Luke 20
1 Once when Jesus was teaching the people in the Temple, telling them the good news, some of the chief priests and religious teachers came with the elders.
It happened on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Good News, that the chief priests and scribes came to him with the elders.
2 They asked him, “Tell us: by whose authority are you doing what you do? Who gave you the right to do this?”
They asked him, "Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?"
3 “Let me ask you a question too,” Jesus replied. “Tell me:
He answered them, "I also will ask you one question. Tell me:
4 the baptism of John—was it from heaven, or was it just human?”
the baptism of Yukhanan, was it from heaven, or from man?"
5 They talked about it among themselves: “If we say it was from heaven, he'll ask, ‘Then why didn't you believe him?’
They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'
6 And if we say it was just human, everybody will stone us for they're sure John was a prophet.”
But if we say, 'From man,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that Yukhanan was a prophet."
7 So they answered, “We don't know where it came from.”
They answered that they did not know where it was from.
8 Jesus replied, “Then I won't tell you by whose authority I do what I do.”
Yeshua said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."
9 Then he began to tell the people a story: “Once there was a man who planted a vineyard, leased it to some farmers, and went to live in another country for a long while.
He began to tell the people this parable. "A man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.
10 At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenant farmers to collect his share of the crop, but the farmers beat the servant and sent him away with nothing.
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.
11 So the owner sent another servant, but they beat him too and treated him shamefully, and sent him away with nothing.
He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
12 So he sent a third servant, but they wounded him and threw him out.
He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him, and threw him out.
13 The owner of the vineyard asked himself, ‘What shall I do? I know, I'll send my son whom I love. Perhaps they will respect him.’
The lord of the vineyard said, 'What am I to do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that they will respect him.'
14 But when they saw him coming, the farmers said to themselves, ‘This is the owner's heir. Let's kill him! That way we can take his inheritance.’
"But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'
15 They threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
They threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?
16 He will come and kill these farmers and let others have the vineyard.” When they heard the story, they said, “May this never happen!”
He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others." When they heard it, they said, "May it never be."
17 But Jesus looked at them and said, “Then why is it written in the Scriptures, ‘The stone the builders rejected has now become the chief cornerstone’?
But he looked at them, and said, "Then what is this that is written, 'The stone which the builders rejected, this one was made the cornerstone?'
18 Anyone who falls on that stone will be broken in pieces; anyone it falls upon will be crushed.”
Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will crush him."
19 Immediately the religious teachers and the chief priests wanted to arrest him because they realized that the story Jesus told was aimed at them, but they were afraid of what the people would do.
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.
20 Watching for an opportunity they sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They tried to catch Jesus out in something he said so they could hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.
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.
21 They said, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is good and right, and that you're not swayed by the opinions of others. You truly teach the way of God.
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.
22 So should we pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"
23 But Jesus saw through their trickery, and said to them,
But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them,
24 “Show me a coin—a denarius. Whose image and inscription is on it?” “Caesar's,” they answered.
"Show me a denura. Whose image and inscription are on it?" They answered, "Caesar's."
25 “Then give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give back to God what belongs to God,” he told them.
He said to them, "Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."
26 They weren't able to trap him by what he told the people. They were stunned at his reply, and fell silent.
They weren't able to trap him in his words before the people. And amazed at his answer, they fell silent.
27 Then some of the Sadducees, who deny the resurrection, came to Jesus with this question:
Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.
28 “Teacher,” they began, “Moses gave us a law that if a married man dies leaving a wife without children, then his brother should marry the widow and have children for his dead brother.
They asked him, "Teacher, Mushe 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.
29 Once there were seven brothers. The first had a wife, and died without having children.
There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless.
30 The second
The second and
31 and then the third brother also married her. In the end all seven brothers married her, and then died without having children.
the third took her, and likewise the seven all left no children, and died.
32 Finally the wife died too.
Afterward the woman also died.
33 Now whose wife will she be in the resurrection, since all seven brothers had married her?”
Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a wife."
Yeshua said to them, "The people of this age marry and are given to someone to marry. (aiōn g165)
35 “But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and the resurrection from the dead don't marry or are given in marriage. (aiōn g165)
But those who are regarded as worthy of a place in that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given to someone to marry. (aiōn g165)
36 They can't die any longer; they're like the angels and are children of God since they're children of the resurrection.
For they cannot die any more, for they are like the angels, and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.
37 But on the question of whether the dead are raised, even Moses proved this when he wrote about the burning bush, when he calls the Lord, ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
But that the dead are raised, even Mushe showed at the bush, when he called the Lord 'The God of Avraham, the God of Iskhaq, and the God of Yaquv.'
38 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him they all are alive.”
Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him."
39 Some of the religious teachers responded, “That was a good answer, Teacher.”
Some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you speak well."
40 After this no one dared to ask him any more questions.
They did not dare to ask him any more questions.
41 Then Jesus asked them, “Why is it said that Christ is the son of David?
He said to them, "Why do they say that the Meshikha is Dawid's son?
42 For David himself says in the book of Psalms: The Lord said to my Lord, ‘Sit at my right hand
Dawid himself says in the scroll of Psalms, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,
43 until I make all your enemies a footstool for your feet.’
until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet."'
44 David calls him ‘Lord,’ so how can he be David's son?”
"Dawid therefore calls him Lord, so how is he his son?"
45 While everyone was paying attention, he said to his disciples,
In the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples,
46 “Watch out for religious leaders who like to go around in long robes, and love to be greeted with respect in the markets, and to have the best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets.
"Beware of the 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;
47 They cheat widows out of what they own, and cover up the kind of people they really are with long-winded prayers. They will receive severe condemnation in the judgment.”
who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation."
