Luke 20
1 And it came to
pass, that
on one of
those days, as
he taught the
people in the
temple, and preached the
gospel, the chief
priests and the
scribes came
upon him
with the
elders, 2 And spake unto him, saying,
Tell us, by what authority doest
thou these
things? or who is
he that
gave thee this authority? 3 And he
answered and
said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me: 4 The
baptism of
John, was
it from heaven, or of men? 5 And they
reasoned with themselves, saying,
If we shall
say,
From heaven; he will
say,
Why then believed
ye him not? 6 But
and if we
say,
Of men; all the
people will
stone us: for they
be persuaded that
John was a
prophet. 7 And they
answered, that they
could not tell whence it was.
8 And Jesus said unto
them, Neither tell I you by what authority I
do these
things. 9 Then began
he to
speak to the
people this parable; A
certain man planted a
vineyard, and let it forth to
husbandmen, and went into a far
country for a
long time. 10 And at the
season he
sent a
servant to the
husbandmen, that they should
give him of the
fruit of the
vineyard: but the
husbandmen beat him, and sent him
away empty. 11 And again he
sent another servant: and they
beat him
also, and entreated him
shamefully, and sent him
away empty. 12 And again he
sent a
third: and they
wounded him also, and cast him
out.
13 Then said the
lord of the
vineyard, What shall I
do? I will
send my beloved son: it may
be they will
reverence him when they
see him. 14 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 ours. 15 So they
cast him out
of the
vineyard, and
killed him.
What therefore shall the
lord of the
vineyard do unto
them? 16 He shall
come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall
give the
vineyard to
others. And when they
heard it, they
said, God
forbid.
17 And he
beheld them, and
said,
What is this then that is
written, The
stone which the
builders rejected, the
same is
become the
head of the
corner? 18 Whosoever shall
fall upon that stone shall be
broken;
but on whomsoever it shall
fall, it will
grind him to
powder.
19 And the chief
priests and the
scribes the
same hour sought to
lay hands on him; and they
feared the
people: for they
perceived that he had
spoken this parable against them. 20 And they
watched him, and sent
forth spies, which should
feign themselves just
men, that they might take
hold of
his words, that
so they might
deliver him unto the
power and authority of the
governor. 21 And they
asked him, saying,
Master, we
know that thou
sayest and teachest rightly,
neither acceptest
thou the
person of any,
but teachest the
way of
God truly:
22 Is it
lawful for
us to
give tribute unto
Caesar, or no? 23 But he
perceived their craftiness, and
said unto them, Why tempt
ye me? 24 Shew me a
penny. Whose image and superscription hath
it? They
answered and said,
Caesar's. 25 And he
said unto
them, Render therefore unto
Caesar the things which
be Caesar's, and unto
God the things which
be God's. 26 And they
could not take
hold of
his words before the
people: and they
marvelled at his answer, and held their
peace.
27 Then came to him
certain of the
Sadducees, which deny that there
is any resurrection; and they
asked him, 28 Saying,
Master, Moses wrote unto
us, If any
man's brother die,
having a
wife, and he die without
children, that his brother should
take his
wife, and raise
up seed unto
his brother. 29 There
were therefore seven brethren: and the
first took a
wife, and
died without
children. 30 And the
second took her to
wife, and he died childless. 31 And the
third took her; and in like
manner the
seven also: and they
left no children, and died.
32 Last of
all the
woman died also. 33 Therefore in the
resurrection whose wife of
them is
she?
for seven had her to
wife. 34 And Jesus answering said unto
them, The
children of
this world marry,
and are given in
marriage:
35 But they which shall be accounted
worthy to
obtain that world, and the
resurrection from the
dead, neither marry,
nor are given in
marriage:
36 Neither can they
die any
more: for they
are equal unto the
angels; and are the
children of
God, being the
children of the
resurrection. 37 Now that the
dead are
raised,
even Moses shewed at the
bush, when he
calleth the
Lord the
God of
Abraham, and the
God of
Isaac, and the
God of
Jacob. 38 For he
is not a
God of the
dead, but of the
living:
for all live unto
him. 39 Then certain of the
scribes answering said,
Master, thou hast
well said.
40 And after
that they
durst not ask him any question at all.
41 And he
said unto them, How say they that
Christ is David's son? 42 And David himself saith in the
book of
Psalms, The
LORD said unto
my Lord, Sit
thou on my right
hand, 43 Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
44 David therefore calleth him Lord, how is
he then his son? 45 Then in the
audience of
all the
people he
said unto
his disciples, 46 Beware of the
scribes, which desire to
walk in long
robes, and love greetings in the
markets, and the highest
seats in the
synagogues, and the chief
rooms at feasts; 47 Which devour widows' houses, and for a
shew make long prayers: the
same shall
receive greater damnation.