12. ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ the king asked him. But the man said nothing.
13. Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot, and throw him outside in the dark. There he will cry and grind his teeth.’ ”
14. And Jesus concluded, “Many are invited, but few are chosen.”
15. The Pharisees went off and made a plan to trap Jesus with questions.
16. Then they sent to him some of their disciples and some members of Herod's party. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you tell the truth. You teach the truth about God's will for people, without worrying about what others think, because you pay no attention to anyone's status.
17. Tell us, then, what do you think? Is it against our Law to pay taxes to the Roman Emperor, or not?”
18. Jesus, however, was aware of their evil plan, and so he said, “You hypocrites! Why are you trying to trap me?