Luke 20
1 And on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and preaching, the chief priests and Scribes, with the Elders, came upon him,
Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν μιᾷ τῶν ἡμερῶν, διδάσκοντος αὐτοῦ τὸν λαὸν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, καὶ εὐαγγελιζομένου, ἐπέστησαν οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς σὺν τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις,
2 and said to him: Tell us, by what authority thou doest these things? And who is it, that gave thee this authority?
καὶ εἶπαν λέγοντες πρὸς αὐτόν, “Εἰπὸν ἡμῖν ἐν ποίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ ταῦτα ποιεῖς, ἢ τίς ἐστιν ὁ δούς σοι τὴν ἐξουσίαν ταύτην;”
3 Jesus answered, and said to them: I also will ask you a word, and tell ye me.
Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς, “Ἐρωτήσω ὑμᾶς κἀγὼ λόγον καὶ εἴπατέ μοι:
4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?
τὸ βάπτισμα Ἰωάννου, ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ἦν ἢ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων;”
5 And they reasoned with themselves, and said: If we say, From heaven; he will say to us, And why did ye not believe him?
Οἱ δὲ συνελογίσαντο πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς λέγοντες, ὅτι “Ἐὰν εἴπωμεν, ‘Ἐξ οὐρανοῦ’, ἐρεῖ, ‘Διὰ τί οὐκ ἐπιστεύσατε αὐτῷ;’
6 But if we say, From men; all the people will stone us; for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.
Ἐὰν δὲ εἴπωμεν, ‘Ἐξ ἀνθρώπων’, ὁ λαὸς ἅπας καταλιθάσει ἡμᾶς, πεπεισμένος γάρ ἐστιν Ἰωάννην προφήτην εἶναι.”
7 And they said to him: We do not know, whence it was.
Καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν, μὴ εἰδέναι πόθεν.
8 Jesus said to them: Neither do I tell you, by what authority I do these things.
Καὶ ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, “Οὐδὲ ἐγὼ λέγω ὑμῖν ἐν ποίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ ταῦτα ποιῶ.”
9 And he began to utter this similitude to the people: A certain man planted a vineyard, and leased it to cultivators, and went abroad for a long time.
Ἤρξατο δὲ πρὸς τὸν λαὸν λέγειν τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην: “Ἄνθρωπος ἐφύτευσεν ἀμπελῶνα, καὶ ἐξέδετο αὐτὸν γεωργοῖς, καὶ ἀπεδήμησεν χρόνους ἱκανούς.
10 And in time, he sent his servant to the cultivators, that they might give him of the fruits of the vineyard. But the cultivators beat him, and sent him away empty.
Καὶ καιρῷ ἀπέστειλεν πρὸς τοὺς γεωργοὺς δοῦλον, ἵνα ἀπὸ τοῦ καρποῦ τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος δώσουσιν αὐτῷ. Οἱ δὲ γεωργοὶ ἐξαπέστειλαν αὐτὸν, δείραντες κενόν.
11 And again he sent another servant; and him also they beat, and treated with rudeness, and sent empty away.
Καὶ προσέθετο ἕτερον πέμψαι δοῦλον· οἱ δὲ, κἀκεῖνον δείραντες καὶ ἀτιμάσαντες, ἐξαπέστειλαν κενόν.
12 And again he sent the third. And they wounded him, and cast him out.
Καὶ προσέθετο τρίτον πέμψαι· οἱ δὲ καὶ τοῦτον τραυματίσαντες, ἐξέβαλον.
13 The lord of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my dear son. Perhaps they will look upon him, and be ashamed.
Εἶπεν δὲ ὁ κύριος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος, ‘Τί ποιήσω; Πέμψω τὸν υἱόν μου τὸν ἀγαπητόν· ἴσως τοῦτον ἐντραπήσονται.’
14 But when the cultivators saw him, they reasoned with themselves, and said: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.
Ἰδόντες δὲ αὐτὸν, οἱ γεωργοὶ διελογίζοντο πρὸς ἀλλήλους λέγοντες, ‘Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ κληρονόμος· ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτόν, ἵνα ἡμῶν γένηται ἡ κληρονομία.’
15 And they cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?
Καὶ ἐκβαλόντες αὐτὸν ἔξω τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος, ἀπέκτειναν. Τί οὖν ποιήσει αὐτοῖς ὁ κύριος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος;
16 He will come, and destroy those cultivators, and will lease the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said: This shall not be.
