9. So go to the street corners and invite everyone you see. Tell them to come to my feast.’
10. So the servants went into the streets. They gathered all the people they could find, both good and bad. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11. “Then the king came in to see all the guests. He saw a man there who was not dressed in the right clothes for a wedding.
12. The king said, ‘Friend, how were you allowed to come in here? You are not wearing the right clothes for a wedding.’ But the man said nothing.
13. So the king told some servants, ‘Tie this man’s hands and feet. Throw him out into the darkness. In that place, people will cry and grind their teeth with pain.’
14. “Yes, many are invited. But only a few are chosen.”
15. Then the Pharisees left the place where Jesus was teaching. They made plans to trap Jesus with a question.
16. They sent some of their own followers and some men from the group called Herodians. These men said, “Teacher, we know that you are an honest man. We know that you teach the truth about God’s way. You are not afraid of what other people think about you. All men are the same to you.
17. So tell us what you think. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
18. But Jesus knew that these men were trying to trick him. So he said, “You hypocrites! Why are you trying to trap me?
19. Show me a coin used for paying the tax.” The men showed him a silver coin.
20. Then Jesus asked, “Whose picture is on the coin? And whose name is written on the coin?”
21. The men answered, “Caesar’s.”Then Jesus said to them, “Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s. And give to God the things that are God’s.”
22. The men heard what Jesus said, and they were amazed. They left him and went away.
23. That same day some Sadducees came to Jesus. (Sadducees believe that no person will rise from death.) The Sadducees asked Jesus a question.