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1. Matthew 22
Jesus Goes Toe To Toe
With The Jews
Big Island, Hawaii

2. The Parable Of The Laborers Context
• In Matthew 20:1-16 we looked at Parable Of
The Laborers

3. The Parable Of The Laborers Context
• I believe that the context for the for "the last shall be first, and the
first last” (Matthew 20:16) , begins back in Matthew 19:16 where
the rich young ruler says "what good thing shall I do that I may gain
have eternal life?" He answers Jesus, that he has kept the law, then
Jesus says give up all that you have and come follow me (v.21).
Jesus is reinforcing this huge dispensational change that he
introduced in Matthew 11:11. When he told his disciples (v.23) that
it's "hard for a rich man to enter heaven", this was difficult for the
disciples because they equated good with prosperity. So they
responded with "who then can be saved?" (vs.27). In other words, if
the good people that God has blessed so much won't enter the
kingdom, who can possibly make it into heaven? Peter adds "we
have left all and followed you." Jesus replies with “you also shall sit
upon twelve thrones… the last, first” Matthew 19:28–30. This sets the
stage for the parable of the landowner. The whole parable is about
the fact that Israel who had started from the first hour and born the
heat of the day,

4. The Parable Of The Laborers Context
• for 1400 years, with the law and the prophets, the sacrifices that
they have made, will be rewarded, exactly as promised, but the
church age believers, who were hired at the very last hour, will rule
over as the 12 tribes of Israel. This is a reinforcement, and
expansion of, Matthew 11:11, and Luke 16:16. There we find out
that even the faithful Old Testament saints like Joseph, Daniel,
Zechariah, and Isaiah, all of the Old Testament saints will be less
than the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven (church age
saints). In fact, they will be judged by the disciples of Christ (v.28).
• So, Jesus then gives The Parable Of The Laborers (Matthew 20:1-
16), giving assurance to the disciples that God will give Israel exactly
what He has promised, He is just and will do right, but He is under
no obligation to extend the grace of the kingdom of heaven to
them. They will get exactly what they bargained for, an earthly land
blessing and the Millennial Kingdom.

5. The Parable Of The Laborers Context
• In Matthew 20:1-16 we looked at Parable Of The
Laborers
• In Matthew 21:33-43 Jesus hit them again with
Parable Of The Landowner
• In Matthew 21:45 When the chief priests and the
Pharisees heard His parables, they understood
that He was speaking about them.
• So in Matthew 22:1-14 Jesus hit them again with
Parable Of The Marriage Feast

6. Matthew 22:2, A King And His Son?
• Matthew 22:2 "The kingdom of heaven may
be compared to a king who gave a wedding
feast for his son.
• Take a wild guess

7. Matthew 22:3, Wedding Invites
• Luke 14:8 "When you are invited by someone to a wedding
feast, do not take the place of honor, for someone more
distinguished than you may have been invited by him,
• And don’t invite kids
• My sister, Ann, a third-grade teacher, invited her class to
her wedding. The wedding was at 3:30 p.m. on a weekday,
so the substitute brought Ann's class to the church. The
music started, the attendants took their places, and the
bride came down the aisle on the arm of her father. At this
point one alarmed student exclaimed,
• "She's not going to marry that old man, is she?"

8. Matthew 22:3, They Were Unwilling
• Matthew 22:3 "And he sent out his slaves to call those who
had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were
unwilling to come.
• Think, love relationship;
• John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave
the right to become children of God, even to those who
believe in His name,
• Matthew 23:37 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the
prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I
wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen
gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were
unwilling.
• Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

9. Matthew 22:4, The Called
• Matthew 22:4 "Again he sent out other slaves saying,
'Tell those who have been invited, "Behold, I have
prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened
livestock are all butchered and everything is ready;
come to the wedding feast."'
• YLT Matthew 22:4…those who have been called…
• Matthew 22:14=same word
• Translated “called” 121 X’s, of 126 uses
<2564> καλέω kaleo…Meaning: to call…
• Usage: call(13), called(99), calling(2), calls(7), give(1),
invite(2), invited(15), invited guests(1), invites(1),
name given(1), named(2), so-called(1), summoned(2).

10. Matthew 22:5, They Paid No Attention
• Matthew 22:5 "But they paid no attention and
went their way, one to his own farm, another to
his business,
• Don’t be surprised if they don’t receive your
invitation to “the marriage supper of the Lamb”
• Revelation 19:9 Then he said to me, "Write,
'Blessed are those who are invited to the
marriage supper of the Lamb.'" And he said to
me, "These are true words of God."