Ἐλεύσεται καὶ ἀπολέσει τοὺς γεωργοὺς τούτους, καὶ δώσει τὸν ἀμπελῶνα ἄλλοις.” Ἀκούσαντες δὲ εἶπαν, “Μὴ γένοιτο!”
17 And he looked upon them, and said: What is that which is written, The stone, which the builders rejected, is become the chief corner stone?
Ὁ δὲ ἐμβλέψας αὐτοῖς εἶπεν, “Τί οὖν ἐστιν τὸ γεγραμμένον τοῦτο, ‘Λίθον ὃν ἀπεδοκίμασαν οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες, οὗτος ἐγενήθη εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας’;
18 And whoever shall fall upon this stone, will be broken; and on whomsoever it shall fall, it will crush him in pieces.
Πᾶς ὁ πεσὼν ἐπʼ ἐκεῖνον τὸν λίθον, συνθλασθήσεται· ἐφʼ ὃν δʼ ἂν πέσῃ, λικμήσει αὐτόν.”
19 And the chief priests and Scribes sought to lay hands on him, at that time; but they were afraid of the people; for they knew, that he spoke this similitude against them.
Καὶ ἐζήτησαν οἱ γραμματεῖς καὶ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς ἐπιβαλεῖν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν τὰς χεῖρας, ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ, καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν τὸν λαόν, ἔγνωσαν γὰρ ὅτι πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἶπεν τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην.
20 And they sent to him spies, who feigned themselves righteous men, that they might insnare him in discourse, and deliver him up to a court, and to the authority of the president.
Καὶ παρατηρήσαντες, ἀπέστειλαν ἐγκαθέτους ὑποκρινομένους ἑαυτοὺς δικαίους εἶναι, ἵνα ἐπιλάβωνται αὐτοῦ λόγου, ὥστε παραδοῦναι αὐτὸν τῇ ἀρχῇ καὶ τῇ ἐξουσίᾳ τοῦ ἡγεμόνος.
21 And they questioned him, and said to him: Teacher, we know that thou speakest and teachest correctly, and hast no respect of persons, but teachest the way of God in truth.
Καὶ ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν λέγοντες, “Διδάσκαλε, οἴδαμεν ὅτι ὀρθῶς λέγεις, καὶ διδάσκεις, καὶ οὐ λαμβάνεις πρόσωπον, ἀλλʼ ἐπʼ ἀληθείας τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ διδάσκεις.
22 Is it lawful for us to pay head-money to Caesar, or not?
Ἔξεστιν ἡμᾶς Καίσαρι φόρον δοῦναι ἢ οὔ;”
23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said: Why tempt ye me?
Κατανοήσας δὲ αὐτῶν τὴν πανουργίαν, εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς,
24 Show me a denarius. Whose is this image and superscription upon it? They said to him, Caesar's.
“Δείξατέ μοι δηνάριον· τίνος ἔχει εἰκόνα καὶ ἐπιγραφήν;” οἱ δὲ εἶπαν, “Καίσαρος.”
25 Jesus said to them: Then, give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's.
Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς, “Τοίνυν ἀπόδοτε τὰ Καίσαρος Καίσαρι, καὶ τὰ τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ τῷ ˚Θεῷ.”
26 And they could not catch from him a word of accusation before the people: and they were surprised at his answers, and were silent.
Καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσαν ἐπιλαβέσθαι τοῦ ῥήματος ἐναντίον τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ θαυμάσαντες ἐπὶ τῇ ἀποκρίσει αὐτοῦ, ἐσίγησαν.
27 And some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came and questioned him,
Προσελθόντες δέ τινες τῶν Σαδδουκαίων, οἱ λέγοντες ἀνάστασιν μὴ εἶναι, ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν
28 and said to him: Teacher, Moses wrote to us, that if a man's brother die, who had a wife without children, his surviving brother shall take his wife, and raise up seed to his deceased brother.
λέγοντες, “Διδάσκαλε, Μωϋσῆς ἔγραψεν ἡμῖν, ‘Ἐάν τινος ἀδελφὸς ἀποθάνῃ ἔχων γυναῖκα, καὶ οὗτος ἄτεκνος ἵνα λάβῃ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ τὴν γυναῖκα, καὶ ἐξαναστήσῃ σπέρμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ.’
