Daily Bread- Matt. The Parable of the Wedding Celebration 22 And continuing, Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying, 2 “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man—a king—who gave a wedding celebration for his son. 3 And he sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the wedding celebration, and they did not want to come. 4 Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding celebration!” ’ 5 But they paid no attention and* went away—this one to his own field, that one to his business. 6 And the others, seizing his slaves, mistreated them* and killed them.* Exodus 22. Regulations Regarding Foreigners and the Poor 21 “ ‘You will not mistreat an alien, and you will not oppress him, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt. 22 “ ‘You will not afflict any widow or orphan. 23 If you indeed afflict him, yes, if he cries out at all to me, I will certainly hear his cry of distress. 24 And ⌊I will become angry⌋, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children orphans. 25 “ ‘If you lend money to my people, to the needy with you, you will not be to him as a creditor; you will not ⌊charge him interest⌋. 26 If indeed you require the cloak of your neighbor as a pledge, you will return it to him at sundown, 27 because it is his only garment; it is his cloak for his skin. In what will he sleep? ⌊And⌋ when he cries out to me, I will hear, because I am gracious. Regulations Regarding Tribute and Holiness 28 “ ‘You will not curse God, and you will not curse a leader among your people. 29 “ ‘You will not delay the fullness of your harvest and the juice from your press; you will give me the firstborn of your sons. 30 You will do likewise for your ox and for your sheep and goats; seven days it will be with its mother; on the eighth, you will give it to me. 31 And you will be men of holiness for me; and you will not eat meat from a carcass mangled in the field; you will throw it to the dog. Regulations Regarding Justice 23 “ ‘You will not ⌊spread⌋ a false report. Do not lift your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness. 2 You will not ⌊follow⌋ a majority for evil, and you will not testify concerning a legal dispute to turn aside after a majority to pervert justice. 3 You will not be partial to a powerless person in his legal dispute. 4 “ ‘If you come upon the ox of your enemy or his donkey going astray, you will certainly bring it back to him. 5 If you see the donkey of your enemy lying down under its burden, you will refrain from abandoning him. You will surely arrange it with him. 6 “ ‘You will not pervert the justice of your poor in his legal dispute. 7 You will stay far from a ⌊false charge⌋, and do not kill the innocent and the righteous, because I will not declare the wicked righteous. 8 And you will not take a bribe, because the bribe makes the sighted blind and ruins the words of the righteous. 9 And you will not oppress an alien; you yourselves know the feelings of the alien, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
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