuj hov kuj tuag lawm. 28Vem le nuav nub kws caj sawv rov lug, tug quaspuj hov yuav ua xyaa leej hov tug twg le quaspuj, tsua qhov nwg tub ua xyaa leej hov le quaspuj lawm?” 29Yexu teb puab tas, “Mej yuam kev lawm, mej tsw paub Vaajtswv txujlug hab tsw paub Vaajtswv tug fwjchim. 30Thaus tuabneeg caj sawv rov lug hov, tsw muaj kev sws yuav ua quaspuj quasyawg lawm, yuav zoo ib yaam le cov tubkhai ntuj xwb. 31Has txug qhov kws sawv huv qhov tuag rov lug, mej tsw tau nyeem tej kws Vaajtswv has rua mej lov? Nwg has tas, 32‘Kuv yog Aplahaa tug Vaajtswv, yog Yiha tug Vaajtswv hab yog Yakhauj tug Vaajtswv.’⚓ Vaajtswv tsw yog cov tuabneeg tuag tug Vaajtswv, nwg yog cov tuabneeg caj tug Vaajtswv.” 33Thaus cov tuabneeg hov nov, puab kuj phemfwj rua Yexu tej lug qhuab qha.

Nqai kevcai kws tseem ceeb dua ndais

(Mk. 12:28-34; Lk. 10:25-28)

 34Thaus cov Falixai nov tas Yexu ua rua cov Xantukai twg kev tsw muaj lug has lawm, puab txawm sau zog ua ke, 35mas ib tug xwbfwb kws paub cai txawm swm nug Yexu has tas, 36“Xwbfwb, txuj kevcai nqai twg tseem ceeb dua ndais?” 37Yexu has rua nwg tas, “ ‘Koj yuav tsum hlub tug Tswv kws yog koj tug Vaajtswv kawg sab kawg ntsws, hab kawg koj tug tswvyim.’⚓ 38Nqai nuav yog thawj nqais hab yog nqai kws tseem ceeb dua ndais. 39Nqai kws ob kuj ib yaam nkaus has tas, ‘Koj yuav tsum hlub kwvtij zej zog ib yaam le koj hlub koj tug kheej.’⚓ 40Mauxe txuj kevcai hab cov xwbfwb cev lug tej lug qha huvsw nyob taag nrho rua huv ob nqais nuav.”

Tug Kheto yog leejtwg

(Mk. 12:35-37; Lk. 20:41-44)

 41Thaus cov Falixai tseed nyob ua ke ntawd, Yexu txawm nug puab 42has tas, “Mej xaav le caag txug tug Kheto? Nwg yog leejtwg le tub?” Puab has rua nwg tas, “Yog Tavi le tub.” 43Yexu txhad nug puab tas, “Yog le ntawd ua caag Vaaj Ntsuj Plig kuas Tavi hu tug Kheto tas ‘tug Tswv’? hab has tas,
   44“ ‘Tug Tswv has rua kuv tug tswv tas,
  “Ca le nyob tsawg ntawm kuv saab xws,
   moog txug thaus kuv muab
   koj cov yeeb ncuab tag koj xwb taw.” ’⚓
 45Yog Tavi tub hu tug Kheto tas ‘tug Tswv,’ nwg yuav ua le caag ua tau Tavi le tub?” 46Tsw muaj ib tug twg teb tau Yexu ib lus le. Txwj nub ntawd lug tsw muaj leejtwg muaj cuabkaav nug Yexu dua le lawm.