Matthew 22 And Iesus answered, and spake vnto them agayne in symylytudes sayinge.

Matthew⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And Iesus answered, and spake vnto them agayne in symylytudes sayinge. ² The kyngdome of heauen is like vnto a certayne kynge, whiche maryed hys sonne, ³ and sent forth hys seruauntes to call them that were byd to the wedding, & they woulde not come. ⁴ Agayne he sent forth other seruauntes saynge. Tell them which are bydden: beholde I haue prepared my dyner, myne oxen and my fatlynges are kylled, and all thinges are redy, come vnto the mariage. ⁵ But they made lyght of it, and went theyr wayes: one to hys ferme place, an other about hys marchaundyse, ⁶ the remnaunt toke hys seruauntes and intreated them vngodly and slewe them. ⁷ When the kynge hearde that, he was wrothe and sente forthe hys warryers and destroyed those murtherers and brent vp theyr citie. ⁸ Then sayde he to hys seruauntes: the wedding was prepared. But they which were bidden: were not worthye. ⁹ Go ye therfore out into the hye waies, & as many as ye finde byd them to the mariage. ¹⁰ The seruauntes went out into the hye wayes, and gaddered together as many as they could fynde. Both good & bad, and the weddynge was furnyshed with gestes. ¹¹ Then the kynge came in, to viset the gestes, and spyed there a man which had not on a weddynge garment, ¹² and sayd vnto hym, frend howe fortuned it that thou camest in hyther, and hast not on a weddinge garmente? And he was euen speachlesse. ¹³ Then sayed the kynge to hys mynisters: take and bynde hym hande and fote, and caste hym into vtter darcknes, there shal be weping and gnashing of teeth. ¹⁴ For manye are called and fewe be chosen. ¹⁵ Then went the pharises and toke counsell how they myght tangle hym in hys wordes. ¹⁶ And they sent vnto hym theyr discyples with Herodes seruauntes sayinge: Mayster, we knowe that thou art true, & teachest the waye of God truely: neither carest for any man, for thou considerest not mennes estate. ¹⁷ Tel vs therfor how thinkest thou. Is it lawful to giue tribute vnto Cesar or not? ¹⁸ Iesus perceyued theyr wickednes, & sayd: Why tempt ye me ye hypocrites? ¹⁹ Let me se the tribute money. And they toke him a peny. ²⁰ And he sayd vnto them: whose is thys ymage & superscripcion? ²¹ They sayed vnto him: Cesars. Then sayed he vnto them: Gyue therfore to Cesar, that which is Cesars: And gyue vnto God, that which is Goddes. ²² When they hearde that they maruayled, and left hym, and went theyr waye. ²³ The same day the Saduces came to hym (which say that there is no resurreccion) axed him ²⁴ saying: Mayster, Moyses bad, yf a man dye hauyng no chyldren, that the brother marye hys wyfe, and reyse vp seed vnto hys brother. ²⁵ There were with vs seuen brethren, and the fyrst maryed and dyseased without yssue and left hys wyfe vnto his brother. ²⁶ Like wyse the second and the thyrde vnto the seuenth. ²⁷ Last of all the woman dyed also. ²⁸ Nowe in the resurreccyon whose wyfe shall she be of these seuen? For all had her. ²⁹ Iesus answered & sayd vnto them: ye are deceyued and vnderstande not the scriptures, nor yet the power of God. ³⁰ For in the resurrection they nether marye nor are maryed: but are as the angels in heauen. ³¹ As touchyng the resurreccion of the dead: haue ye not reade what is sayd vnto you of God which sayth: ³² I am Abrahams God, and Isaacks God. & the God of Iacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the liuynge. ³³ And when the people hearde that, they were astonyed at hys doctrine. ³⁴ When the Pharises had hearde, how that he had put the Saduces to silence, they drewe together, ³⁵ and one of them whiche was a doctoure of lawe, axed a question temptyng hym and sayinge: ³⁶ Mayster which is the chief commaundement in the lawe? ³⁷ Iesus sayd to him: Loue the Lord thy God with all thyne herte, and with all thy soule, and with al thy mynd. ³⁸ This is the fyrst and the chiefe commaundement. ³⁹ And there is another lyke vnto thys. Loue thy neyghboure as thy selfe. ⁴⁰ In these two commaundementes hange all the lawe & the Prophetes. ⁴¹ Whyle the pharyses were gaddered together. Iesus axed them ⁴² saying: what thynke ye of Christ? Whose sonne is he? They sayed vnto him: the sonne of Dauid. ⁴³ He sayed vnto them: how then doeth Dauid in sprite, call him Lorde, sayenge: ⁴⁴ The Lorde sayed to my Lord sit on my righthande: tyl I make thyne enemyes thy fotestole. ⁴⁵ If Dauid call hym Lorde, how is he than hys sonne? ⁴⁶ And none coulde aunswere hym agayne one worde, neyther durste any from that daye forth axe him any more question.