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|[[File:matthew.jpg|center|thumb|[[Matthew]] was inspired to explain the [[kingdom of God]] to the Jews and the Parthians so that they might [[repent]] of the ways of error<Ref name="Errorbn">{{Errorbn}}</Ref> which were spots in their [[religion]].<Ref name="Spotsq">{{Spotsq}}</Ref> They needed to [[repent]] of systems of [[social welfare]] of the [[cities of blood]] and seek [[the way]] of His [[righteousness]].]]
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| <Br>'''[[Matthew 22]]'''<Br>[https://www.hisholychurch.org/audio/20231209Matthew-22.mp3 Download Recording #26 Matthew Chapter 22] <Br>or press play <Br><html><audio controls src="https://www.hisholychurch.org/audio/20231209Matthew-22.mp3"></audio></html><Br>
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| '''Comments''' 
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| The Parable in [[Matthew 22]] about the wedding feast is an allegory meant to teach about the [[Kingdom of God]]  which Christ preached.
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| Both the word [[marriage]] and the word [[adultery]]  are used [[allegory|allegorically]] and then can be seen as being about a contract or covenant with God dependent upon a relationship with God and His Son according to [[The Way]] and [[Will of God]], keeping it or breaking it.
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| [5] <span style="color:red">''' But they made light of it,(amelēsantes,<Ref name="amelēsantes">{{272}}</Ref> having paid no attention)<Ref name="Careless">{{Careless}}</Ref>  and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his [[merchandise]]:'''</span> 
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| After Saul was elected by the [[voice]] of the people consumatin a rejection of God. The warning of [[1 Samuel 8]] was clear and the [[foolish]]ness of [[King Saul]] was the begining of that process of [[degenerate|degeneration,]] 
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| David and Paul also warned us of a [[table]] that was a [[snare]] and a trap.
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| [[Hebrews 13]]:10 "We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle."
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| In eastern cultures the [[Wedding garment|wedding clothes or garment]] was often provided by the host but had to be put on by the guest. Augustine of Hippo said the garment was symbolizing [[charity]] but Martin Luther suggested that the garment represented Christ. John Calvin says it is faith and good works.<Ref>"As to the wedding garment, is it faith, or is it a holy life? This is a useless controversy; for faith cannot be separated from good works, nor do good works proceed from any other source than from faith. Christ intended only to state that the Lord calls us on the express condition of our being renewed by the Spirit ... and that, in order to our remaining permanently in his house, we must put off the old man with his pollutions ... and lead a new life." Commentary vol.2</Ref>
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| In [[Isaiah 64]]:6... we see, "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our [[righteousness]]es are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our [[iniquity|iniquities]], like the wind, have taken us away."
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| '''V17'''  ''Is it lawful to '''[[Pay tribute]]''' unto [[Caesar]], or not?''
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| '''V44''' <span style="color:red">'''The LORD(Κύριος/Kyrios ''Nominative<Ref name="nominative">The nominative case refers to the noun or pronoun that appears as the subject of the verb in a particular sentence. In other words, the 'nominative case' denotes that the specific noun or pronoun is the subject of the sentence.</Ref> case'')<Ref name="kurios">{{2926}}</Ref> said unto my Lord(Κυρίῳ/Kyriō Dative<Ref name="dative">The dative case is used to indicate the recipient or beneficiary of an action.</Ref> case)<Ref name="kurios">{{2926}}</Ref>, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?'''</span><Ref name="barns44">Barnes' Notes on the Bible. "How is this doctrine that he is "descended" from David consistent with what David says when he calls him "lord?" How can your opinion be reconciled with that? That declaration of David is recorded in [[Psalms 110]]:1. A "lord" or master is a superior. The word here does not necessarily imply divinity, but only superiority. David calls him his superior, his lord, his master, his lawgiver, and expresses his willingness to obey him. If the Messiah was to be merely a descendant of David, as other men descended from parents if he was to have a human nature only if he did not exist when David wrote - with what propriety could he, then, call him his lord?</Ref>
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| 1 Corinthians 10:17 For we [being] many are one bread, [and] one body: for we are all partakers of that [[daily ministration|one bread]].
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| 1 Corinthians 10:21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s [[table]], and of the [[table]] of devils.
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== The Parable of the Wedding Feast ==

[1] And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by [[3850|parables]], and said,

[2] <span style="color:red">''' The [[kingdom of heaven]] is like unto a certain king, which made a [[marriage]] for his son,'''</span><Ref name="kingdomlike">{{kingdomlike}}</Ref> 

=== Invitation rejected ===

[3] <span style="color:red">''' And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.'''</span> 

