Matthew · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Matthew 22 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Jesús volvió a hablarles en parábolas, diciendo:
1 Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables, saying,
2 El reino de los cielos es semejante a un rey que hizo una fiesta de bodas para su hijo.
2 “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a wedding feast for his son,
3 Envió a sus siervos a llamar a los invitados a la boda, pero ellos no quisieron venir.
3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come.
4 De nuevo envió otros siervos, diciendo: Digan a los invitados: Ya preparé mi comida; mis toros y animales engordados han sido matados, y todo está listo. Vengan a la boda.
4 Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding feast!”’
5 Pero ellos no hicieron caso y se fueron: uno a su campo, otro a su negocio.
5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise;
6 Los demás tomaron a los siervos, los maltrataron y los mataron.
6 and the rest grabbed his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.
7 Al oírlo, el rey se enojó. Envió sus ejércitos, destruyó a aquellos asesinos y quemó su ciudad.
7 When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
8 Entonces dijo a sus siervos: La boda está lista, pero los invitados no eran dignos.
8 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren’t worthy.
9 Vayan, pues, a las salidas de los caminos, y llamen a la boda a todos los que encuentren.
9 Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the wedding feast.’
10 Aquellos siervos salieron por los caminos y reunieron a todos los que encontraron, malos y buenos. Y la sala de la boda se llenó de invitados.
10 Those servants went out into the highways and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.
11 Cuando el rey entró para ver a los invitados, vio allí a un hombre que no llevaba ropa de boda.
11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn’t have on wedding clothing,
12 Le dijo: Amigo, ¿cómo entraste aquí sin ropa de boda? Pero él se quedó callado.
12 and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?’ He was speechless.
13 Entonces el rey dijo a los sirvientes: Átenlo de pies y manos, y échenlo a la oscuridad de afuera. Allí habrá llanto y crujir de dientes.
13 Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness. That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.’
14 Porque muchos son llamados, pero pocos escogidos.
14 For many are called, but few chosen.”
15 Entonces los fariseos se fueron y planearon cómo atrapar a Jesús en sus palabras.
15 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.
16 Le enviaron sus discípulos junto con los herodianos, diciendo: Maestro, sabemos que eres verdadero, que enseñas con verdad el camino de Dios y que no buscas agradar a nadie, porque no miras la apariencia de las personas.
16 They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach; for you aren’t partial to anyone.
17 Dinos, pues, qué te parece: ¿Está permitido pagar impuesto a César, o no?
17 Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
18 Pero Jesús, conociendo su maldad, dijo: Hipócritas, ¿por qué me ponen a prueba?
18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
19 Muéstrenme la moneda del impuesto. Ellos le trajeron un denario.
19 Show me the tax money.” They brought to him a denarius.
20 Él les dijo: ¿De quién es esta imagen y esta inscripción?
20 He asked them, “Whose is this image and inscription?”
21 Le dijeron: De César. Entonces les dijo: Den, pues, a César lo que es de César, y a Dios lo que es de Dios.
21 They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
22 Al oír esto, se maravillaron; y dejándolo, se fueron.
22 When they heard it, they marveled, and left him and went away.
23 Aquel mismo día se acercaron a él unos saduceos, que dicen que no hay resurrección, y le preguntaron:
23 On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,
24 Maestro, Moisés dijo: Si un hombre muere sin tener hijos, su hermano debe casarse con la viuda y levantar descendencia a su hermano.
24 saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.’
25 Había entre nosotros siete hermanos. El primero se casó, y murió. Como no tuvo hijos, dejó su esposa a su hermano.
25 Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother.
26 Lo mismo pasó con el segundo, el tercero, y así hasta el séptimo.
26 In the same way, the second also, and the third, to the seventh.
27 Después de todos, murió también la mujer.
27 After them all, the woman died.
28 En la resurrección, ¿de cuál de los siete será esposa? Porque todos la tuvieron.
28 In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her.”
29 Jesús les respondió: Ustedes están equivocados, porque no conocen las Escrituras ni el poder de Dios.
29 But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
30 Porque en la resurrección no se casan ni se dan en casamiento, sino que son como los ángeles de Dios en el cielo.
30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like God’s angels in heaven.
31 Pero acerca de la resurrección de los muertos, ¿no han leído lo que Dios les dijo:
31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,
32 Yo soy el Dios de Abraham, el Dios de Isaac y el Dios de Jacob? Dios no es Dios de muertos, sino de vivos.
32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
33 Al oír esto, la gente se asombraba de su enseñanza.
33 When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
34 Cuando los fariseos oyeron que Jesús había hecho callar a los saduceos, se reunieron.
34 But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.
35 Uno de ellos, intérprete de la Ley, le preguntó para ponerlo a prueba:
35 One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.
36 Maestro, ¿cuál es el gran mandamiento de la Ley?
36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?”
37 Jesús le dijo: Amarás al Señor tu Dios con todo tu corazón, con toda tu alma y con toda tu mente.
37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
38 Este es el primero y gran mandamiento.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 Y el segundo es semejante: Amarás a tu prójimo como a ti mismo.
39 A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
40 De estos dos mandamientos dependen toda la Ley y los Profetas.
40 The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”
41 Mientras los fariseos estaban reunidos, Jesús les preguntó:
41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,
42 ¿Qué piensan ustedes acerca del Cristo? ¿De quién es hijo? Ellos le respondieron: De David.
42 saying, “What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “Of David.”
