20One day when Jesus was in the Temple teaching the people and preaching the Good News, the chief priests and the teachers of the Law, together with the elders, cameG2532G1096G1722G3391G1565G2250G846G1321G2992G1722G2411G2532G2097G749G2532G1122G2186G4862G42452and said to him, "Tell us, what right do you have to do these things? Who gave you such right?"G2532G2036G4314G846G3004G2036G2254G1722G4169G1849G4160G5023G2228G5101G2076G1325G4671G5026G18493Jesus answered them, "Now let me ask you a question. Tell me,G1161G611G2036G4314G846G2504G2065G2504G2065G5209G1520G3056G2532G2036G34274did John's right to baptize come from God or from human beings?"G908G2491G2258G1537G3772G2228G1537G4445They started to argue among themselves, "What shall we say? If we say, 'From God,' he will say, 'Why, then, did you not believe John?'G1161G4817G4314G1438G3004G3754G1437G2036G1537G3772G2046G1302G3767G4100G846G37566But if we say, 'From human beings,' this whole crowd here will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet."G1161G1437G2036G1537G444G3956G2992G2642G2248G1063G2076G3982G2491G1511G43967So they answered, "We don't know where it came from."G2532G611G1492G3361G1492G41598And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you, then, by what right I do these things."G2532G2424G2036G846G3761G3004G1473G5213G1722G4169G1849G4160G50239Then Jesus told the people this parable: "There was once a man who planted a vineyard, rented it out to tenants, and then left home for a long time.G1161G756G3004G4314G2992G5026G3850G5100G444G5452G290G2532G1554G846G1554G1092G2532G589G2425G555010When the time came to gather the grapes, he sent a slave to the tenants to receive from them his share of the harvest. But the tenants beat the slave and sent him back without a thing.G2532G1722G2540G649G1401G4314G1092G2443G1325G846G575G2590G290G1161G1092G1194G846G1821G275611So he sent another slave; but the tenants beat him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him back without a thing.G2532G4369G3992G2087G1401G1161G1194G2548G2532G818G1821G275612Then he sent a third slave; the tenants wounded him, too, and threw him out.G2532G4369G3992G5154G1161G5135G5126G2532G154413Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my own dear son; surely they will respect him!'G1161G2036G2962G290G5101G4160G3992G3450G27G5207G2481G1788G1492G512614But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another, 'This is the owner's son. Let's kill him, and his property will be ours!'G1161G1092G1492G846G1260G4314G1438G3004G3778G2076G2818G1205G615G846G2443G2817G1096G225715So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. "What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to the tenants?" Jesus asked.G2532G1544G846G1854G290G615G5101G3767G4160G2962G290G4160G84616"He will come and kill those men, and turn the vineyard over to other tenants." When the people heard this, they said, "Surely not!"G2064G2532G622G5128G1092G2532G1325G290G243G1161G191G2036G3361G109617Jesus looked at them and asked, "What, then, does this scripture mean? 'The stone which the builders rejected as worthless turned out to be the most important of all.'G1161G1689G846G2036G5101G2076G5124G3767G1125G3037G3739G3618G593G3778G1096G2776G1519G113718Everyone who falls on that stone will be cut to pieces; and if that stone falls on someone, that person will be crushed to dust."G3956G4098G1909G1565G3037G4917G1161G1909G3739G302G4098G3039G846G303919The teachers of the Law and the chief priests tried to arrest Jesus on the spot, because they knew that he had told this parable against them; but they were afraid of the people.G2532G749G2532G1122G1722G846G5610G2212G1911G5495G1909G846G2532G5399G2992G1063G1097G3754G2036G5026G3850G4314G84620So they looked for an opportunity. They bribed some men to pretend they were sincere, and they sent them to trap Jesus with questions, so that they could hand him over to the authority and power of the Roman Governor.G2532G3906G649G1455G5271G1511G1438G1342G2443G1949G846G3056G1519G3860G846G746G2532G1849G223221These spies said to Jesus, "Teacher, we know that what you say and teach is right. We know that you pay no attention to anyone's status, but teach the truth about God's