1 Un Jēzus sāka atkal uz tiem runēt lidzībās un sacīja:
2 „Debcsu valstība līdzinās ķēniņam, kas taisīja savam dēlam kāzas.
3 Un viņš izsūtīja savus kalpus aicināt viesus kāzās, bet tie negribēja nākt.
4 Viņš izsūtīja atkal citus kalpus un teica tiem: Sakait aicinātiem: Redzi, mans mielasts sataisīts, mani vērši un baroti lopi nokauti un viss sagatavots; nāciet kāzās.
5 Bet viņi to neievēroja un nogāja cits uz savu tīrumu un cits savās darīšanās.
6 Bet citi sagrāba viņa kalpus, tos apsmēja un nokāva.
7 Tad ķēniņš palika dusmīgs, viņš izsūtīja savu karaspēku un lika šos slepkavas nokaut un nodedzināja viņu pilsētu.
8 Tad viņš sacīja saviem kalpiem: Kāzas ir sataisītas, bet viesi nebija cienīgi.
9 Tāpēc eita uz lielceļiem un aiciniet kāzās, kādus vien atrodat.
10 Un kalpi izgāja uz lielceļiem un atveda kādus vien atrazdami, ļaunus un labus, un kāzu nams pildījās ar viesiem.
11 Tad ķēniņš iegāja viesus aplūkot un ieraudzīja tur vienu cilvēku, kas nebija ģērbies kāzu drēbēs.
12 Un viņš sacīja tam: Draūgs, kā tu esi šeit ienācis bez kāzu drēbēm? Bet tas palika kā mēms.
13 Tad ķēniņš sacīja saviem kalpiem: Sasieniet tam kājas un rokas un izmetiet to galējā tumsībā, tur būs raudāšana un zobu trīcēšana.
14 Jo daudz ir aicinātu, bet maz izredzētu.“
15 Tad farizēji aizgāja un apspriedās, kā varētu viņu pieķert kādā vārdā.
16 Un tie sūtīja savus mācekļus pie viņa ar ķēniņa Hēroda ļaudīm, un tie sacīja; „Mācītāj, mēs zinām, ka tu esi patiesīgs, māci Dieva ceļus patiesībā, jo tu neuzlūko cilvēka vaigu.
17 Tāpēc saki mums: Kā tev šķiet, vai ir atļauts ķeizaram dot nodevas, vai ne?“
18 Un Jēzus, nomanīdams viņu ļaunprātību, sacīja: „Kam jūs mani kārdināt, jūs liekuļi?
19 Parādait man nodevu naudu.“ Un tie atnesa viņam vienu denariju.
20 Un viņš sacīja tiem: „Kā attēls šis un uzraksts?“
21 Tie sacīja: „Ķeizara.“ Tad viņš tiem teica: „Tad dodiet ķeizaram, kas ķeizaram pieder, un Dievam, kas Dievam pieder.“
22 Un to dzirdēdami, tie brīnījās, atstāja vinu un aizgāja.
23 Tanī dienā nāca pie viņa saduķēji, kas saka, ka augšāmcelšanās neesot, un jautāja viņam,
24 Sacīdami: „Mācītāj, Mozus ir sacījis. Ja kas nomirst bez bērniem, tad viņa brālim būs precēt viņa sievu un celt savam brālim dzimumu.
25 Bet pie mums bija septiņi brāļi, pirmais apņēma sievu un nomira, un tā kā tam nebija bērnu, tad tas atstāja savu sievu savam brālim.
26 Tāpat arī otrs un trešais līdz septītajam.
27 Un beidzot pēc viņiem visiem arī sieva nomira.
28 Tad nu augšāmcelšanās dienā, kuram no septiņiem šī sieva piederēs? Jo viņa taču visu septiņu sieva bijusi.“
29 Bet Jēzus atbildēja un sacīja: „Jūs alojaties, nesaprazdami nedz rakstus, nedz Dieva spēku.
30 Jo augšāmcelšanās cēlienā ne precējās nedz tiek precēti, bet visi ir kā eņģeļi debesīs.
31 Vai tas jūs neesat lasījuši par miroņu augšāmcelšanos, ko Dievs jums teicis:
32 Es esmu Ābrahāma Dievs, īzāka Dievs un Jēkaba Dievs? Dievs nav mirušo, bet dzīvo Dievs.“
33 Un, kad ļaudis to dzirdēja, tie iztrūcinājās par viņa mācību.
34 Bet farizēji, dzirdēdami, ka viņš saduķējiem muti aizbāzis, sapulcējās,
35 Un viens no tiem, bauslības mācītājs, kārdinādams viņam jautāja un sacīja:
36 „Mācītāj, kufš ir augstākais bauslis bauslībā?“
37 Bet Jēzus tam sacīja: „Tev būs Dievu savu Kungu mīlēt no visas sirds un no visas dvēseles un no visa sava prāta.
38 Šis ir augstākais un pirmais bauslis.
