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Matthew 22:7-23 Darby Translation 1890 (DARBY)

7. And when the king heard of it he was wroth, and having sent his forces, destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

8. Then he says to his bondmen, The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy;

9. go therefore into the thoroughfares of the highways, and as many as ye shall find invite to the wedding feast.

10. And those bondmen went out into the highways, and brought together all as many as they found, both evil and good; and the wedding feast was furnished with guests.

11. And the king, having gone in to see the guests, beheld there a man not clothed with a wedding garment.

12. And he says to him, My friend, how camest thou in here not having on a wedding garment? But he was speechless.

13. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him feet and hands, and take him away, and cast him out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

14. For many are called ones, but few chosen ones.

15. Then went the Pharisees and held a council how they might ensnare him in speaking.

16. And they send out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one, for thou regardest not men's person;

17. tell us therefore what thou thinkest: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

18. But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said, Why tempt ye me, hypocrites?

19. Shew me the money of the tribute. And they presented to him a denarius.

20. And he says to them, Whose is this image and superscription?

21. They say to him, Caesar's. Then he says to them, Pay then what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is God's to God.

22. And when they heard him, they wondered, and left him, and went away.

23. On that day came to him Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and they demanded of him,

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