11. Matthew 22:6, Seized, Mistreated, And
Killed His Slaves
• Matthew 22:6 and the rest seized his slaves and
mistreated them and killed them.
• Matthew 21:35 "And the vine-growers took his slaves
and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third…
37 "But afterward he sent his son to them… 38 "But
when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among
themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and
seize his inheritance.‘… 39 "And they …killed him.
• Matthew 23:34 "Therefore, behold, I am sending you
prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you
will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge
in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city,

12. Matthew 22:7, 70 AD Predicted
• Matthew 22:7 "But the king was enraged, and
he sent his armies and destroyed those
murderers and set their city on fire.

13. Matthew 22:8, Jews Rejected
• Matthew 22:8 "Then he said to his slaves, 'The wedding is
ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
• Why?
• Mark 7:6 And He said to them, "Rightly did Isaiah prophesy
of you hypocrites, as it is written: 'THIS PEOPLE HONORS
ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY
FROM ME. 7 'BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME,
TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.‘ 8
"Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the
tradition of men.“
• Isaiah 29:13 Then the Lord said, "Because this people draw
near with their words And honor Me with their lip service,
But they remove their hearts far from Me, And their
reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote,

14. Matthew 22:9, Go To The Highways
• Matthew 22:9 'Go therefore to the main
highways, and as many as you find there, invite
to the wedding feast.‘
• Luke 14:23 "And the master said to the slave, 'Go
out into the highways and along the hedges, and
compel them to come in, so that my house may
be filled. *… 1b) by permission, entreaties, etc. 1c) by other means+
• Israel is the connection to 3 gentile continents, it
is on the main trade route

15. Matthew 22:10, Who’d They Find?
• Matthew 22:10 "Those slaves went out into the streets and
gathered together all they found, both evil and good; and
the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests.
• Clean and unclean?
• Matthew 21:43 "Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God
will be taken away from you and given to a people, [ESV NET NIV
NAU ...people..., CSB NAS YLT NKJ KJV ...nation...] producing the fruit of it.
• <1484> ἔθνος ethnos
• Meaning: a race, a nation, pl. the nations (as distinct from Isr.)…
Usage: Gentiles(93), nation(30), nations(37), pagans(1),
people(2).

16. Matthew 22:11, “to look over, to view”
• Matthew 22:11 "But when the king came in to
look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there
who was not dressed in wedding clothes,
• 2300 θεάομαι theaomai {theh-ah'-om-ahee}
• Meaning: 1) to behold, look upon, view
attentively, contemplate (often used of public
shows) 1a) of important persons that are looked
on with admiration 2) to view, take a view of 2a)
in the sense of visiting, meeting with a person 3)
to learn by looking, to see with the eyes, to
perceive

17. Matthew 22:12, Wedding Clothes?
• Matthew 22:12 and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you
come in here without wedding clothes?' And the man was
speechless.
• Revelation 19:7 "Let us rejoice and be glad and give the
glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and
His bride has made herself ready." 8 It was given to her to
clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine
linen is the righteous acts of the saints. 9 Then he said to
me, "Write, 'Blessed are those who are invited to the
marriage supper of the Lamb.'" And he said to me, "These
are true words of God.“
• Romans 8:34 who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is
He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right
hand of God, who also intercedes for us.

18. Matthew 22:14 Called But Not Chosen
• Matthew 22:14 "For many are called, but few are
chosen.“
• 1 Timothy 2:3 This is good and acceptable in the sight
of God our Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
• 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as
some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not
wishing for any to perish but for all to come to
repentance.
• NKJ 1 John 2:2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our
sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
• YLT 1 John 2:2 …but also for the whole world,

19. Matthew 22:23-28, His Brother's Wife
• Matthew 22:25 "Now there were seven
brothers with us; and the first married and
died, and having no children left his wife to
his brother;
• The was a requirement of The Law when a
brother died “having no children”

20. Genesis 38:9, His Brother's Wife
• Genesis 38:9 Onan knew that the offspring would not be
his; so when he went in to his brother's wife, he wasted his
seed on the ground in order not to give offspring to his
brother.
• Leviticus 18:16 'You shall not uncover the nakedness of
your brother's wife; it is your brother's nakedness. Leviticus
20:21 'If there is a man who takes his brother's wife, it is
abhorrent…
• Deuteronomy 25:5-10 "When brothers live together and
one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the deceased
shall not be married outside the family to a strange man.
Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her to
himself as wife and perform the duty of a husband's
brother to her….

