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.
On one of those days while He was teaching the people in the Temple and proclaiming the Good News, the High Priests came upon Him, and the Scribes,
2 They asked him, “Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?”
together with the Elders, and they asked Him, "Tell us, By what authority are you doing these things? And who is it that gave you this authority?"
3 He answered them, “I also will ask you one question. Tell me:
"I also will put a question to you, "He said;
4 the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?”
"was John's baptism of Heavenly or of human origin?"
5 They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’
So they debated the matter with one another. "If we say 'Heavenly,'" they argued, "he will say, 'Why did you not 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, 'human,' the people will all stone us; for they are thoroughly convinced that John was a Prophet."
7 They answered that they didn’t know where it was from.
And they answered that they did not know the origin of it.
8 Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
"Nor will I tell you," said Jesus, "by what authority I do these things."
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 proceeded to speak a parable to the people. "There was a man," He said, "who planted a vineyard, let it out to vine-dressers, and went abroad for a considerable time.
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 vintage-time he sent a servant to the vine-dressers, for them to give him a share of the crop; but the vine-dressers beat him cruelly and sent him away empty-handed.
11 He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
Then he sent a second servant; and him too they beat and ill treated and sent away empty-handed.
12 He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him and threw him out.
Then again he sent a third; and this one also they wounded and drove away.
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.’
Then the owner of the vineyard said, "'What am I to do? I will send my son--my dearly-loved son: they will probably respect him.'
14 “But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned amongst themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’
"But when the vine-dressers saw him, they discussed the matter with one another, and said, "'This is the heir: let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'
15 Then they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?
"So they turned him out of the vineyard and murdered him. What then 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 put these vine-dressers to death, and give the vineyard to others." "God forbid!" exclaimed the hearers.
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’?
He looked at them and said, "What then does that mean which is written, "'The Stone which the builders rejected has been made the cornerstone'?
18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust.”
Every one who falls on that stone will be severely hurt, but on whomsoever it falls, he will be utterly 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.
At this the Scribes and the High Priests wanted to lay hands on Him, then and there; only they were afraid of the people. For they saw that in this parable He had referred to them.
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.
So, after impatiently watching their opportunity, they sent spies who were to act the part of good and honest men, that they might fasten on some expression of His, so as to hand Him over to the ruling power and the Governor's authority.
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.
So they put a question to Him. "Rabbi," they said, "we know that you say and teach what is right and that you make no distinctions between one man and another, but teach God's way truly.
22 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
Is it allowable to pay a tax to Caesar, or not?"
23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, “Why do you test me?
But He saw through their knavery and replied,
24 Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” They answered, “Caesar’s.”
"Show me a shilling; whose likeness and inscription does it bear?" "Caesar's," they said.
25 He said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
"Pay therefore," He replied, "what is Caesar's to Caesar--and what is God's to God."
26 They weren’t able to trap him in his words before the people. They marvelled at his answer and were silent.
There was nothing here that they could lay hold of before the people, and marvelling at His answer they said no more.
27 Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.
Next some of the Sadducees came forward (who deny that there is a Resurrection), and they asked Him,
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.
"Rabbi, Moses made it a law for us that if a man's brother should die, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.
29 There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless.
Now there were seven brothers. The first of them took a wife and died childless.
30 The second took her as wife, and he died childless.
The second and the third also took her;
31 The third took her, and likewise the seven all left no children, and died.
and all seven, having done the same, left no children when they died.
32 Afterward the woman also died.
Finally the woman also died.
33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a wife.”
The woman, then--at the Resurrection--whose wife shall she be? for they all seven married her."
"The men of this age," replied Jesus, "marry, and the women are given in marriage. (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 as for those who shall have been deemed worthy to find a place in that other age and in the Resurrection from among the dead, the men do not marry and the women are not 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.
For indeed they cannot die again; they are like angels, and are sons of God through being sons 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 that the dead rise to life even Moses clearly implies in the passage about the Bush, where 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 a God of dead, but of living men, for to Him are all living."
39 Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you speak well.”
Then some of the Scribes replied, "Rabbi, you have spoken well."
40 They didn’t dare to ask him any more questions.
From that time, however, no one ventured to challenge Him with a single question.
41 He said to them, “Why do they say that the Christ is David’s son?
But He asked them, "How is it they say that the Christ is a son of David?
42 David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand,
Why, 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 have made thy foes a footstool under they feet.'
44 “David therefore calls him Lord, so how is he his son?”
"David himself therefore calls Him Lord, and how can He be his son?"
45 In the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples,
Then, in the hearing of all the people, He said to the 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;
"Beware of the Scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and love to be bowed to in places of public resort and to occupy the best seats in the synagogues or at a dinner party;
47 who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”
who swallow up the property of widows and mask their wickedness by making long prayers. They will be punished far more severely than others."
