Luke 20
1 On one of these days, when Jesus was teaching the people in the Temple Courts and telling the good news, the chief priests and the teachers of the Law, joined by the elders, confronted him,
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.
2 and addressing him, said, “Tell us what authority you have to do these things. Who is it who has given you this authority?”
They spoke to him saying. "Tell us by what authority you are doing these things? Who is it that gave you this authority?"
3 “I, too,” said Jesus in reply, “will ask you one question. Give me an answer to it.
"I will also ask you a question," he replied.
4 It is about John’s baptism – was it of divine or of human origin?”
"Was John’s baptism from heaven or from man?"
5 But they began arguing together, “If we say ‘divine,’ he will say ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’
So they reasoned among themselves. "If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask us, ‘Why did you not believe in him?’
6 But, if we say ‘human,’ the people will all stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”
"And if we say, ‘From man,’ all the people will stone us, for they were persuaded that Johnwas a prophet."
7 So they answered that they did not know its origin.
So they answered that they did not know whence it was.
8 “Then I,” said Jesus, “refuse to tell you what authority I have to do these things.”
"Nor will I tell you," Jesus answered, "by whose authority I do these things."
9 But Jesus began to tell the people this parable – “A man once planted a vineyard, and then let it out to tenants, and went abroad for a long while.
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.
10 At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenants, so that they could give him a share of the produce of the vineyard. The tenants, however, beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
"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.
11 The owner afterward sent another servant; but the tenants beat and insulted this man too, and sent him away empty-handed.
"Then he sent another slave; and him also they flogged and handled shamefully and sent him away empty-handed.
12 He sent a third; but they wounded this man also, and threw him outside.
"Then he sent yet a third, and him to they wounded and threw him out.
13 ‘What should I do?’ said the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my son, who is very dear to me. Perhaps they will respect him.’
"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.’
14 But, on seeing him, the tenants consulted with one another. ‘Here is the heir!’ they said. ‘Let us kill him, and then the inheritance will become ours.’
"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.’
15 So they threw him outside the vineyard and killed him. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
"So they turned him out of the vineyard and killed him. "What will the master of the vineyard do to them?
16 He will come and put those tenants to death, and will let the vineyard to others.” “Heaven forbid!” they exclaimed when they heard it.
"He will come and destroy those vine-dressers, and will give the vineyard to others."
17 But Jesus looked at them and said, “What then is the meaning of this passage? – ‘The stone which the builders despised has now itself become the cornerstone.’
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?
18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be dashed to pieces, while anyone on whom it falls – it will scatter him as dust.”
"Every one who falls on that stone will be broken in pieces; but whoever it falls upon will be scattered as dust."
19 After this the teachers of the Law and the chief priest were eager to lay hands on Jesus then and there, but they were afraid of the people; for they saw that it was at them that he had aimed this parable.
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.
20 Having watched their opportunity, they afterward sent some spies, who pretended to be good men, to catch Jesus in the course of conversation, and so enable them to give him up to the Governor’s jurisdiction and authority.
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.
21 These spies asked Jesus a question. They said, “Teacher, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and that you do not take any account of a person’s position, but teach the way of God honestly;
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.
22 are we right in paying tribute to the Emperor or not?”
"Is it lawful for us to pay tribute to Caesar or not?"
23 Seeing through their deceitfulness, Jesus said to them,
But he perceived their knavery and answered.
24 “Show me a coin. Whose head and title are on it?”
"Show me a shilling. Whose image and superscription does it bear?" "Caesar’s," they replied.
25 “The Emperor’s,” they said; and Jesus replied, “Well then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and to God what belongs to God.”
"Then give to Caesar what belongs to him," he said, "to God give what is God’s."
26 They could not object to this answer before the people; and, in their wonder at his reply, they held their tongues.
So they could not lay hold of his sayings before the people; and marveling at his answer, they held their peace.
27 Presently there came up some Sadducees, who maintain that there is no resurrection. Their question was this –
Next came some of the Sadducees who deny that there is resurrection, and they asked him.
28 “Teacher, Moses laid down for us in his writings that – ‘Should a man’s married brother die, and should he be childless, the man should take the widow as his wife, and raise up a family for his brother.’
"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.
29 Well, there were once seven brothers; of whom the eldest, after taking a wife, died childless.
"Now there were seven brothers. the first took a wife and died childless,
30 The second and third brothers both took her as their wife;
"and the second and third took her,
31 and so, too, did all seven – dying without children.
"and likewise all the seven, but left no children when they died.
32 The woman herself was the last to die.
"Last of all the woman died too.
33 About the woman, then – at the resurrection, whose wife is she to be, all seven brothers having had her as their wife?”
"In the resurrection whose wife shall she be? For they all seven had her as wife."
"People in this world marry and are given in marriage," said Jesus, (aiōn g165)
35 but, for those who are thought worthy to attain to that other world and the resurrection from the dead, there is no marrying or being married, (aiōn g165)
"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)
36 nor indeed can they die again, for they are like angels and, having shared in the resurrection, they are God’s children.
"For indeed they cannot die any more; they are equal to the angels, and through being sons of the resurrection are sons of God.
37 As to the fact that the dead rise, even Moses indicated that, in the passage about the Bush, when he calls the Lord – ‘The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
"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.
38 Now he is not God of dead people, but of living. For in his sight all are alive.”
"Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living; for to him all are alive.’
39 “Well said, teacher!” exclaimed some of the teachers of the Law,
Then some of the Scribes said, "Teacher, that was nobly said,"
40 for they did not venture to question him any further.
for they no longer dared to ask him any questions.
41 But Jesus said to them, “How is it that people say that the Christ is to be David’s son?
"How is it," he asked them, "that they say that Christ is David’s son?
42 For David, in the book of Psalms, says himself – ‘The Lord said to my lord: Sit at my right hand,
"for David himself say’s in the book of the Psalms, "The Lord said to my Lord. Sit at my right hand,
43 until I put your enemies as a stool for your feet.’
Until I make thy enemies the footstool at thy feet.
44 David, then, calls him ‘lord,’ so how is he David’s son?”
"David therefore himself calls him ‘Lord,’ and how can he be his son?"
45 While all the people were listening, Jesus said to the disciples,
Then, in the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples.
46 “Be on your guard against the teachers of the Law, who delight to walk about in long robes, and like to be greeted in the streets with respect, and to have the best seats in the synagogues, and places of honor at dinner.
"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;
47 These are the men who rob widows of their houses, and make a pretense of saying long prayers. Their sentence will be all the heavier.”
"but they devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. These shall receive severer condemnation."