21. Matthew 22:23-28, His Brother's Wife
• Matthew 22:25 …and having no children…
• Mark 6:18 For John …to Herod, "It is not lawful for you
to have your brother's wife.“ (Luke 3:19 also)
• Ruth 3:9-12 …Ruth…spread your covering over your
maid, for you are a close relative.“….12 "Now it is true I
am a close relative; however, there is a relative closer
than I….
• Ruth 4:14 Then the women said to Naomi, "Blessed is
the LORD who has not left you without a redeemer
today… [kinsman redeemer]
• Leviticus 25:25 'If a fellow countryman of yours
becomes so poor he has to sell part of his property,
then his nearest kinsman is to come and buy back what
his relative has sold….
• Jesus had to be human, our close relative, to redeem

22. Matthew 22:29, Understand The Scriptures
• Matthew 22:29 But Jesus answered and said to them,
"You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures
nor the power of God.
• Luke 16:29 “…They have Moses and the Prophets; let
them hear them.”
• Matt 21:13…He said to them, "It is written…
• Matthew 22:31 "But regarding the resurrection of the
dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by
God:
• Jesus didn’t rebuke them for not using logic or wisdom,
or being well trained or educated but instead he rebukes
them for not understanding the Scriptures

23. Matthew 22:30, Age For Eternity
Good Morning Lord, Compass International , www.compass.org
• QUESTION FOR THE DAY, Dear Compass, I have often wondered: If we don't age in
heaven, do babies that have gone there always stay babies? And what age will we be? I
don't want to live to be 100 if that's what I'm going to look like for eternity!
ANSWER: The new body believers receive is different than the one we now have here
on earth. Although we will have all the knowledge accumulated on earth (Luke 16:28),
we will be different physically (Philippians 3:21). Our bodies also will be similar to
angels:
• . . . in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels
in heaven. —Matthew 22:30 Being compared to angels is not too shabby.
• Angels are majestic in appearance, "awesome" (Judges 13:6).
• Angels have great wisdom: "know all that is in the earth" (2 Samuel 14:20) [DLK adds,
“the angel of God” (who is omniscient), is different than “an angel of God”+.
• Angels are "mighty in strength" (Psalm 103:20).
• But realize we are a higher order than the angels: ". . . we shall judge
angels" (1 Corinthians 6:3). But the most important parts of us, our spirit and soul,
have no mass. Our containers, therefore, are just not that important. But for a rough
idea in human terminology, we think the men will all be around age 21 and the women
age 18. (No, we don't have a verse for that!) :-)

24. Matthew 22:32 = Exodus 3:6
• Matthew 22:32 '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."
• Exodus 3:6 He said also, "I am the God of your father,
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob." Then Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to
look at God.
• Verbal Plenary; Jesus is building an apologetic on verb
tenses, Paul does it on plural/singular;
• Galatians 3:16 Now the promises were spoken to
Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, "And to
seeds," as referring to many, but rather to one, "And to
your seed," that is, Christ.

25. Matthew 22:34,
When The Pharisees Heard
• Matthew 22:34 But when the Pharisees heard
that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they
gathered themselves together.
• Sounds like Republicans and Democrats now

26. Matthew 22:37 = Shema = Hear
• Matthew 22:37 And
He said to him, "'YOU
SHALL LOVE THE
LORD YOUR GOD
WITH ALL YOUR
HEART, AND WITH
ALL YOUR SOUL, AND
WITH ALL YOUR
MIND.'
Shema Yisrael at the Knesset
Menorah in Jerusalem

27. YHVH

28. Matthew 22:37= Shema
• Deuteronomy 6:5 "You shall love the LORD your God
with all your heart and with all your soul and with all
your might.
• Mark 12:30 AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR
GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR
SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND WITH ALL
YOUR STRENGTH.‘
• Luke 10:27 And he answered, "YOU SHALL LOVE THE
LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH
ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND
WITH ALL YOUR MIND; AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS
YOURSELF."

29. Matthew 22:35-40, The Whole Law
• Matthew 22:40 "On these two
commandments depend the whole Law and
the Prophets.“
• If you love God and neighbor you fulfill the
whole Law
• If you love your neighbor you won’t use
dishonest weights, or move his boundary
stones.

30. Matthew 22:41-45, Jesus Tests Them
• Matthew 22:41 Now while the Pharisees were
gathered together, Jesus asked them a question:
• Only the KJV family carries through the LORD;
• KJV NKJ Matthew 22:44 `The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit
at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your
footstool "'?
• NAU KJV CSB ESV NAS NET NKJ Psalm 110:1...The LORD...my
Lord...
• YLT Psalm 110:1...The affirmation of Jehovah to my
Lord...
• <03068> Yhvh (i.e. Yehovah or Yahveh)
217d

31. THE END

32. Mark 12:16 Luke 20:24 Matthew
22:20, Whose Image?
• The coin with the image of Cesar would have
reminded the Jews that they were made in the
image of God and should have rendered unto
God themselves

33. Matthew 22
Jesus Goes Toe To Toe
With The Jews
Big Island, Hawaii