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Matthew 22:1¹Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 20:1-16 Matt 12:43-45 Luke 14:16 Luke 8:10 Mark 4:33-34 Matt 13:3-11 Matt 21:28-46 Matt 9:15-17

Matthew 22:2²“The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 13:24 Rev 19:7-9 Eph 5:24-32 2 Cor 11:2 Ps 45:10-16 John 3:29-30 Luke 14:16-24 Matt 13:31-33 Matt 13:44-47 Matt 22:2-14

Matthew 22:3³He sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 22:17 John 5:40 Luke 14:15-17 Hos 11:7 Matt 3:2 Ps 81:10-12 Rom 10:21 1 Sam 9:13 Acts 13:45 Hos 11:2

Matthew 22:4⁴Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.”’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 13:46 John 6:50-57 Matt 21:36 1 Cor 5:7-8 Acts 1:8 Acts 11:19-20 Acts 28:17-31 Luke 10:1-16 Luke 14:17 Luke 24:46-47

Matthew 22:5⁵But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 2:3 Luke 14:18-20 1 John 2:15-16 1 Tim 6:9-10 2 Tim 3:4 Acts 2:13 Acts 24:25 Gen 19:14 Gen 25:34 Luke 17:26-32

Matthew 22:6⁶The rest seized his slaves, insolently mistreated them, and killed them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 15:19-20 1 Thess 2:14-15 Acts 4:1-3 Acts 5:40-41 Acts 7:51-57 Acts 8:1 John 16:2-3 Matt 10:12-18 Matt 10:22-25 Matt 21:35-39

Matthew 22:7⁷The king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death and set their city on fire.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 19:27 1 Pet 4:17-18 Joel 2:25 Luke 21:24 1 Thess 2:16 Dan 9:26 Deut 28:49-68 Isa 13:2-5 Jer 51:20-23 Joel 2:11

Matthew 22:8⁸Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but the ones who had been invited were not worthy.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Thess 1:5 Acts 13:46 Rev 3:4 Luke 20:35 Rev 22:14 Luke 21:36 Matt 10:11-13 Matt 10:37-38

Matthew 22:9⁹So go into the main streets and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 14:21-24 Mark 16:15-16 Prov 1:20-23 Acts 13:47 Eph 3:8 Ezek 21:21 Isa 55:1-3 Isa 55:6-7 Luke 24:47 Prov 8:1-5

Matthew 22:10¹⁰And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 6:9-11 1 John 2:19 2 Cor 12:21 Matt 13:47-48 Rev 19:6-9 Rev 2:20-23 Rev 7:9 Matt 22:11-12 Matt 25:1-2 Matt 25:10

Matthew 22:11¹¹But when the king came in to see the wedding guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 19:8 Rev 3:4-5 Heb 4:12-13 Zech 3:3-4 Col 3:10-11 Eph 4:24 Rev 16:15 Rom 13:14 2 Cor 5:3 Gal 3:27

Matthew 22:12¹²And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But he had nothing to say.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 2:9 Job 5:16 Matt 20:13 Acts 5:2-11 Jer 2:23 Jer 2:26 Matt 26:50 Ps 107:42 Titus 3:11 Acts 8:20-23

Matthew 22:13¹³Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 8:12 Matt 25:30 2 Pet 2:17 2 Pet 2:4 2 Thess 1:9 Jude 1:6 Luke 13:28 Matt 13:42 Matt 13:50 Matt 24:51

Matthew 22:14¹⁴For many are called, but few are chosen.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Pet 1:10 Luke 13:23-24 Rev 17:14 Matt 7:13-14 Matt 20:16 Matt 24:22

Matthew 22:15¹⁵Then the Pharisees went out and planned together to entrap him with his own words.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 20:20-26 Mark 12:13-17 Ps 2:2 Ps 56:5-7 Ps 59:3 Heb 12:3 Isa 29:21 Jer 18:18 Jer 20:10 Luke 11:53-54

Matthew 22:16¹⁶They sent to him their disciples along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You do not court anyone’s favor because you show no partiality.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 3:6 Luke 20:21 Mark 12:14 Mark 8:15 1 John 5:20 Jer 9:3-5 Job 32:21-22 John 14:6 John 18:37 John 7:18

Matthew 22:17¹⁷Tell us then, what do you think? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 2:1 Rom 13:6-7 Matt 17:25 Acts 28:22 Acts 17:7 Acts 25:8 Acts 5:37 Deut 17:14-15 Ezra 4:13 Ezra 7:24

Matthew 22:18¹⁸But Jesus realized their evil intentions and said, “Hypocrites! Why are you testing me?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 2:25 John 8:6 Luke 5:22 Acts 5:9 Rev 2:23 Luke 10:25 Luke 20:23 Luke 9:47 Mark 12:5 Mark 2:8

Matthew 22:19¹⁹Show me the coin used for the tax.” So they brought him a denarius.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 20:2 Matt 18:28 Rev 6:6

Matthew 22:20²⁰Jesus said to them, “Whose image is this, and whose inscription?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 20:24

