¹ Then he gave orders to the servant who was over his house, saying, Put as much food into the men's bags as will go into them, and Put every man's money in the mouth of his bag;

² And put my cup, my silver cup, in the youngest one's bag, with his money. So he did as Joseph said.

³ And at dawn the men, with their asses, were sent away.

⁴ And when they had gone only a little way out of the town, Joseph said to the servant who was over his house, Go after them; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you done evil in reward for good?

⁵ Is not this the cup from which my lord takes wine and by which he gets knowledge of the future? Truly, you have done evil.

⁶ So he overtook them and said these words to them.

⁷ And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do such a thing:

⁸ See, the money which was in the mouth of our bags we gave back to you when we came again from Canaan: how then might we take silver or gold from your lord's house?

⁹ If it comes to light that any of your servants has done this, let him be put to death, and we will be your lord's servants.

¹⁰ And he said, Let it be as you say: he in whose bag it is seen will become my servant; and you will not be responsible.

¹¹ Then every man quickly got his bag down and undid it.

¹² And he made a search, starting with the oldest and ending with the youngest; and the cup was in Benjamin's bag.

¹³ Then in bitter grief they put the bags on the asses again and went back to the town.

¹⁴ So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house; and he was still there: and they went down on their faces before him.

¹⁵ And Joseph said, What is this thing which you have done? had you no thought that such a man as I would have power to see what is secret?

¹⁶ And Judah said, What are we to say to my lord? how may we put ourselves right in his eyes? God has made clear the sin of your servants: now we are in your hands, we and the man in whose bag your cup was seen.

¹⁷ Then he said, Far be it from me to do so: but the man who had my cup will be my servant; and you may go back to your father in peace.

¹⁸ Then Judah came near him, and said, Let your servant say a word in my lord's ears, and let not your wrath be burning against your servant: for you are in the place of Pharaoh to us.

¹⁹ My lord said to his servants, Have you a father or a brother?

²⁰ And we said to my lord, We have an old father and a young child, whom he had when he was old; his brother is dead and he is the only son of his mother, and is very dear to his father.

²¹ And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him.

²² And we said to my lord, His father will not let him go; for if he went away his father would come to his death.

²³ But you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come with you, you will not see my face again.

²⁴ And when we went back to your servant, our father, we gave him an account of my lord's words.

²⁵ And our father said, Go again and get us a little food.

²⁶ And we said, Only if our youngest brother goes with us will we go down; for we may not see the man's face again if our youngest brother is not with us.

²⁷ And our father said to us, You have knowledge that my wife gave me two sons;

²⁸ The one went away from me, and I said, Truly he has come to a violent death; and from that time I have not seen him,

²⁹ If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in sorrow to the underworld.

³⁰ If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,

³¹ When he sees that the boy is not with us, he will come to his death, and our father's grey head will go down in sorrow to the underworld.

³² For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

³³ So now let me be my lord's servant here in place of the boy, and let him go back with his brothers.

³⁴ For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?

¹ Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,

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

³ and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.

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 marriage feast!"'

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

⁶ and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.

⁷ When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

⁸ "Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren't worthy.

⁹ Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.'

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 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn't have on wedding clothing,

¹² and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?' He was speechless.

¹³ Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.'

¹⁴ For many are called, but few chosen."

¹⁵ Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.

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 who you teach, for you aren't partial to anyone.

¹⁷ Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"

¹⁸ But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

¹⁹ Show me the tax money." They brought to him a denarius.

²⁰ He asked them, "Whose is this image and inscription?"

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 When they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away.

²³ On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,

²⁴ saying, "Teacher, 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 brothers. The first married and died, and having no seed left his wife to his brother.

²⁶ In the same way, the second also, and the third, to the seventh.

²⁷ After them all, the woman died.

²⁸ In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her."

²⁹ But Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

³⁰ For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God's angels in heaven.

³¹ But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven't you read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

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 When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.

³⁴ But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.

³⁵ One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.

³⁶ "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?"

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 This is the first and great commandment.

³⁹ A second likewise is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

⁴⁰ The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."

⁴¹ Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,

⁴² saying, "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "A Psalm of David."

⁴³ He said to them, "How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,

⁴⁴ 'The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?'

⁴⁵ "If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?"

⁴⁶ No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forth.