Luke 20
20One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him.G2532G1096G1722G3391G1565G2250G846G1321G2992G1722G2411G2532G2097G749G2532G1122G2186G4862G42452"Tell us by what authority you are doing these things," they said. "Who gave you this authority?"G2532G2036G4314G846G3004G2036G2254G1722G4169G1849G4160G5023G2228G5101G2076G1325G4671G5026G18493He replied, "I will also ask you a question. Tell me,G1161G611G2036G4314G846G2504G2065G2504G2065G5209G1520G3056G2532G2036G34274John's baptism—was it from heaven, or of human origin?"G908G2491G2258G1537G3772G2228G1537G4445They discussed it among themselves and said, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Why didn't you believe him?'G1161G4817G4314G1438G3004G3754G1437G2036G1537G3772G2046G1302G3767G4100G846G37566But if we say, 'Of human origin,' all the people will stone us, because they are persuaded that John was a prophet."G1161G1437G2036G1537G444G3956G2992G2642G2248G1063G2076G3982G2491G1511G43967So they answered, "We don't know where it was from."G2532G611G1492G3361G1492G41598Jesus said, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things."G2532G2424G2036G846G3761G3004G1473G5213G1722G4169G1849G4160G50239He went on to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time.G1161G756G3004G4314G2992G5026G3850G5100G444G5452G290G2532G1554G846G1554G1092G2532G589G2425G555010At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.G2532G1722G2540G649G1401G4314G1092G2443G1325G846G575G2590G290G1161G1092G1194G846G1821G275611He sent another servant, but that one also they beat and treated shamefully and sent away empty-handed.G2532G4369G3992G2087G1401G1161G1194G2548G2532G818G1821G275612He sent still a third, and they wounded him and threw him out.G2532G4369G3992G5154G1161G5135G5126G2532G154413"Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him.'G1161G2036G2962G290G5101G4160G3992G3450G27G5207G2481G1788G1492G512614"But when the tenants saw him, they talked the matter over. 'This is the heir,' they said. 'Let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'G1161G1092G1492G846G1260G4314G1438G3004G3778G2076G2818G1205G615G846G2443G2817G1096G225715So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. "What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?G2532G1544G846G1854G290G615G5101G3767G4160G2962G290G4160G84616He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others." When the people heard this, they said, "God forbid!"G2064G2532G622G5128G1092G2532G1325G290G243G1161G191G2036G3361G109617Jesus looked directly at them and asked, "Then what is the meaning of that which is written: " 'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone' ?G1161G1689G846G2036G5101G2076G5124G3767G1125G3037G3739G3618G593G3778G1096G2776G1519G113718Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but anyone on whom it falls will be crushed."G3956G4098G1909G1565G3037G4917G1161G1909G3739G302G4098G3039G846G303919The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest him immediately, because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.G2532G749G2532G1122G1722G846G5610G2212G1911G5495G1909G846G2532G5399G2992G1063G1097G3754G2036G5026G3850G4314G84620Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be sincere. They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said so that they might hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.G2532G3906G649G1455G5271G1511G1438G1342G2443G1949G846G3056G1519G3860G846G746G2532G1849G223221So the spies questioned him: "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is right, and that you do not show partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.G2532G1905G846G3004G1320G1492G3754G3004G2532G1321G3723G2532G3756G2983G4383G235G1321G3598G2316G225G190922Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"G1832G2254G1325G5411G2541G2228G375623He saw through their duplicity and said to them,G1161G2657G846G3834G2036G4314G846G5101G3985G316524"Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?" "Caesar's," they replied.G1925G3427G1220G5101G1504G2532G1923G2192G611G1161G2036G254125He said to them, "Then give back to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's."G1161G2036G846G591G5106G2541G3588G2541G2532G2316G3588G231626They were unable to trap him in what he had said there in public. And astonished by his answer, they became silent.G2532G2480G3756G1949G846G4487G1726G2992G2532G2296G1909G846G612G460127Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question.G1161G4334G5100G4523G3588G483G1511G3361G386G1905G84628"Teacher," they said, "Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.G3004G1320G3475G1125G2254G1437G5100G80G599G2192G1135G2532G3778G599G815G2443G846G80G2983G1135G2532G1817G4690G846G8029Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died childless.G2258G3767G2033G80G2532G4413G2983G1135G599G81530The secondG2532G1208G2983G1135G2532G3778G599G81531and then the third married her, and in the same way the seven died, leaving no children.G2532G5154G2983G846G1161G5615G2033G2532G2641G3756G5043G2532G59932Finally, the woman died too.G1161G5305G3956G1135G599G253233Now then, at the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?"G3767G1722G386G5101G1135G846G1096G1063G2033G2192G846G113534Jesus replied, "The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.G2532G2424G611G2036G846G5207G5127G165G1060G2532G154835But those who are considered worthy of taking part in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage,G1161G2661G5177G1565G165G2532G386G1537G3498G3777G1060G3777G154836and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God's children, since they are children of the resurrection.G3777G1063G1410G599G2089G1063G1526G2465G2532G1526G5207G2316G5607G5207G38637But in the account of the burning bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord 'the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'G1161G3754G3498G1453G2532G3475G3377G1909G942G5613G3004G2962G2316G11G2532G2316G2464G2532G2316G238438He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive."G1161G2076G3756G2316G3498G235G2198G1063G3956G2198G84639Some of the teachers of the law responded, "Well said, teacher!"G1161G5100G1122G611G2036G1320G2573G203640And no one dared to ask him any more questions.G1161G3765G5111G3765G1905G846G376241Then Jesus said to them, "Why is it said that the Messiah is the son of David?G1161G2036G4314G846G4459G3004G5547G1511G1138G520742David himself declares in the Book of Psalms: " 'The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right handG2532G1138G846G3004G1722G976G5568G2962G2036G3450G2962G2521G1537G3450G118843until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet." 'G2193G302G5087G4675G2190G4675G4228G528644David calls him 'Lord.' How then can he be his son?"G1138G3767G2564G846G2962G4459G2076G2532G846G520745While all the people were listening, Jesus said to his disciples,G1161G191G3956G2992G2036G846G310146"Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.G4337G575G1122G3588G2309G4043G1722G4749G2532G5368G783G1722G58G2532G4410G1722G4864G2532G4411G1722G117347They devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely."G3739G2719G5503G3614G2532G4392G4336G3117G4336G3778G2983G4055G2917
Columbus, OH