Matthew 22:21²¹They replied, “Caesar’s.” He said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rom 13:7 Prov 24:21 Acts 4:19 1 Pet 2:13-17 Mal 1:6-8 Matt 22:37 Dan 6:20-23 Acts 5:29 Luke 23:2 Matt 17:25-27

Matthew 22:22²²Now when they heard this they were stunned, and they left him and went away.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 12:12 Acts 6:10 Col 4:6 Luke 20:25-26 Matt 10:16 Matt 22:33 Matt 22:46 Prov 26:4-5 Luke 21:15

Matthew 22:23²³The same day Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to him and asked him,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 4:1 Acts 23:6-8 Luke 20:27-40 Mark 12:18-27 Matt 3:7 1 Cor 15:12-14 Acts 5:17 2 Tim 2:18 Matt 16:6

Matthew 22:24²⁴“Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and father children for his brother.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 25:5-10 Luke 20:28 Mark 12:19 Matt 22:16 Matt 7:21 Ruth 1:11 Gen 38:11 Gen 38:8 Luke 6:46 Matt 22:36

Matthew 22:25²⁵Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children he left his wife to his brother.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 9:27 Luke 20:29-33 Mark 12:19-23

Matthew 22:26²⁶The second did the same, and the third, down to the seventh.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Matthew 22:27²⁷Last of all, the woman died.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Matthew 22:28²⁸In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Matthew 22:29²⁹Jesus answered them, “You are deceived, because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 20:9 Rom 15:4 Luke 1:37 Dan 12:2-3 Jer 32:17 Isa 26:19 Phil 3:21 Ps 17:15 Ps 73:25-26 Acts 26:8

Matthew 22:30³⁰For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 20:34-36 Mark 12:24-25 1 Cor 7:29-31 John 5:28-29 Matt 24:38

Matthew 22:31³¹Now as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 21:16 Matt 12:3

Matthew 22:32³²‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 3:6 Mark 12:26-27 Acts 7:32 Luke 20:37-38 Exod 3:15-16 Heb 11:16

Matthew 22:33³³When the crowds heard this, they were amazed at his teaching.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 7:46 Luke 2:47 Luke 20:39-40 Luke 4:22 Mark 12:17 Mark 6:2 Matt 22:22 Matt 7:28-29

Matthew 22:34³⁴Now when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they assembled together.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 12:28-31 Matt 25:3-5

Matthew 22:35³⁵And one of them, an expert in religious law, asked him a question to test him:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 7:30 Luke 10:25-37 Luke 11:45-46 Luke 11:52 Luke 14:3 Matt 22:18 Titus 3:13

Matthew 22:36³⁶“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 12:28-33 Matt 5:19-20 Luke 11:42 Matt 23:23-24 Hos 8:12

Matthew 22:37³⁷Jesus said to him, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 12:29-30 Luke 10:27 Deut 6:5 Deut 10:12 Mark 12:33 Deut 30:6 1 John 5:2-5 Heb 10:16-17 Rom 8:7

Matthew 22:38³⁸This is the first and greatest commandment.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Matthew 22:39³⁹The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 12:31 Luke 10:27-37 Lev 19:18 Rom 13:9-10 Gal 5:14 Matt 19:19 Rom 15:2 Jas 2:8 Gal 6:10

Matthew 22:40⁴⁰All the law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rom 13:9 Matt 7:12 1 John 4:19-21 Jas 2:8 1 John 4:7-11 John 1:17 1 Tim 1:5 Rom 3:19-21

Matthew 22:41⁴¹While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus asked them a question:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 20:41-44 Mark 12:35-37 Matt 22:34 Matt 22:15

Matthew 22:42⁴²“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said, “The son of David.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 23:5-6 Amos 9:11 Ezek 34:23-24 John 6:68-69 Matt 16:13-17 Isa 11:1-4 Isa 7:13-14 Isa 9:6-7 Matt 1:1 Acts 13:22-23

Matthew 22:43⁴³He said to them, “How then does David by the Spirit call him ‘Lord,’ saying,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 23:2 Rev 4:2 Heb 3:7 Mark 12:36 2 Pet 1:21 Acts 1:16 Acts 2:30-31 Luke 2:26-27 Rev 1:10

Matthew 22:44⁴⁴‘The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet ”’?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 110:1 Heb 1:13 Acts 2:34-35 1 Cor 15:25 Heb 1:3 Heb 10:12-13 Heb 12:2 Gen 3:15 Rev 19:19-20:3 Isa 63:1-6

Matthew 22:45⁴⁵If David then calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 22:16 Rom 1:3-4 John 8:58 1 Tim 3:16 Heb 2:14 Phil 2:6-8 Rom 9:5

Matthew 22:46⁴⁶No one was able to answer him a word, and from that day on no one dared to question him any longer.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 12:34 Luke 20:40 Luke 14:6 Acts 4:14 Isa 50:2-9 Job 32:15-16 John 8:7-9 Luke 13:17 Matt 21:27

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