will for people.G2532G1905G846G3004G1320G1492G3754G3004G2532G1321G3723G2532G3756G2983G4383G235G1321G3598G2316G225G190922Tell us, is it against our Law for us to pay taxes to the Roman Emperor, or not?"G1832G2254G1325G5411G2541G2228G375623But Jesus saw through their trick and said to them,G1161G2657G846G3834G2036G4314G846G5101G3985G316524"Show me a silver coin. Whose face and name are these on it?" "The Emperor's," they answered.G1925G3427G1220G5101G1504G2532G1923G2192G611G1161G2036G254125So Jesus said, "Well, then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and pay to God what belongs to God."G1161G2036G846G591G5106G2541G3588G2541G2532G2316G3588G231626There before the people they could not catch him in a thing, so they kept quiet, amazed at his answer.G2532G2480G3756G1949G846G4487G1726G2992G2532G2296G1909G846G612G460127Then some Sadducees, who say that people will not rise from death, came to Jesus and said,G1161G4334G5100G4523G3588G483G1511G3361G386G1905G84628"Teacher, Moses wrote this law for us: 'If a man dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man's brother must marry the widow so that they can have children who will be considered the dead man's children.'G3004G1320G3475G1125G2254G1437G5100G80G599G2192G1135G2532G3778G599G815G2443G846G80G2983G1135G2532G1817G4690G846G8029Once there were seven brothers; the oldest got married and died without having children.G2258G3767G2033G80G2532G4413G2983G1135G599G81530Then the second one married the woman,G2532G1208G2983G1135G2532G3778G599G81531and then the third. The same thing happened to all seven - -they died without having children.G2532G5154G2983G846G1161G5615G2033G2532G2641G3756G5043G2532G59932Last of all, the woman died.G1161G5305G3956G1135G599G253233Now, on the day when the dead rise to life, whose wife will she be? All seven of them had married her."G3767G1722G386G5101G1135G846G1096G1063G2033G2192G846G113534Jesus answered them, "The men and women of this age marry,G2532G2424G611G2036G846G5207G5127G165G1060G2532G154835but the men and women who are worthy to rise from death and live in the age to come will not then marry.G1161G2661G5177G1565G165G2532G386G1537G3498G3777G1060G3777G154836They will be like angels and cannot die. They are the children of God, because they have risen from death.G3777G1063G1410G599G2089G1063G1526G2465G2532G1526G5207G2316G5607G5207G38637And Moses clearly proves that the dead are raised to life. In the passage about the burning bush he speaks of the Lord as 'the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'G1161G3754G3498G1453G2532G3475G3377G1909G942G5613G3004G2962G2316G11G2532G2316G2464G2532G2316G238438He is the God of the living, not of the dead, for to him all are alive."G1161G2076G3756G2316G3498G235G2198G1063G3956G2198G84639Some of the teachers of the Law spoke up, "A good answer, Teacher!"G1161G5100G1122G611G2036G1320G2573G203640For they did not dare ask him any more questions.G1161G3765G5111G3765G1905G846G376241Jesus asked them, "How can it be said that the Messiah will be the descendant of David?G1161G2036G4314G846G4459G3004G5547G1511G1138G520742For David himself says in the book of Psalms, 'The Lord said to my Lord: Sit here at my right sideG2532G1138G846G3004G1722G976G5568G2962G2036G3450G2962G2521G1537G3450G118843until I put your enemies as a footstool under your feet.'G2193G302G5087G4675G2190G4675G4228G528644David called him 'Lord'; how, then, can the Messiah be David's descendant?"G1138G3767G2564G846G2962G4459G2076G2532G846G520745As all the people listened to him, Jesus said to his disciples,G1161G191G3956G2992G2036G846G310146"Be on your guard against the teachers of the Law, who like to walk around in their long robes and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplace; who choose the reserved seats in the synagogues and the best places at feasts;G4337G575G1122G3588G2309G4043G1722G4749G2532G5368G783G1722G58G2532G4410G1722G4864G2532G4411G1722G117347who take advantage of widows and rob them of their homes, and then make a show of saying long prayers! Their punishment will be all the worse!"G3739G2719G5503G3614G2532G4392G4336G3117G4336G3778G2983G4055G2917
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