29 Now, there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died without children.
Ἑπτὰ οὖν ἀδελφοὶ ἦσαν· καὶ ὁ πρῶτος, λαβὼν γυναῖκα, ἀπέθανεν ἄτεκνος·
30 And the second took her to wife; and he died without children.
καὶ ὁ δεύτερος,
31 And again, the third took her, and in like manner also all the seven; and they died, and left no children.
καὶ ὁ τρίτος ἔλαβεν αὐτήν, ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ οἱ ἑπτὰ, οὐ κατέλιπον τέκνα, καὶ ἀπέθανον.
32 At last, the woman likewise died.
Ὕστερον καὶ ἡ γυνὴ ἀπέθανεν.
33 In the resurrection, therefore, of which of them will she be the wife, for the seven took her?
Ἐν τῇ οὖν ἀναστάσει, τίνος αὐτῶν γίνεται γυνή; Οἱ γὰρ ἑπτὰ ἔσχον αὐτὴν γυναῖκα.”
34 Jesus said to them: The children of this world take wives, and wives are given to husbands. (aiōn g165)
Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς, “Οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου γαμοῦσιν καὶ γαμίσκονται, (aiōn g165)
35 But they who are worthy of that world, and of the resurrection from the dead, do not take wives, nor are wives given to husbands. (aiōn g165)
οἱ δὲ καταξιωθέντες τοῦ αἰῶνος ἐκείνου, τυχεῖν καὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τῆς ἐκ νεκρῶν, οὔτε γαμοῦσιν οὔτε γαμίζονται· (aiōn g165)
36 Neither can they die any more; for they are as the angels, and are the children of God, because they are children of the resurrection.
οὐδὲ γὰρ ἀποθανεῖν ἔτι δύνανται, ἰσάγγελοι γάρ εἰσιν, καὶ υἱοί εἰσιν ˚Θεοῦ, τῆς ἀναστάσεως υἱοὶ ὄντες.
37 But that the dead will arise, even Moses showed; for, at the bush, he maketh mention, while he saith: The Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
Ὅτι δὲ ἐγείρονται οἱ νεκροὶ, καὶ Μωϋσῆς ἐμήνυσεν ἐπὶ τῆς βάτου, ὡς λέγει ˚Κύριον, ‘τὸν ˚Θεὸν Ἀβραὰμ, καὶ ˚Θεὸν Ἰσαὰκ, καὶ ˚Θεὸν Ἰακώβ’.
38 Now God is not the God of the dead, but of the living; for they all live to him.
˚Θεὸς δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν νεκρῶν, ἀλλὰ ζώντων, πάντες γὰρ αὐτῷ ζῶσιν.”
39 And some of the Scribes answered, and said to him: Teacher, thou hast spoken well.
Ἀποκριθέντες δέ τινες τῶν γραμματέων εἶπαν, “Διδάσκαλε, καλῶς εἶπας.”
40 And they did not again venture to question him, on any matter.
Οὐκέτι γὰρ ἐτόλμων ἐπερωτᾶν αὐτὸν οὐδέν.
41 And he said also to them: How do the Scribes say of Messiah, that he is the son of David?
Εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς, “Πῶς λέγουσιν τὸν ˚Χριστὸν εἶναι Δαυὶδ Υἱόν;
42 And David himself said, in the book of Psalms: The Lord said to my Lord, seat thyself at my right hand,
Αὐτὸς γὰρ Δαυὶδ λέγει ἐν βίβλῳ Ψαλμῶν, ‘Εἶπεν ὁ ˚Κύριος τῷ ˚Κυρίῳ μου, “Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου,
43 until I shall place thy foes under thy feet.
ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου.”’
44 If David, therefore, called him, My Lord; how is he his son?
Δαυὶδ οὖν, αὐτὸν ‘˚Κύριον’, καλεῖ, καὶ πῶς αὐτοῦ υἱός ἐστιν;”
45 And while all the people heard, he said to his disciples:
Ἀκούοντος δὲ παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ, εἶπεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ,
46 Beware of the Scribes, who choose to walk in long robes, and love a salutation in the streets, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the chief couches at suppers:
“Προσέχετε ἀπὸ τῶν γραμματέων τῶν θελόντων περιπατεῖν ἐν στολαῖς, καὶ φιλούντων ἀσπασμοὺς ἐν ταῖς ἀγοραῖς, καὶ πρωτοκαθεδρίας ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς, καὶ πρωτοκλισίας ἐν τοῖς δείπνοις,
47 who eat up the houses of widows, under pretence that they prolong their prayers. They will receive a greater condemnation.
οἳ κατεσθίουσιν τὰς οἰκίας τῶν χηρῶν, καὶ προφάσει μακρᾷ προσεύχονται. Οὗτοι λήμψονται περισσότερον κρίμα.”
