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1 And responding, Jesus again spoke to them in parables, saying:
1 Y RESPONDIENDO Jesús, les volvió á hablar en parábolas, diciendo:
2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who was king, who celebrated a wedding for his son.
2 El reino de los cielos es semejante á un hombre rey, que hizo bodas á su hijo;
3 And he sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding. But they were not willing to come.
3 Y envió sus siervos para que llamasen los llamados á las bodas; mas no quisieron venir.
4 Again, he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell the invited: Behold, I have prepared my meal. My bulls and fatlings have been killed, and all is ready. Come to the wedding.’
4 Volvió á enviar otros siervos, diciendo: Decid á los llamados: He aquí, mi comida he aparejado; mis toros y animales engordados son muertos, y todo está prevenido: venid á las bodas.
5 But they ignored this and they went away: one to his country estate, and another to his business.
5 Mas ellos no se cuidaron, y se fueron, uno á su labranza, y otro á sus negocios;
6 Yet truly, the rest took hold of his servants and, having treated them with contempt, killed them.
6 Y otros, tomando á sus siervos, los afrentaron y los mataron.
7 But when the king heard this, he was angry. And sending out his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and he burned their city.
7 Y el rey, oyendo [esto], se enojó; y enviando sus ejércitos, destruyó á aquellos homicidas, y puso fuego á su ciudad.
8 Then he said to his servants: ‘The wedding, indeed, has been prepared. But those who were invited were not worthy.
8 Entonces dice á sus siervos: Las bodas á la verdad están aparejadas; mas los que eran llamados no eran dignos.
9 Therefore, go out to the ways, and call whomever you will find to the wedding.’
9 Id pues á las salidas de los caminos, y llamad á las bodas á cuantos hallareis.
10 And his servants, departing into the ways, gathered all those whom they found, bad and good, and the wedding was filled with guests.
10 Y saliendo los siervos por los caminos, juntaron á todos los que hallaron, juntamente malos y buenos: y las bodas fueron llenas de convidados.
11 Then the king entered to see the guests. And he saw a man there who was not clothed in a wedding garment.
11 Y entró el rey para ver los convidados, y vió allí un hombre no vestido de boda.
12 And he said to him, ‘Friend, how is it that you have entered here without having a wedding garment?’ But he was dumbstruck.
12 Y le dijo: Amigo, ¿cómo entraste aquí no teniendo vestido de boda? Mas él cerró la boca.
13 Then the king said to the ministers: ‘Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
13 Entonces el rey dijo á los que servían: Atado de pies y de manos tomadle, y echadle en las tinieblas de afuera: allí será el lloro y el crujir de dientes.
14 For many are called, but few are chosen.’ ”
14 Porque muchos son llamados, y pocos escogidos.
15 Then the Pharisees, going out, took counsel as to how they might entrap him in speech.
15 Entonces, idos los Fariseos, consultaron cómo le tomarían en [alguna] palabra.
16 And they sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying: “Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and that you teach the way of God in truth, and that the influence of others is nothing to you. For you do not consider the reputation of men.
16 Y envían á él los discípulos de ellos, con los Herodianos, diciendo: Maestro, sabemos que eres amador de la verdad, y [que] enseñas con verdad el camino de Dios, y [que] no te curas de nadie, porque no tienes acepción de persona de hombres.
17 Therefore, tell us, how does it seem to you? Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar, or not?”
17 Dinos pues, ¿qué te parece? ¿es lícito dar tributo á César, ó no?
18 But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said: “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
18 Mas Jesús, entendida la malicia de ellos, [les] dice: ¿Por qué me tentáis, hipócritas?
19 Show me the coin of the census tax.” And they offered him a denarius.
19 Mostradme la moneda del tributo. Y ellos le presentaron un denario.
20 And Jesus said to them, “Whose image is this, and whose inscription?”
20 Entonces les dice: ¿Cúya es esta figura, y lo que está encima escrito?
21 They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Then render to Caesar what is of Caesar; and to God what is of God.”
