Jeffray Greene

“And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?”  They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He said to them, “Then pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s;…

“Tell us then, what do You think? Is it permissible to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?”  But Jesus perceived their malice, and said, “Why are you testing Me,…

“Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said.  And they sent their disciples to Him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we…

“Then the king said to the servants, ‘Tie his hands and feet, and throw him into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in that place.’ …

“But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes, and he said to him, ‘Friend,…

“So go to the main roads, and invite whomever you find there to the wedding feast.’  Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all whom they found,…

“Now the king was angry, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire.  Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding feast is…

“But they paid no attention and went their separate ways, one to his own farm, another to his business, and the rest seized his slaves and treated them abusively, and…

“And he sent his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come.  Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those…

“Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who held a wedding feast for his son” (Matthew 22:1-2). Many of Jesus parables…