43 Él les dijo: Entonces, ¿cómo es que David, por el Espíritu, lo llama Señor, diciendo:
43 He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,
44 Dijo el Señor a mi Señor: Siéntate a mi derecha, hasta que ponga a tus enemigos debajo de tus pies?
44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet’?
45 Pues si David lo llama Señor, ¿cómo es su hijo?
45 “If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?”
46 Nadie pudo responderle palabra. Y desde aquel día nadie se atrevió a hacerle más preguntas.
46 No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forward.
Cross references (42)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Matthew 20:1–16; Matthew 12:43–45; Luke 8:10; Mark 4:33–34; Matthew 13:3–11
- 2 Revelation 19:7–9; Matthew 13:24; Ephesians 5:24–32; Psalm 45:10–16; 2 Corinthians 11:2
- 3 Revelation 22:17; Luke 14:15–17; John 5:40; Psalm 81:10–12; Hosea 11:7
- 4 Acts 13:46; John 6:50–57; Matthew 21:36; Psalm 86:5; Nehemiah 9:17
- 5 Luke 14:18–20; Hebrews 2:3; 1 John 2:15–16; Matthew 24:38–39; Luke 17:26–32
- 6 John 15:19–20; Matthew 10:22–25; Matthew 5:10–12; Acts 8:1; John 16:2–3
- 7 Luke 19:27; 1 Peter 4:17–18; Luke 21:24; Joel 2:25; Luke 21:21
- 8 2 Thessalonians 1:5; Revelation 3:4; Acts 13:46; Luke 20:35; Revelation 22:14
- 9 Luke 14:21–24; Mark 16:15–16; Proverbs 1:20–23; Proverbs 9:4–6; Isaiah 55:1–3
- 10 1 John 2:19; 1 Corinthians 6:9–11; 2 Corinthians 12:21; Matthew 13:47–48; Revelation 7:9
- 11 Revelation 3:4–5; Revelation 19:8; Zechariah 3:3–4; Hebrews 4:12–13; Revelation 16:15
- 12 Job 5:16; Matthew 20:13; 1 Samuel 2:9; Acts 5:2–11; Jeremiah 2:23
- 13 Matthew 8:12; Matthew 25:30; Matthew 24:51; 2 Peter 2:4; Revelation 21:27
- 14 2 Peter 1:10; Luke 13:23–24; Revelation 17:14; Matthew 7:13–14; Matthew 20:16
- 15 Luke 20:20–26; Mark 12:13–17; Psalm 2:2; Psalm 56:5–7; Psalm 59:3
- 16 Mark 3:6; Luke 20:21; Mark 8:15; Mark 12:14; John 7:18
- 17 Luke 2:1; Romans 13:6–7; Matthew 17:25; Acts 28:22; Acts 5:37
- 18 John 8:6; Luke 5:22; John 2:25; Acts 5:9; Revelation 2:23
- 19 Matthew 20:2; Matthew 18:28; Revelation 6:6
- 20 Luke 20:24
- 21 Romans 13:7; Proverbs 24:21; Acts 4:19; Malachi 1:6–8; Matthew 22:37
- 22 Mark 12:12; Matthew 22:46; Matthew 10:16; Proverbs 26:4–5; Matthew 22:33
- 23 Acts 4:1; Acts 23:6–8; Matthew 3:7; Luke 20:27–40; Mark 12:18–27
- 24 Deuteronomy 25:5–10; Luke 20:28; Matthew 7:21; Mark 12:19; Matthew 22:16
- 25 Hebrews 9:27; Mark 12:19–23; Luke 20:29–33
- 29 John 20:9; Romans 15:4; Luke 1:37; Jeremiah 32:17; Daniel 12:2–3
- 30 Luke 20:34–36; Mark 12:24–25; John 5:28–29; 1 Corinthians 7:29–31; Matthew 24:38
- 31 Matthew 21:16; Matthew 12:3
- 32 Exodus 3:6; Mark 12:26–27; Acts 7:32; Luke 20:37–38; Exodus 3:15–16
- 33 Luke 20:39–40; Matthew 7:28–29; John 7:46; Matthew 22:22; Mark 6:2
- 34 Mark 12:28–31; Matthew 25:3–5
- 35 Luke 7:30; Luke 10:25–37; Luke 11:52; Luke 11:45–46; Luke 14:3
- 36 Mark 12:28–33; Matthew 5:19–20; Luke 11:42; Matthew 23:23–24; Hosea 8:12
- 37 Mark 12:29–30; Luke 10:27; Deuteronomy 6:5; Deuteronomy 10:12; Mark 12:33
- 39 Mark 12:31; Luke 10:27–37; Leviticus 19:18; Romans 13:9–10; Galatians 5:14
- 40 Romans 13:9; Matthew 7:12; 1 John 4:19–21; James 2:8; John 1:17
- 41 Mark 12:35–37; Luke 20:41–44; Matthew 22:34; Matthew 22:15
- 42 Jeremiah 23:5–6; John 6:68–69; Amos 9:11; Ezekiel 34:23–24; Matthew 16:13–17
- 43 2 Samuel 23:2; Revelation 4:2; Mark 12:36; Hebrews 3:7; 2 Peter 1:21
- 44 Psalm 110:1; Hebrews 1:13; Acts 2:34–35; 1 Corinthians 15:25; Hebrews 10:12–13
- 45 Revelation 22:16; Romans 1:3–4; John 8:58; 1 Timothy 3:16; Philippians 2:6–8
- 46 Mark 12:34; Luke 20:40; Luke 14:6; Acts 4:14; Matthew 21:27
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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