[4] <span style="color:red">''' Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the [[marriage]].'''</span> 

=== Made light ===

[5] <span style="color:red">''' But they made light of it,<Ref name="amelēsantes">{{272}}</Ref>  and went their ways,<Ref name="apēlthon">{{565}}</Ref> one to his farm, another to his [[merchandise]]:'''</span>''(having paid no attention)''<Ref name="Careless">{{Careless}}</Ref>

=== Some attacked the servants ===

[6] <span style="color:red">''' And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.'''</span> 

=== Destruction was the result ===

[7] <span style="color:red">''' But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.'''</span> 
=== NOT worthy ===
[8] <span style="color:red">''' Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.'''</span> 

=== Sought others ===

[9]  <span style="color:red">'''Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the [[marriage]].'''</span> 

[10] <span style="color:red">''' So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.'''</span> 

=== No wedding garment ===

[11] <span style="color:red">''' And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a [[wedding garment]]:'''</span> 

[12] <span style="color:red">''' And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a [[wedding garment]]? And he was speechless.'''</span> 

[13] <span style="color:red">''' Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'''<Ref name="gnash">{{gnash}}</Ref></span> 

[14] <span style="color:red">''' For many are called, but few are chosen.'''</span>

== Paying Taxes to Caesar ==

[15] Then went the [[Pharisees]], and took counsel how they might entangle<Ref name="entangle">{{3802}}</Ref> him in his talk.

[16] And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither [[care]]st<Ref name="melo">{{3199}}</Ref> thou for any man: for thou regardest<Ref name="blepo">{{991}}</Ref> not the person of men. ''(not a [[person|respector of persons]]''

[17] Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give [[tribute]] unto [[Caesar]], or not?

[18] But [[Jesus]] perceived their wickedness, and said, <span style="color:red">'''Why tempt ye me, ye [[hypocrite]]s?'''</span> 

=== Show me the money ===

[19] <span style="color:red">'''Shew me the [[tribute]] money.'''</span>  And they brought unto him a penny.

[20] And he saith unto them, <span style="color:red">'''Whose is this image and superscription?'''</span> 

[21] They say unto him, [[Caesar]]'s. Then saith he unto them, <span style="color:red">'''Render therefore unto [[Caesar]] the things which are [[Caesar]]'s; and unto God the things that are God's.'''</span> 

[22] When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.

== Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection ==

[23] The same day came to him the [[Sadducees]], which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,

[24] Saying, Master, [[Moses]] said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

[25] Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:

[26] Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.

[27] And last of all the woman died also.

[28] Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

[29] [[Jesus]] answered and said unto them, <span style="color:red">'''Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.'''</span> <Ref>[[Know thyself]]</Ref>

[30] <span style="color:red">'''For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.'''</span> 

[31] <span style="color:red">'''But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,'''</span> 

[32] <span style="color:red">'''I am the God of [[Abraham]], and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.'''</span> 

[33] And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his [[Doctrine of Jesus|doctrine]].

== More tempting ==

[34] But when the [[Pharisees]] had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.

[35] Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

=== The Great Commandments ===

[36] Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

[37] Jesus said unto him,  <span style="color:red">'''Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart<Ref name="heartmind">{{heartmind}}</Ref>, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.'''</span>

[38] <span style="color:red">'''This is the first and great commandment.'''</span>

[39] <span style="color:red">'''And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.<Ref name="Benevolenceq">{{Benevolenceq}}</Ref><Ref name="givelife'">{{givelife}}</Ref>'''</span>

[40] <span style="color:red">'''On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.'''</span>

== Whose Son Is the Christ? ==

[41] While the [[Pharisees]] were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

[42] Saying, <span style="color:red">'''What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?'''</span> They say unto him, The Son of David.

[43] He saith unto them, <span style="color:red">'''How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,'''</span>

[44] <span style="color:red">'''The LORD<Ref name="kurios">{{2926}}</Ref> said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?'''</span><Ref name="barns44">Barnes' Notes on the Bible. "How is this doctrine that he is "descended" from David consistent with what David says when he calls him "lord?" How can your opinion be reconciled with that? That declaration of David is recorded in [[Psalms 110]]:1. A "lord" or master is a superior. The word here does not necessarily imply divinity, but only superiority. David calls him his superior, his lord, his master, his lawgiver, and expresses his willingness to obey him. If the Messiah was to be merely a descendant of David, as other men descended from parents if he was to have a human nature only if he did not exist when David wrote - with what propriety could he, then, call him his lord?</Ref>

[45] <span style="color:red">'''If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?'''</span>
 
[46] And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.<br>
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