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La parabole du grand repas de mariage
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Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,
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"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,
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and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.
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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!"'
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But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,
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and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.
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When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
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"Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren't worthy.
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Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.'
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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.
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But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn't have on wedding clothing,
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and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?' He was speechless.
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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.'
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For many are called, but few chosen."
L'impôt payé à l'empereur
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Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.
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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.
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Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"
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But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
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Show me the tax money." They brought to him a denarius.
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He asked them, "Whose is this image and inscription?"
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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."
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When they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away.
Une question sur la résurrection des morts
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On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,
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saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.'
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Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no seed left his wife to his brother.
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In the same way, the second also, and the third, to the seventh.
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After them all, the woman died.
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In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her."
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But Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
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For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God's angels in heaven.
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But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven't you read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,
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'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."
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When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
Le commandement le plus important
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But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.
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One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.
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"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?"
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Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
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This is the first and great commandment.
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A second likewise is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
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The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
Le Messie et David
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Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,
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saying, "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "Of David."
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He said to them, "How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,
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'The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?'
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"If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?"
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No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forth.
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La parabole du grand repas de mariage
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Jésus leur parla de nouveau en paraboles et il dit :
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Le royaume des cieux est semblable à un roi qui fit des noces pour son fils.
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Il envoya ses serviteurs pour appeler ceux qui étaient invités aux noces ; mais ils ne voulurent pas venir.
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Il envoya encore d’autres serviteurs en disant : Dites aux invités : J’ai préparé mon festin, mes bœufs et mes bêtes grasses sont tués, tout est prêt, venez aux noces.
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Mais, négligeant (l’invitation) ils s’en allèrent, celui-ci à son champ, celui-là à son commerce,
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et les autres se saisirent des serviteurs, les outragèrent et les tuèrent.
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Le roi fut irrité ; il envoya son armée, fit périr ces meurtriers et brûla leur ville.
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Alors il dit à ses serviteurs : Les noces sont prêtes, mais les invités n’en étaient pas dignes.
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Allez donc aux carrefours, et invitez aux noces tous ceux que vous trouverez.
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Ces serviteurs s’en allèrent par les chemins, rassemblèrent tous ceux qu’ils trouvèrent, méchants et bons, et la salle des noces fut remplie de convives.
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Le roi entra pour voir les convives, et il aperçut là un homme qui n’avait pas revêtu un habit de noces.
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Il lui dit : Mon ami, comment es-tu entré ici sans avoir un habit de noces ? Cet homme resta la bouche fermée.
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Alors le roi dit aux serviteurs : Liez-lui les pieds et les mains, et jetez-le dans les ténèbres du dehors, où il y aura des pleurs et des grincements de dents.
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Car il y a beaucoup d’appelés, mais peu d’élus.
L'impôt payé à l'empereur
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Alors les Pharisiens allèrent se consulter sur les moyens de prendre Jésus au piège de ses propres paroles.
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Ils envoyèrent auprès de lui leurs disciples avec les Hérodiens : Maître, lui dirent-ils, nous savons que tu es véridique, et que tu enseignes la voie de Dieu en toute vérité, sans redouter personne, car tu ne regardes pas à l’apparence des hommes.
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Dis-nous donc ce que tu en penses : Est-il permis, ou non, de payer le tribut à César ?
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Mais Jésus qui connaissait leur malice répondit : Pourquoi me mettez-vous à l’épreuve, hypocrites ?
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Montrez-moi la monnaie avec laquelle on paie le tribut. Et ils lui présentèrent un denier.
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Il leur demanda : De qui sont cette effigie et cette inscription ?
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De César, lui répondirent-ils. Alors il leur dit : Rendez donc à César ce qui est à César, et à Dieu ce qui est à Dieu.
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Étonnés de ce qu’ils entendaient, ils le quittèrent et s’en allèrent.
Une question sur la résurrection des morts
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Le même jour, les Sadducéens, qui disent qu’il n’y a pas de résurrection, s’approchèrent de Jésus et lui posèrent cette question :
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Maître, Moïse a dit : Si quelqu’un meurt sans enfants, son frère épousera la veuve et suscitera une descendance à son frère.
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Or, il y avait parmi nous sept frères. Le premier se maria et mourut, et comme il n’avait pas d’enfants, il laissa sa femme à son frère.
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Il en fut de même du deuxième, puis du troisième, jusqu’au septième.
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Après eux tous, la femme mourut.
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A la résurrection, duquel des sept frères sera-t-elle donc la femme ? Car tous l’ont eue.
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Jésus leur répondit : Vous êtes dans l’erreur, parce que vous ne comprenez ni les Écritures, ni la puissance de Dieu.
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Car à la résurrection, les hommes ne prendront pas de femmes, ni les femmes de maris, mais ils seront comme les anges de Dieu dans le ciel.
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Pour ce qui est de la résurrection des morts, n’avez-vous pas lu ce que Dieu vous a dit :
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Moi, je suis le Dieu d’Abraham, le Dieu d’Isaac, et le Dieu de Jacob ? Dieu n’est pas le Dieu des morts, mais des vivants.
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Les foules qui écoutaient furent frappées de l’enseignement de Jésus.
Le commandement le plus important
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Les Pharisiens apprirent qu’il avait réduit au silence les Sadducéens, ils se rassemblèrent,
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et l’un d’eux, docteur de la loi, lui posa cette question pour le mettre à l’épreuve :
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Maître, quel est le grand commandement de la loi ?
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Jésus lui répondit : Tu aimeras le Seigneur, ton Dieu, de tout ton cœur, de toute ton âme et de toute ta pensée.
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C’est le premier et le grand commandement.
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Et voici le second, qui lui est semblable : Tu aimeras ton prochain comme toi-même.
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De ces deux commandements dépendent toute la loi et les prophètes.
Le Messie et David
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Comme les Pharisiens étaient assemblés, Jésus leur posa cette question :
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Que pensez-vous du Christ ? De qui est-il le fils ? Ils lui répondirent : De David.
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Et Jésus leur dit : Comment donc David, (animé) par l’Esprit, l’appelle-t-il Seigneur, lorsqu’il dit :
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Le Seigneur a dit à mon Seigneur : Assieds-toi à ma droite. Jusqu’à ce que je mette tes ennemis sous tes pieds ?
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Si donc David l’appelle Seigneur, comment est-il son fils ?
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Nul ne put lui répondre un mot. Et, depuis ce jour, personne n’osa plus lui poser de questions.
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La parabole du grand repas de mariage
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."
L'impôt payé à l'empereur
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 whom 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.
Une question sur la résurrection des morts
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On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,
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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.
Le commandement le plus important
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."
Le Messie et David
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Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,
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saying, "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "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?'
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"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.
1° leur ignorance des Ecritures qu'ils comprenaient mal, même en les citant, et qui renferment la doctrine de la résurrection ;
2° leur ignorance de la puissance de Dieu, puisque dans leurs vues charnelles et matérielles de la résurrection, ils semblaient refuser à Dieu le pouvoir de donner à l'homme un "corps spirituel," glorifié, adapté à une existence céleste.
Cette dernière erreur est réfutée par le verset 30, la première par les versets 32,33. Aujourd'hui encore, toutes les objections qu'on fait à la grande doctrine de la résurrection proviennent de ces deux causes.