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1 Y sucedió uno de esos días, cuando enseñaba a la gente en el Templo y predicaba las buenas nuevas,
One day [during that week, Jesus] was teaching the people in the Temple [courtyard] and telling them [God’s] good message. As he was doing that, the chief priests, the men who taught the [Jewish] laws, and [other Jewish] elders came to him.
2 Que los principales sacerdotes y los escribas y los principales del pueblo se le acercaron y le dijeron: Déjanos en claro por qué autoridad haces estas cosas y quién te dio esta autoridad.
They asked him, “Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who authorized you to do things [like you did here yesterday]?”
3 Y respondiendo él les dijo: Les haré una pregunta, y ¿me responden?
He replied, “I will also ask you a question. Tell me,
4 El bautismo de Juan, ¿era del cielo o de los hombres?
where did John [the Baptizer] get [his authority to] baptize [those who came to him]? [Did he get it] from God [MTY/EUP] or from people?”
5 Y dijeron entre sí: Si decimos: Del cielo; él dirá: ¿Por qué no tienes fe en él?
They discussed this among themselves. They said, “[If we(inc) say], ‘[It was] from God [MTY/EUP],’ he will say to us, ‘[Then] (you should have believed John’s [message]!/why did you not believe what John preached?) [RHQ]’
6 Pero si decimos: De los hombres; el pueblo nos apedreará, porque están seguros de que Juan fue un profeta.
But if we say, ‘It was [from] people,’ the people [here] will [kill us by] throwing stones at us, because they [all] believe that John was a prophet [from God].”
7 Y respondieron que no tenían idea de dónde venía.
So they replied, “We [(exc)] do not know where [John got his authority].”
8 Y Jesús dijo: Y yo tampoco les digo con qué autoridad hago estas cosas.
Then Jesus said to them, “[Because you did not answer my question], I will not tell you who authorized me to do those things [here yesterday].”
9 Y le dio a la gente esta historia: un hombre hizo un huerto de viñedos y lo rento a algunos de los trabajadores del campo y se fue a otro país durante mucho tiempo.
Then Jesus told the people this parable [to illustrate what God would do to the Jews who rejected the former prophets and himself]: “A [certain] man planted a vineyard. He rented the vineyard to some men [to care for it and to give him some of the grapes in return]. Then he went to another country and stayed there several years.
10 Y en el momento correcto, envió un sirviente a los trabajadores para obtener parte del fruto de las viñas; pero los trabajadores le dieron golpes y lo enviaron sin nada.
When [the vines started producing] grapes, he sent a servant to the men who were taking care of the vineyard. He expected that they would give him some of the grapes that the vineyard had produced. But [after the servant arrived], they beat him and they did not give him any grapes. They [just] sent him away.
11 Y envió otro siervo, y le dieron golpes del mismo modo, y le avergonzaron, y le enviaron sin nada.
[Later], [the owner] sent another servant. But they beat him and mistreated him [also]. They sent him away without giving him any grapes.
12 Y envió un tercero, y le hirieron y lo echaron fuera.
[Still later, the owner] sent another servant. That one they wounded and threw him out [of the vineyard].
13 Y el señor de la viña dijo: ¿Qué he de hacer? Enviaré a mi querido hijo; ellos pueden darle respeto a él.
So the owner of the vineyard thought to himself, ‘(I do not know what to do!/What shall I do?) [RHQ]’ [Then he had an idea. He thought to himself], ‘I will send my son, [whom I] love [very much]. Perhaps they will respect him [and give him my share of the grapes].’
14 Pero cuando los obreros lo vieron, se dijeron unos a otros: Este es el que algún día será el dueño de la propiedad; vamos a matarlo y la herencia será nuestra.
[So he sent his son], but when the men who were caring for the vineyard saw him [coming], they said to each other, ‘Here [comes] the man who will [some day] inherit [the vineyard]. Let’s kill him so that this vineyard will be ours!’
15 Y echándolo fuera de la viña lo mataron. Ahora, ¿qué le hará el señor a estos obreros?
So they dragged him outside the vineyard and they killed him. So (I will tell you what the owner of the vineyard will do to them!/do you know what the owner of the vineyard will do to them?) [RHQ]
16 Él vendrá y los destruirá y dará la viña a otros. Y cuando dijo esto, dijeron: “No sea así, Dios nos libre”.
He will come and kill those men who were taking care of the vineyard. Then he will arrange for other people to take care of it.” When the people listening to Jesus heard that, they said, “[We would] not do anything like those wicked men did!”
