Matthew 22 is the twenty-second chapter in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament section of the Christian Bible. Jesus continues his final ministry in Jerusalem before his Passion. Teaching in the Temple, Jesus enters into debate successively with the Pharisees, allied with the Herodians, the Sadducees, and a lawyer, ultimately silencing them all. Text The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 46 verses. The narrative can be divided into the following subsections: Parable of the Great Banquet (22:1–14) Render unto Caesar... (22:15–22) Marriage at the Resurrection (22:23–33) Great Commandment (22:34–40) "Is the Messiah the son of David?" (22:41–46) Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are: Codex Vaticanus (AD 325-350) Codex Sinaiticus (330-360) Codex Bezae (c. 400) Codex Washingtonianus (c. 400) Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (c. 450) Codex Purpureus Rossanensis (6th century) Codex Sinopensis (6th century; extant verses 1-7, 13-14, 32-34) Old Testament references : : : : Psalm The Wedding Feast (22:1–14) R. T. France suggests that the theological theme of replacement is very strong in this parable, when those who had been invited but refused the repeated invitations, and even murdered the messengers, were substituted by the new people from unlikely groups, from the street corners, including both good and bad, as the guests. Dale Allison notes that the passage consists of an introduction (verse 1), the parable itself (verses 2-13b) and a commentary (verses 13c and 14: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, for many are called, but few are chosen). Protestant biblical commentator Heinrich Meyer creates a similar break in verse 13, with the final words of the king in the story being "take him away, and cast him into outer darkness" and Jesus adding the remark there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Verse 1 And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said: Meyer suggests that Jesus' reply, "by way of rejoinder", was his answer to the chief priests' and scribes' desire to arrest him in the previous verse. A number of modern English translations lack wording corresponding to the , kai apokritheis: for example, the Jerusalem Bible reads: Jesus began to speak to them in parables once again and the New International Version reads Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: ... The Revised Geneva Translation (2019) maintains the wording Then Jesus answered, and spoke