Gift of I AM (Matthew) 22

1 I AM is Our Salvation (Yeshua) spoke to them again by parables, and said:

2 The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage for his son,

3 He sent forth his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding: and they would not come.

4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying: Tell them who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage.

5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:

6 And the remnant took his servants and treated them spitefully and slew them.

7 But when the king heard of it, he was so angry that he sent forth his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

8 Then said he to his servants: The wedding is ready, but they who were invited were not worthy.

9 Go therefore into the highways, and as many as you find, invite them to the marriage.

10 So those servants went out to the highways and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.

11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on a wedding garment:

12 He said to him: Friend, how is it that you came in but didn’t put on a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

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

14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

15 Then went The Separate (Pharisees), and took counsel how they might entangle Him in his talk.

 

16 So they sent their disciples to Him with the Heroic (Herodians), saying: Master, we know that You art true, and teach the way of God in truth, neither do you care for any man: for You do not regard the person of men.

17 Tell us, therefore: What do You think? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

18 But I AM is Our Salvation (Yeshua) perceived their wickedness, and said: Why do you tempt Me, you hypocrites?

19 Show Me the tribute money. And they brought Him a penny.

20 He said to them: Whose is this image and superscription?

21 They say to him: Caesar's. Then He told them: Render therefore to Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and to God the things that are God's.

22 When they heard these words, they marveled, left Him, and went their way.

23 The same day The Righteous (Sadducees) came to Him who say that there is no resurrection, and asked Him:

24 Master, Drawn (Moses) said: If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.

25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no child, left his wife to his brother:

26 Likewise the second also, and the third, to the seventh.

27 And last of all the woman died also.

28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

29 I AM is Our Salvation (Yeshua) answered them: You err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying:

32 I am the God of Father of a Multitude (Abraham), and the God of Laughter (Isaac), and the God of Heel-Grabber (Jacob)? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

33 When the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.

34 But when The Separate (Pharisees) heard that He had put The Righteous (Sadducees) to silence, they gathered together.

35 Then one of them, who was a lawyer, asked Him a question, tempting Him, and saying,

36 Master, what is the great commandment in the law?

37 I AM is Our Salvation (Yeshua) said to him: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like it, you shall love your neighbor as yourself.

40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

41 While The Separate (Pharisees) were gathered together, I AM is Our Salvation (Yeshua) asked them:

42 What do you think about the Anointed (Messiah, Christ)? Whose son is He? They answered Him: The son of Beloved (David).

43 He then asked: How then does Beloved (David) in spirit call Him Lord, saying:

44 The Lord said to my Lord, sit here on My right hand, till I make Your enemies your footstool?

45 If Beloved (David) then calls Him Lord, how is He his son?

46 No man was able to answer Him a word and from that day forward they didn’t ask Him any more questions.