17 Pero él, mirándolos, dijo: ¿No está escrito en las Escrituras? La piedra que los constructores rechazaron, ¿la misma se ha convertido en la principal piedra del edificio?
But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “You can say that, [but think about] the meaning of these words that are written {which [a prophet] wrote} [RHQ] [in the Scriptures], The men who were building a house rejected a certain stone. But others put that same stone in its proper place, and it has become the most important stone in the building [MET].
18 Todos los que caigan sobre la piedra serán quebrantados, pero el hombre en quien la piedra caiga sera echo polvo.
[That stone represents me, the Messiah], and those who reject me are [like people who fall on this stone]. Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces {This stone will break to pieces everyone who falls on it}, and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.”
19 Y los principales sacerdotes y los escribas intentaron ponerle las manos encima en esa misma hora; y tenían miedo de la gente, porque vieron que él había dicho esta historia contra ellos.
The chief priests and the men who taught the [Jewish] laws realized that he was accusing them when he told the parable [about what those wicked men did]. So they immediately tried to find a way to seize [MTY] him, but [they did not seize him, because] they were afraid of [what] the people [there would do if they did that].
20 Y lo vigilaron, y enviaron representantes secretos, que actuaban como parte de hombres buenos, para que pudieran obtener algo de sus palabras y hacerlo caer en una trampa, y así tener pretexto o causa para entregarlo al poder y autoridad del gobierno.
So they watched him carefully. They also hired (spies/secret agents) who pretended to be sincere. [But] they really wanted to get him to say something for [which they could accuse] him. They wanted to be able to turn him over to the authority of the governor [of the province. But they also knew that the Jews were disgusted with having to pay taxes to the government].
21 Y le hicieron una pregunta, diciendo: Maestro, estamos seguros de que tu enseñanza y tus palabras son correctas, y que no respetas la posición de un hombre, sino que estás enseñando el verdadero camino de Dios:
[So] one of them asked Jesus, “Teacher, we [(exc)] know that you [(sg)] speak and teach what is right. You tell the truth even if important people do not like it. You teach truthfully what God wants us to do.
22 ¿Es correcto? para nosotros hacer el pago de impuestos a César o no?
[So tell us what you think about this matter]: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government [MTY], or not?”
23 Pero él vio a través de su truco y les dijo, porque me tientan?
But Jesus knew that they were trying to trick him [to get him into trouble, either with the Jews, who hated to pay those taxes, or with the Roman government]. So he said to them,
24 Déjame ver un centavo. ¿De quién es la imagen y el nombre? Y ellos dijeron: de César.
“Show me a [Roman] coin. [Then tell me] whose picture is on it. And [tell me whose] name is on it.” They [showed him a coin and] said, “It has the picture and name of Caesar, [the head of the Roman government].”
25 Y él dijo: Da al César lo que es de César, y a Dios lo que es de Dios.
He said to them, “In that case, give to the government [MTY] what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].”
26 Y no pudieron sacar nada de estas palabras delante del pueblo; pero estaban maravillados de su respuesta, y no dijeron nada.
While the people were there, the [spies] were unable to find fault with him for what he said. And they were amazed at his answer. So they said nothing.
27 Y algunos de los saduceos vinieron a él, los cuales dicen que no hay resurrección; y le dijeron,
Some Sadducees came to [Jesus]. They are a Jewish sect who do not believe that people will become alive again after they die.
28 Maestro, Moisés dijo que si el hermano de un hombre llega a su fin, teniendo una esposa, pero no hijos, su hermano debe tomar la esposa, y obtener una familia para su hermano.
They [wanted to] ask [Jesus] a question [in order to discredit the idea that dead people will live again]. One of them said [to Jesus], “Teacher, Moses wrote for us [Jews] about situations where a man who has a wife but no children. If the man dies, his brother should marry the [dead man’s] widow so that she can have a child by him. People [will consider] that the child is the descendant of the man [who died], [and in that way the dead man will have descendants].
29 Ahora bien, había siete hermanos, y el primero tenía una esposa y llegó a su fin, sin tener hijos;
Well, there were seven brothers in one family. The oldest one married, but he and his wife did not bear any children. Later he died.
30 Y el segundo;
The second [brother followed this law and married the widow, but the same thing happened to him].