21 Dícenle: De César. Y díceles: Pagad pues á César lo que es de César, y á Dios lo que es de Dios.
22 And hearing this, they wondered. And having left him behind, they went away.
22 Y oyendo esto, se maravillaron; y dejándole se fueron.
23 In that day, the Sadducees, who say there is to be no resurrection, approached him. And they questioned him,
23 Aquel día llegaron á él los Saduceos, que dicen no haber resurrección, y le preguntaron,
24 saying: “Teacher, Moses said: If anyone will have died, having no son, his brother shall marry his wife, and he shall raise up offspring to his brother.
24 Diciendo: Maestro, Moisés dijo: Si alguno muriere sin hijos, su hermano se casará con su mujer, y despertará simiente á su hermano.
25 Now there were seven brothers with us. And the first, having taken a wife, died. And having no offspring, he left his wife to his brother:
25 Fueron pues, entre nosotros siete hermanos: y el primero tomó mujer, y murió; y no teniendo generación, dejó su mujer á su hermano.
26 similarly with the second, and the third, even to the seventh.
26 De la misma manera también el segundo, y el tercero, hasta los siete.
27 And last of all, the woman also passed away.
27 Y después de todos murió también la mujer.
28 In the resurrection, then, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her.”
28 En la resurrección pues, ¿de cuál de los siete será ella mujer? porque todos la tuvieron.
29 But Jesus responded to them by saying: “You have gone astray by knowing neither the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
29 Entonces respondiendo Jesús, les dijo: Erráis ignorando las Escrituras, y el poder de Dios.
30 For in the resurrection, they shall neither marry, nor be given in marriage. Instead, they shall be like the Angels of God in heaven.
30 Porque en la resurrección, ni los hombres tomarán mujeres, ni las mujeres maridos; mas son como los ángeles de Dios en el cielo.
31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken by God, saying to you:
31 Y de la resurrección de los muertos, ¿no habéis leído lo que os es dicho por Dios, que dice:
32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?’ He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
32 Yo soy el Dios de Abraham, y el Dios de Isaac, y el Dios de Jacob? Dios no es Dios de muertos, sino de vivos.
33 And when the crowds heard this, they wondered at his doctrine.
33 Y oyendo esto las gentes, estaban atónitas de su doctrina.
34 But the Pharisees, hearing that he had caused the Sadducees to be silent, came together as one.
34 Entonces los Fariseos, oyendo que había cerrado la boca á los Saduceos, se juntaron á una.
35 And one of them, a doctor of the law, questioned him, to test him:
35 Y preguntó uno de ellos, intérprete de la ley, tentándole y diciendo:
36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”
36 Maestro, ¿cuál es el mandamiento grande en la ley?
37 Jesus said to him: “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God from all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
37 Y Jesús le dijo: Amarás al Señor tu Dios de todo tu corazón, y de toda tu alma, y de toda tu mente.
38 This is the greatest and first commandment.
38 Este es el primero y el grande mandamiento.
39 But the second is similar to it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
39 Y el segundo es semejante á éste: Amarás á tu prójimo como á ti mismo.
40 On these two commandments the entire law depends, and also the prophets.”
40 De estos dos mandamientos depende toda la ley y los profetas.
41 Then, when the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus questioned them,
41 Y estando juntos los Fariseos, Jesús les preguntó,
42 saying: “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “David’s.”
42 Diciendo: ¿Qué os parece del Cristo? ¿de quién es Hijo? Dícenle: De David.
43 He said to them: “Then how can David, in the Spirit, call him Lord, saying:
43 El les dice: ¿Pues cómo David en Espíritu le llama Señor, diciendo:
44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool?’
44 Dijo el Señor á mi Señor: Siéntate á mi diestra, entre tanto que pongo tus enemigos por estrado de tus pies?
45 So then, if David calls him Lord, how can he be his son?”
45 Pues si David le llama Señor, ¿cómo es su Hijo?
46 And no one was able to respond to him a word. And neither did anyone dare, from that day forward, to question him.
46 Y nadie le podía responder palabra; ni osó alguno desde aquel día preguntarle más.
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
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