Luke 20
1 On one of those days while He was teaching the people in the Temple and proclaiming the Good News, the High Priests came upon Him, and the Scribes,
AND it came to pass, on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and scribes with the elders came upon him,
2 together with the Elders, and they asked Him, "Tell us, By what authority are you doing these things? And who is it that gave you this authority?"
and spake to him, saying, Tell us by what authority thou doest these things or who is he that giveth thee this authority?
3 "I also will put a question to you, "He said;
Then he answering said to them, I also will ask you one question; and resolve me:
4 "was John's baptism of Heavenly or of human origin?"
The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
5 So they debated the matter with one another. "If we say 'Heavenly,'" they argued, "he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'
And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we reply, From heaven; he will say, Wherefore then did ye not believe him?
6 And if we say, 'human,' the people will all stone us; for they are thoroughly convinced that John was a Prophet."
But if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.
7 And they answered that they did not know the origin of it.
And they answered, We know not from whence.
8 "Nor will I tell you," said Jesus, "by what authority I do these things."
And Jesus said to them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
9 Then He proceeded to speak a parable to the people. "There was a man," He said, "who planted a vineyard, let it out to vine-dressers, and went abroad for a considerable time.
Then he began to speak to the people this parable: A certain man planted a vineyard, and delivered it to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long while.
10 At vintage-time he sent a servant to the vine-dressers, for them to give him a share of the crop; but the vine-dressers beat him cruelly and sent him away empty-handed.
And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that they might give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat, and sent him away empty.
11 Then he sent a second servant; and him too they beat and ill treated and sent away empty-handed.
And he again sent another servant: and him also they beat, and treating him with indignity, sent him away empty.
12 Then again he sent a third; and this one also they wounded and drove away.
And he sent yet a third: and him they also wounded, and cast out.
13 Then the owner of the vineyard said, "'What am I to do? I will send my son--my dearly-loved son: they will probably respect him.'
Then said the master of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: probably when they see him, they will shew him respect.
14 "But when the vine-dressers saw him, they discussed the matter with one another, and said, "'This is the heir: let us 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 be our own.
15 "So they turned him out of the vineyard and murdered him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
So casting him out of the vineyard, they slew him. What then will the master of the vineyard do with these men?
16 He will come and put these vine-dressers to death, and give the vineyard to others." "God forbid!" exclaimed the hearers.
He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said God forbid.
17 He looked at them and said, "What then does that mean which is written, "'The Stone which the builders rejected has been made the cornerstone'?
Then he looked on them, and said, What is this then which is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
18 Every one who falls on that stone will be severely hurt, but on whomsoever it falls, he will be utterly crushed."
Every one who falleth upon this stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
19 At this the Scribes and the High Priests wanted to lay hands on Him, then and there; only they were afraid of the people. For they saw that in this parable He had referred to them.
And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him at that time; and were afraid of the people: for they knew that he had spoken this parable against them.
20 So, after impatiently watching their opportunity, they sent spies who were to act the part of good and honest men, that they might fasten on some expression of His, so as to hand Him over to the ruling power and the Governor's authority.
And watching him, they sent men they had suborned, who pretended that they were righteous persons, in order to lay hold of some word of his, that they might deliver him to the power and authority of the governor.
21 So they put a question to Him. "Rabbi," they said, "we know that you say and teach what is right and that you make no distinctions between one man and another, but teach God's way truly.
And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou speakest and teachest rightly, and respectest no man’s person, but teachest the way of God in truth:
22 Is it allowable to pay a tax to Caesar, or not?"
Is it lawful for us to pay tribute to Caesar, or not?
23 But He saw through their knavery and replied,
Then he, aware of their crafty design, said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
24 "Show me a shilling; whose likeness and inscription does it bear?" "Caesar's," they said.
Shew me a denarius. Whose image and inscription hath it? And they answering said, Caesar’s.
25 "Pay therefore," He replied, "what is Caesar's to Caesar--and what is God's to God."
Then said he to them, Pay therefore to Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and to God the things which are God’s.
26 There was nothing here that they could lay hold of before the people, and marvelling at His answer they said no more.
And they were unable to lay hold of a single expression of his before the people: and marvelling at his answer, they were silenced.
27 Next some of the Sadducees came forward (who deny that there is a Resurrection), and they asked Him,
Then certain of the Sadducees, who contend that there is no resurrection, asked him,
28 "Rabbi, Moses made it a law for us that if a man's brother should die, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.
saying, Master, Moses wrote for us, If a man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die childless, that his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed for his brother.
29 Now there were seven brothers. The first of them took a wife and died childless.
Now there were seven brothers: and the first taking a wife, died childless.
30 The second and the third also took her;
And the second taking the wife, he also died childless.
31 and all seven, having done the same, left no children when they died.
Then the third took her; and also all the seven in like manner: and left no children, and died.
32 Finally the woman also died.
And last of all died also the woman.
33 The woman, then--at the Resurrection--whose wife shall she be? for they all seven married her."
In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven had her to wife.
And Jesus in reply said to them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: (aiōn g165)
35 But as for those who shall have been deemed worthy to find a place in that other age and in the Resurrection from among the dead, the men do not marry and the women are not given in marriage. (aiōn g165)
but they who are counted worthy to attain to that world, and the resurrection of the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: (aiōn g165)
36 For indeed they cannot die again; they are like angels, and are sons of God through being sons of the Resurrection.
neither can they die any more: for they are like the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
37 But that the dead rise to life even Moses clearly implies in the passage about the Bush, where he calls the Lord 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'
Now that the dead are raised, even Moses intimated at the bush, when he called the Lord, “the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”
38 He is not a God of dead, but of living men, for to Him are all living."
Now God is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live with him.
39 Then some of the Scribes replied, "Rabbi, you have spoken well."
Then some of the scribes addressing him said, Master, admirably hast thou spoken!
40 From that time, however, no one ventured to challenge Him with a single question.
And after that they durst not put another question to him.
41 But He asked them, "How is it they say that the Christ is a son of David?
Then he spake to them: How say they that the Messiah is the son of David?
42 Why, David himself says in the Book of Psalms, "'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand
Yet David himself, in the book of Psalms, saith, “The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit down at my right hand,
43 Until I have made thy foes a footstool under they feet.'
until I put thine enemies for a footstool of thy feet.”
44 "David himself therefore calls Him Lord, and how can He be his son?"
David then calleth him Lord, and how then is he his son?
45 Then, in the hearing of all the people, He said to the disciples,
And whilst all the people were hearkening, he said to his disciples,
46 "Beware of the Scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and love to be bowed to in places of public resort and to occupy the best seats in the synagogues or at a dinner party;
Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk about in trailing robes, and love salutations in the public places, and the principal seats in the synagogues, and the most honourable couch at suppers;
47 who swallow up the property of widows and mask their wickedness by making long prayers. They will be punished far more severely than others."
who devour the houses of widows, and for a pretext make long prayers: these shall receive a more abundant punishment.