31 Y el tercero la tomó; y de la misma manera, los siete, sin tener hijos, llegaron a su fin.
Then the third [brother] married her, [but the same thing happened again]. All seven [brothers, one by one, married that woman], [but] they had no children, and [one by one] they died.
32 Y por último, la mujer llegó a su fin.
Afterwards, the woman died, too.
33 Cuando vuelvan de entre los muertos, ¿de quién será ella? porque los siete la tenían a ella.
Therefore, [if it is true that there will be a time] when dead people will become alive again, whose wife [do you think that woman] will be [then]? ([Keep in mind that she was married to all seven brothers!/It will be impossible to decide because] she was married to all seven brothers!) [RHQ]”
Jesus replied to them, “Men who live here in this world take wives, or are given wives [by their parents] {their [parents] choose wives [for them]}. (aiōn g165)
35 Pero aquellos a quienes se les da la recompensa del mundo venidero, y que vuelven de los muertos, no tienen esposas o esposos, ni se darán en casamiento; (aiōn g165)
But the men whom God considers worthy of [being in heaven after] they become alive again will not be married. (aiōn g165)
36 Y la muerte no tiene más poder sobre ellos, porque son iguales a los ángeles, y son hijos de Dios, siendo los hijos de resurrección.
[You need to know also that] they cannot die any more, because they will be [immortal] [SIM] like angels. [The fact that God has caused] them to be alive again [will show] that they are God’s children.
37 Pero incluso Moisés dejó en claro que los muertos vuelven a la vida, diciendo, en la historia de la zarza que ardía: El Señor, el Dios de Abraham, el Dios de Isaac y el Dios de Jacob.
But [as for people] becoming alive again after they die, Moses wrote something about that. In the place where [he wrote about] the [burning] bush, he mentions the Lord as being the God whom Abraham [worships] and the God whom Isaac [worships] and the God whom Jacob [worships].
38 Ahora bien, él no es el Dios de los muertos, sino de los vivos, porque para Dios todos los hombres viven.
It is not dead people who worship God. It is living people who worship him. [Abraham, Isaac and Jacob died long before Moses lived, but God said that they were still worshipping him, so we(inc) know their spirits were still alive]! All [people] whose [spirits] are alive [again after they die continue to live to honor God]!”
39 Y algunos de los escribas, respondiendo a esto, dijeron: Maestro, tú has dicho bien.
Some of the men who taught the [Jewish] laws replied, “Teacher, you [(sg)] have answered very well!”
40 Y tenían miedo de hacerle más preguntas.
After that, they no longer dared to ask him any more questions [like that to try to trap him].
41 Y él les dijo: ¿Por qué dicen que el Cristo es el hijo de David?
Then Jesus said to them, “I will show you (OR, prove to you) that people [are wrong who] say that the Messiah is [merely] a descendant of [King] David! [RHQ]
42 Porque David mismo dice en el libro de los Salmos: Dijo el Señor a mi Señor: Toma asiento a mi diestra,
Because David himself wrote [about the Messiah] in the book of Psalms, God said to my Lord, Sit [here beside me] on my right, [where I will highly honor you(sg)] [MTY].
43 hasta que yo ponga como estrado de tus pies a todos tus enemigos.
[Sit here] while I completely defeat your enemies.
44 David entonces le da el nombre de Señor, entonces ¿cómo es posible que él sea su hijo?
King David calls [the Messiah] ‘[my] Lord’! So ([the Messiah] cannot be [just someone] descended from [King] David!/how can the Messiah be [just] someone descended from [King] David?) [RHQ] [What I just said proves that he is much greater than David, isn’t that right]?”
45 Y a oídos de todo el pueblo, dijo a sus discípulos:
While all the [other] people were listening, [Jesus] said to his disciples,
46 Apartaos de los escribas, cuya complacencia es andar con túnicas largas, y que les digan palabras de respeto en los mercados, y toma los asientos principales en las sinagogas y los primeros lugares en las fiestas;
“Beware that [you do not act like] the men who teach our [Jewish] laws. They like to put on long robes and walk around [to make people think that they are very important]. [They] also like [people to] greet them [respectfully] in the marketplaces. They like [to sit in] the most important places in the Jewish meeting places. At dinner parties [they like to sit in] the seats where the most honored people sit.
47 Quienes toman la propiedad de las viudas y ante los ojos de los hombres hacen largas oraciones; recibirán un castigo mayor.
They swindle [MET] the houses [and property] of widows. [Then] they pretend they are good, as they pray [long] prayers [publicly. God] will [certainly] punish them very severely.”
