Luke 20
1 On one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Good News, the priests and scribes came to him with the elders.
And it came to pass on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and announcing the glad tidings, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up,
2 They asked him, “Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?”
and spoke to him saying, Tell us by what authority thou doest these things, or who is it who has given thee this authority?
3 He answered them, “I also will ask you one question. Tell me:
And he answering said to them, I also will ask you [one] thing, and tell me:
4 the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?”
The baptism of John, was it of heaven or of men?
5 They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why did not you believe him?’
And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say, Why have ye not believed him?
6 But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”
but if we should say, Of men, the whole people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.
7 They answered that they did not know where it was from.
And they answered, they did not know whence.
8 Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
And Jesus said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
9 He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.
And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country for a long time.
10 At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty.
And in the season he sent to the husbandmen a bondman, that they might give to him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen, having beaten him, sent [him] away empty.
11 He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
And again he sent another bondman; but they, having beaten him also, and cast insult upon him, sent [him] away empty.
12 He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him and threw him out.
And again he sent a third; and they, having wounded him also, cast [him] out.
13 The lord of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.’
And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: perhaps when they see him they will respect [him].
14 “But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’
But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; [come, ] let us kill him, that the inheritance may become ours.
15 Then they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?
And having cast him forth out of the vineyard, they killed [him]. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do to them?
16 He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.” When they heard that, they said, “May that never be!”
He will come and destroy those husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it they said, May it never be!
17 But he looked at them and said, “Then what is this that is written, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the chief cornerstone’?
But he looking at them said, What then is this that is written, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone?
18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust.”
Every one falling on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.
19 The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.
And the chief priests and the scribes sought the same hour to lay hands on him, and they feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken this parable of them.
20 They watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.
And having watched [him], they sent out suborned persons, pretending to be just men, that they might take hold of him in [his] language, so that they might deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.
21 They asked him, “Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and are not partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.
And they asked him saying, Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and acceptest no [man's] person, but teachest with truth the way of God:
22 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, “Why do you test me?
But perceiving their deceit he said to them, Why do ye tempt me?
24 Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” They answered, “Caesar’s.”
Shew me a denarius. Whose image and superscription has it? And answering they said, Caesar's.
25 He said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
And he said to them, Pay therefore what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is God's to God.
26 They were not able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer and were silent.
And they were not able to take hold of him in [his] expressions before the people, and, wondering at his answer, they were silent.
27 Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.
And some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection, coming up [to him],
28 They asked him, “Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife and raise up children for his brother.
demanded of him saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother, who has a wife, die, and he die childless, his brother shall take the wife and raise up seed to his brother.
29 There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless.
There were then seven brethren: and the first, having taken a wife, died childless;
30 The second took her as wife, and he died childless.
and the second [took the woman, and he died childless];
31 The third took her, and likewise the seven all left no children, and died.
and the third took her: and in like manner also the seven left no children and died;
32 Afterward the woman also died.
and last of all the woman also died.
33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a wife.”
In the resurrection therefore of which of them does she become wife, for the seven had her as wife?
And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world marry and are given in marriage, (aiōn g165)
35 But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age (aiōn g165) and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.
but they who are counted worthy to have part in that world, and the resurrection from among [the] dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage; (aiōn g165)
36 For they cannot die any more, for they are like the angels and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.
for neither can they die any more, for they are equal to angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord ‘The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
But that the dead rise, even Moses shewed in [the section of] the bush, when he called [the] Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob;
38 Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him.”
but he is not God of [the] dead but of [the] living; for all live for him.
39 Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you speak well.”
And some of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well spoken.
40 They did not dare to ask him any more questions.
For they did not dare any more to ask him anything.
41 He said to them, “Why do they say that the Christ is David’s son?
And he said to them, How do they say that the Christ is David's son,
42 David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand,
and David himself says in the book of Psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand
43 until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.”’
until I put thine enemies [as] footstool of thy feet?
44 “David therefore calls him Lord, so how is he his son?”
David therefore calls him Lord, and how is he his son?
45 In the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples,
And, as all the people were listening, he said to his disciples,
46 “Beware of those scribes who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;
Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and who love salutations in the market-places, and first seats in the synagogues, and first places at suppers;
47 who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”
who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment.
