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[1]AND Jeshu answered again by comparisons, and said,
[2]The kingdom of heaven resembles a royal person who made a feast to his son;
[3]And he sent his servants to call the invited ones to the feast, but they were not willing to come.
[4]And again he sent other servants, and said, Tell the invited ones, Behold, my dinner is prepared, my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come to the feast.
[5]But they despised [it], and went, one to his domain, and another to his business.
[6]But the rest took his servants and shamefully treated and killed [them].
[7]But when the king heard, he was wroth; and sent his forces and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
[8]Then said he to his servants, The feast is prepared, and those who were invited were not worthy.
[9]Go therefore into the outlets of the highways, and every one whom you find call to the feast.
[10]And those servants went forth into the highways, and assembled all whom they found, the bad and the good; and the place of feasting was filled with guests,ⓘ
[11]And the king entered to see the guests,ⓘ and he saw there a man who was not dressed in the garments of a festival.
[12]And he said to him, My friend, how didst thou enter here, when thou hast not the vestments of the feast? But he was silent.
[13]Then said the king unto the servitors, Bind his hands and his feet, and cast him forth into the darknesses without: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
[14]For many are the called, but few the chosen.
[15]THEN went the Pharishee and took counsel how they might ensnare him in discourse.
[16]And they sent to him their disciples with [certain] of the household of Herodes, saying to him, Doctor, we know that thou art resolutely true, and [that] the way of Aloha in truth thou teachest; neither carriest thou fear for man, for thou acceptest not the person of men.ⓘ
[17]Tell us then, how doth it appear to thee? is it lawful to give head-moneyⓘ unto Cesar or not?
[18]But Jeshu knew their malice, and said, Why do you tempt me, you hypocrites?
[19]Show me the denarius of the head-silver. And they presented to him a denarius.
[20]And Jeshu said to them, Whose are this image and inscription?
[21]They say, Cesar's. He saith to them, Give then [the things] of Cesar unto Cesar, and [the things] of Aloha unto Aloha.
[22]And when they heard, they wondered, and left him, and went.
[23]IN that [same] day came the Zadukoyee, affirming to him, [that] there is no life for the dead. And they questioned him,
[24]Saying to him, Doctor, Musha has said to us that if a man die having no children, his brother shall take his wife and raise up seed unto his brother.
[25]But there were with us seven brethren: the eldest [of whom] took a wife, and died. And because he had no children, he left his wife unto his brother.
[26]So also did he who was second, and he who was the third, and unto the seventh of them.
[27]But the last of all the woman also is dead.
[28]In the resurrection, therefore, of whom from these seven shall she be the wife? for all had taken her.
[29]Jeshu answered and said to them, You do err, because you understand not the scriptures nor the power of Aloha.
[30]For in the resurrection of the dead, they take not wives, neither are wives [united] to husbands; but as the angels of Aloha in heaven are they.
[31]But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which has been spoken to you by Aloha, who said,
[32]I am the God of Abraham, the God of Is'hok, the God of Jakub? But Aloha is not of those who are dead, but of those who are alive.
[33]And when the multitudes heard, they were wonder-struck at his doctrine.
[34]BUT when the Pharishee heard that he had silenced the Zadukoyee, they gathered together.
[35]And one from them, who was skilful in the law, questioned him, tempting him,
[36]Doctor, which commandment is greatest in the law?
[37]Jeshu said to him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy Aloha withⓘ all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind.
[38]This is the commandment, the great and the first.
[39]And the second is like unto it, That thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
[40]On these two commandments hang the law and the prophets.
[41]While the Pharishee were gathered together, Jeshu questioned them,
[42]And said, What say you concerning the Meshicha,—whose son [is he]? They say to him, Son of David.
[43]Saith he to them, And how doth David in spirit call him THE LORD? For he said, that
[44]The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I put thine adversaries beneath thy feet.
[45]If, then, David calleth him the Lord, how is he his son?
[46]And no man could give to him the answer; nor did any man dare again from that day to question him.
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