39 Otrs tam līdzīgs ir: Tev būs savu tuvāku mīlēt kā sevi pašu.
40 Šinīs abos baušļos ir saņemta kopā visa bauslība un pravieši.“
41 Kad farizēji bija sapulcējušies, Jēzus tiem jautāja un sacīja.:
42 „Kā jums šķiet? Kristus, kā dēls viņš ir?“ Tie uz viņu saka: „Dāvida.“
43 Viņs tiem sacīja: „Kā tad Dāvids viņu garā sauc par Kungu, sacīdams:
44 Tas Kungs sacīja uz manu Kungu: Sēdies pie manas labās rokas, tiekāms es lieku tavus ienaidniekus par pameslu tavām kājām.
45 Ja nu Dāvids sauc viņu par kungu, kā tad tas var būt viņa dēls?“
46 Un neviens nevarēja viņam atbildēt neviena vārda, un no tās dienas arī neviens nedrīkstēja vairs viņam ko jautāt.
The Parable of the Wedding Feast
(Luke 14.15-24)1 Jesus again used parables in talking to the people. 2 “The Kingdom of heaven is like this. Once there was a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son. 3 He sent his servants to tell the invited guests to come to the feast, but they did not want to come. 4 So he sent other servants with this message for the guests: ‘My feast is ready now; my steers and prize calves have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!’ 5 But the invited guests paid no attention and went about their business: one went to his farm, another to his store, 6 while others grabbed the servants, beat them, and killed them. 7 The king was very angry; so he sent his soldiers, who killed those murderers and burned down their city. 8 Then he called his servants and said to them, ‘My wedding feast is ready, but the people I invited did not deserve it. 9 Now go to the main streets and invite to the feast as many people as you find.’ 10 So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, good and bad alike; and the wedding hall was filled with people.
11 “The king went in to look at the guests and saw a man who was not wearing wedding clothes. 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 gnash his teeth.’”
14 And Jesus concluded, “Many are invited, but few are chosen.”
The Question about Paying Taxes
(Mark 12.13-17Luke 20.20-26)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? 19 Show me the coin for paying the tax!”
They brought him the coin, 20 and he asked them, “Whose face and name are these?”
21 “The Emperor's,” they answered.
So Jesus said to them, “Well, then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and pay to God what belongs to God.”
22 When they heard this, they were amazed; and they left him and went away.
The Question about Rising from Death
(Mark 12.18-27Luke 20.27-40)23 That same day some Sadducees came to Jesus and claimed that people will not rise from death. 24 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses said that if a man who has no children dies, his brother must marry the widow so that they can have children who will be considered the dead man's children. 25 Now, there were seven brothers who used to live here. The oldest got married and died without having children, so he left his widow to his brother. 26 The same thing happened to the second brother, to the third, and finally to all seven. 27 Last of all, the woman died. 28 Now, on the day when the dead rise to life, whose wife will she be? All of them had married her.”
29 Jesus answered them, “How wrong you are! It is because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power. 30 For when the dead rise to life, they will be like the angels in heaven and will not marry. 31 Now, as for the dead rising to life: haven't you ever read what God has told you? He said, 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ He is the God of the living, not of the dead.”
33 When the crowds heard this, they were amazed at his teaching.
The Great Commandment
(Mark 12.28-34Luke 10.25-28)34 When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they came together, 35 and one of them, a teacher of the Law, tried to trap him with a question. 36 “Teacher,” he asked, “which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the greatest and the most important commandment. 39 The second most important commandment is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’ 40 The whole Law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets depend on these two commandments.”
The Question about the Messiah
(Mark 12.35-37Luke 20.41-44)41 When some Pharisees gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose descendant is he?”
“He is David's descendant,” they answered.
43 “Why, then,” Jesus asked, “did the Spirit inspire David to call him ‘Lord’? David said,
44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord:
Sit here at my right side
until I put your enemies under your feet.’
45 If, then, David called him ‘Lord,’ how can the Messiah be David's descendant?”
46 No one was able to give Jesus any answer, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.
