Luke 20
1 On one of the days while he was teaching the people in the Temple and preaching the gospel, there came up the priest and the Scribes with the elders.
And it came to pass, on one of those days, as he is teaching the people in the temple, and proclaiming good news, the chief priests and the scribes, with the elders, came upon [him],
2 They spoke to him saying. "Tell us by what authority you are doing these things? Who is it that gave you this authority?"
and spake unto him, saying, 'Tell us by what authority thou dost these things? or who is he that gave to thee this authority?'
3 "I will also ask you a question," he replied.
And he answering said unto them, 'I will question you — I also — one thing, and tell me:
4 "Was John’s baptism from heaven or from man?"
the baptism of John, from heaven was it, or from men?'
5 So they reasoned among themselves. "If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask us, ‘Why did you not believe in him?’
And they reasoned with themselves, saying — 'If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?
6 "And if we say, ‘From man,’ all the people will stone us, for they were persuaded that Johnwas a prophet."
and if we may say, From men, all the people will stone us, for they are having been persuaded John to be a prophet.'
7 So they answered that they did not know whence it was.
And they answered, that they knew not whence [it was],
8 "Nor will I tell you," Jesus answered, "by whose authority I do these things."
and Jesus said to them, 'Neither do I say to you by what authority I do these things.'
9 Then he began to tell the people this parable. "There was a man who planted a vineyard, and let it out to vine-dressers, and went to another country for a long time.
And he began to speak unto the people this simile: 'A certain man planted a vineyard, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time,
10 "At harvest-time he sent a slave to the vine-dressers, to ask them to give him a share of the crop; but the vine-dresser beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
and at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that from the fruit of the vineyard they may give to him, but the husbandmen having beat him, did send [him] away empty.
11 "Then he sent another slave; and him also they flogged and handled shamefully and sent him away empty-handed.
'And he added to send another servant, and they that one also having beaten and dishonoured, did send away empty;
12 "Then he sent yet a third, and him to they wounded and threw him out.
and he added to send a third, and this one also, having wounded, they did cast out.
13 "Then the master of the vineyard said. "‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved Son; it may be that they will reverence him.’
'And the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my son — the beloved, perhaps having seen this one, they will do reverence;
14 "But when the vine-dressers saw him, they reasoned together, saying. ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him so that the inheritance may be ours.’
and having seen him, the husbandmen reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, we may kill him, that the inheritance may become ours;
15 "So they turned him out of the vineyard and killed him. "What will the master of the vineyard do to them?
and having cast him outside of the vineyard, they killed [him]; what, then, shall the owner of the vineyard do to them?
16 "He will come and destroy those vine-dressers, and will give the vineyard to others."
He will come, and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.' And having heard, they said, 'Let it not be!'
17 He looked at them and said. "Then what does this scripture mean. "The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner?
and he, having looked upon them, said, 'What, then, is this that hath been written: A stone that the builders rejected — this became head of a corner?
18 "Every one who falls on that stone will be broken in pieces; but whoever it falls upon will be scattered as dust."
every one who hath fallen on that stone shall be broken, and on whom it may fall, it will crush him to pieces.'
19 At this the Scribes and the high priests were seeking to arrest him; only they were afraid of the people. For they perceived that he had referred to them in this parable.
And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that against them he spake this simile.
20 So they watched him, and sent spies who pretended to be honest men, in order to seize on his speech, and to deliver him up to authority and jurisdiction of the governor.
And, having watched [him], they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor,
21 So they put a question to him saying. "Rabbi, we know that you speak and teach what is right, and that you do not regard any man’s person, but teach the way of God honestly.
and they questioned him, saying, 'Teacher, we have known that thou dost say and teach rightly, and dost not accept a person, but in truth the way of God dost teach;
22 "Is it lawful for us to pay tribute to Caesar or not?"
Is it lawful to us to give tribute to Caesar or not?'
23 But he perceived their knavery and answered.
And he, having perceived their craftiness, said unto them, 'Why me do ye tempt?
24 "Show me a shilling. Whose image and superscription does it bear?" "Caesar’s," they replied.
shew me a denary; of whom hath it an image and superscription?' and they answering said, 'Of Caesar:'
25 "Then give to Caesar what belongs to him," he said, "to God give what is God’s."
and he said to them, 'Give back, therefore, the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;'
26 So they could not lay hold of his sayings before the people; and marveling at his answer, they held their peace.
and they were not able to take hold on his saying before the people, and having wondered at his answer, they were silent.
27 Next came some of the Sadducees who deny that there is resurrection, and they asked him.
And certain of the Sadducees, who are denying that there is a rising again, having come near, questioned him,
28 "Teacher, Moses wrote a law for us that if a man’s brother should die, but leave no children, his brother should take up his wife and raise up his children for his brother.
saying, 'Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother may die, having a wife, and he may die childless — that his brother may take the wife, and may raise up seed to his brother.
29 "Now there were seven brothers. the first took a wife and died childless,
'There were, then, seven brothers, and the first having taken a wife, died childless,
30 "and the second and third took her,
and the second took the wife, and he died childless,
31 "and likewise all the seven, but left no children when they died.
and the third took her, and in like manner also the seven — they left not children, and they died;
32 "Last of all the woman died too.
and last of all died also the woman:
33 "In the resurrection whose wife shall she be? For they all seven had her as wife."
in the rising again, then, of which of them doth she become wife? — for the seven had her as wife.'
And Jesus answering said to them, 'The sons of this age do marry and are given in marriage, (aiōn g165)
35 "but those who are counted worthy to reach that world and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage. (aiōn g165)
but those accounted worthy to obtain that age, and the rising again that is out of the dead, neither marry, nor are they given in marriage; (aiōn g165)
36 "For indeed they cannot die any more; they are equal to the angels, and through being sons of the resurrection are sons of God.
for neither are they able to die any more — for they are like messengers — and they are sons of God, being sons of the rising again.
37 "But that the dead are raised, even Moses clearly implied in the passage about the Bush, when he calls the Lord. "The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob.
'And that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the Bush, since he doth call 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 to him all are alive.’
and He is not a God of dead men, but of living, for all live to Him.'
39 Then some of the Scribes said, "Teacher, that was nobly said,"
And certain of the scribes answering said, 'Teacher, thou didst say well;'
40 for they no longer dared to ask him any questions.
and no more durst they question him anything.
41 "How is it," he asked them, "that they say that Christ is David’s son?
And he said unto them, 'How do they say the Christ to be son of David,
42 "for David himself say’s in the book of the Psalms, "The Lord said to my Lord. Sit at my right hand,
and David himself saith in the Book of Psalms, The Lord said to my lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
43 Until I make thy enemies the footstool at thy feet.
till I shall make thine enemies thy footstool;
44 "David therefore himself calls him ‘Lord,’ and how can he be his son?"
David, then, doth call him lord, and how is he his son?'
45 Then, in the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples.
And, all the people hearing, he said to his disciples,
46 "Beware of the Scribes who like to walk about in long robes, and dote on salutations in the marketplaces, and on securing the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets;
'Take heed of the scribes, who are wishing to walk in long robes, and are loving salutations in the markets, and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in the suppers,
47 "but they devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. These shall receive severer condemnation."
who devour the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, these shall receive more abundant judgment.'
