Luke 20
1 On one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Good News, the priests and scribes came to him with the elders.
Once when Jesus was teaching the people in the Temple, telling them the good news, some of the chief priests and religious teachers came with the elders.
2 They asked him, “Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?”
They asked him, “Tell us: by whose authority are you doing what you do? Who gave you the right to do this?”
3 He answered them, “I also will ask you one question. Tell me:
“Let me ask you a question too,” Jesus replied. “Tell me:
4 the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?”
the baptism of John—was it from heaven, or was it just human?”
5 They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’
They talked about it among themselves: “If we say it was from heaven, he'll ask, ‘Then why didn't you believe him?’
6 But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”
And if we say it was just human, everybody will stone us for they're sure John was a prophet.”
7 They answered that they didn’t know where it was from.
So they answered, “We don't know where it came from.”
8 Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
Jesus replied, “Then I won't tell you by whose authority I do what I do.”
9 He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.
Then he began to tell the people a story: “Once there was a man who planted a vineyard, leased it to some farmers, and went to live in another country for a long while.
10 At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty.
At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenant farmers to collect his share of the crop, but the farmers beat the servant and sent him away with nothing.
11 He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
So the owner sent another servant, but they beat him too and treated him shamefully, and sent him away with nothing.
12 He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him and threw him out.
So he sent a third servant, but they wounded him and threw him out.
13 The lord of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.’
The owner of the vineyard asked himself, ‘What shall I do? I know, I'll send my son whom I love. Perhaps they will respect him.’
14 “But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’
But when they saw him coming, the farmers said to themselves, ‘This is the owner's heir. Let's kill him! That way we can take his inheritance.’
15 Then they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?
They threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
16 He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.” When they heard that, they said, “May that never be!”
He will come and kill these farmers and let others have the vineyard.” When they heard the story, they said, “May this never happen!”
17 But he looked at them and said, “Then what is this that is written, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the chief cornerstone’?
But Jesus looked at them and said, “Then why is it written in the Scriptures, ‘The stone the builders rejected has now become the chief cornerstone’?
18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust.”
Anyone who falls on that stone will be broken in pieces; anyone it falls upon will be crushed.”
19 The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.
Immediately the religious teachers and the chief priests wanted to arrest him because they realized that the story Jesus told was aimed at them, but they were afraid of what the people would do.
20 They watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.
Watching for an opportunity they sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They tried to catch Jesus out in something he said so they could hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.
21 They asked him, “Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.
They said, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is good and right, and that you're not swayed by the opinions of others. You truly teach the way of God.
22 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
So should we pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, “Why do you test me?
But Jesus saw through their trickery, and said to them,
24 Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” They answered, “Caesar’s.”
“Show me a coin—a denarius. Whose image and inscription is on it?” “Caesar's,” they answered.
25 He said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
“Then give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give back to God what belongs to God,” he told them.
26 They weren’t able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer and were silent.
They weren't able to trap him by what he told the people. They were stunned at his reply, and fell silent.
27 Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.
Then some of the Sadducees, who deny the resurrection, came to Jesus with this question:
28 They asked him, “Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife and raise up children for his brother.
“Teacher,” they began, “Moses gave us a law that if a married man dies leaving a wife without children, then his brother should marry the widow and have children for his dead brother.
29 There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless.
Once there were seven brothers. The first had a wife, and died without having children.
30 The second took her as wife, and he died childless.
The second
31 The third took her, and likewise the seven all left no children, and died.
and then the third brother also married her. In the end all seven brothers married her, and then died without having children.
32 Afterward the woman also died.
Finally the wife died too.
33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a wife.”
Now whose wife will she be in the resurrection, since all seven brothers had married her?”
“Here in this age people marry and are given in marriage,” Jesus explained. (aiōn g165)
35 But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. (aiōn g165)
“But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and the resurrection from the dead don't marry or are given in marriage. (aiōn g165)
36 For they can’t die any more, for they are like the angels and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.
They can't die any longer; they're like the angels and are children of God since they're children of the resurrection.
37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord ‘The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
But on the question of whether the dead are raised, even Moses proved this when he wrote about the burning bush, when he calls the Lord, ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
38 Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him.”
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him they all are alive.”
39 Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you speak well.”
Some of the religious teachers responded, “That was a good answer, Teacher.”
40 They didn’t dare to ask him any more questions.
After this no one dared to ask him any more questions.
41 He said to them, “Why do they say that the Christ is David’s son?
Then Jesus asked them, “Why is it said that Christ is the son of David?
42 David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand,
For David himself says in the book of Psalms: The Lord said to my Lord, ‘Sit at my right hand
43 until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.”’
until I make all your enemies a footstool for your feet.’
44 “David therefore calls him Lord, so how is he his son?”
David calls him ‘Lord,’ so how can he be David's son?”
45 In the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples,
While everyone was paying attention, he said to his disciples,
46 “Beware of those scribes who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;
“Watch out for religious leaders who like to go around in long robes, and love to be greeted with respect in the markets, and to have the best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets.
47 who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”
They cheat widows out of what they own, and cover up the kind of people they really are with long-winded prayers. They will receive severe condemnation in the judgment.”
