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The Story About a Vineyard

12Then Jesus started telling them stories. "A man planted a vineyard. He fenced it, dug a winepress, erected a watchtower, turned it over to the farmhands, and went off on a trip.G2532G756G3004G846G1722G3850G444G5452G290G2532G4060G5418G2532G3736G5276G2532G3618G4444G2532G1554G846G1554G1092G2532G589 2At the time for harvest, he sent a servant back to the farmhands to collect his profits.G2532G2540G649G4314G1092G1401G2443G2983G3844G1092G575G2590G290 3"They grabbed him, beat him up, and sent him off empty-handed.G1161G2983G1194G846G2532G649G2756 4So he sent another servant. That one they tarred and feathered.G2532G3825G649G4314G846G243G1401G2548G3036G2775G2532G649G821 5He sent another and that one they killed. And on and on, many others. Some they beat up, some they killed.G2532G3825G649G243G2548G615G2532G4183G243G3303G1194G1161G615 6"Finally there was only one left: a beloved son. In a last-ditch effort, he sent him, thinking, 'Surely they will respect my son.'G2192G2089G3767G1520G5207G846G27G649G846G2532G2078G4314G846G3004G3754G1788G3450G5207 7"But those farmhands saw their chance. They rubbed their hands together in greed and said, 'This is the heir! Let's kill him and have it all for ourselves.'G1161G1565G1092G2036G4314G1438G3754G3778G2076G2818G1205G615G846G2532G2817G2071G2257 8They grabbed him, killed him, and threw him over the fence.G2532G2983G846G615G2532G1544G1854G290 9"What do you think the owner of the vineyard will do? Right. He'll come and clean house. Then he'll assign the care of the vineyard to others.G5101G4160G3767G2962G290G4160G2064G2532G622G1092G2532G1325G290G243 10Read it for yourselves in Scripture: That stone the masons threw out is now the cornerstone!G314G3761G314G5026G1124G3037G3739G3618G593G3778G1096G1519G2776G1137 11This is God's work; we rub our eyes—we can hardly believe it!"G3778G1096G2962G1096G3844G2532G2076G2298G1722G2257G3788 12They wanted to lynch him then and there but, intimidated by public opinion, held back. They knew the story was about them. They got away from there as fast as they could.G2532G2212G2902G846G2532G5399G3793G1063G1097G3754G2036G3850G4314G846G2532G863G846G565

Paying Taxes to Caesar

13They sent some Pharisees and followers of Herod to bait him, hoping to catch him saying something incriminating.G2532G649G4314G846G5100G5330G2532G2265G2443G64G846G3056 14They came up and said, "Teacher, we know you have integrity, that you are indifferent to public opinion, don't pander to your students, and teach the way of God accurately. Tell us: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"G1161G2064G3004G846G1320G1492G3754G1488G227G2532G4671G3756G3199G4012G3762G1063G991G3756G1519G4383G444G235G1321G3598G2316G1909G225G1832G1325G2778G2541G2228G3756 15He knew it was a trick question, and said, "Why are you playing these games with me? Bring me a coin and let me look at it."G1325G2228G3361G1325G1161G1492G846G5272G2036G846G5101G3985G3165G5342G3427G1220G2443G1492 16They handed him one. "This engraving—who does it look like? And whose name is on it?" "Caesar," they said.G1161G5342G2532G3004G846G5101G3778G1504G2532G1923G1161G2036G846G2541 17Jesus said, "Give Caesar what is his, and give God what is his." Their mouths hung open, speechless.G2532G2424G611G2036G846G591G2541G3588G2541G2532G2316G3588G2316G2532G2296G1909G846

Our Intimacies Will Be with God

18Some Sadducees, the party that denies any possibility of resurrection, came up and asked,G2532G2064G4314G846G4523G3748G3004G1511G3361G386G2532G1905G846G3004 19"Teacher, Moses wrote that if a man dies and leaves a wife but no child, his brother is obligated to marry the widow and have children.G1320G3475G1125G2254G3754G1437G5100G80G599G2532G2641G1135G2532G863G3361G5043G2443G846G80G2983G846G1135G2532G1817G4690G846G80 20Well, there once were seven brothers. The first took a wife. He died childless.G2258G2033G80G2532G4413G2983G1135G2532G599G863G3756G4690 21The second married her. He died, and still no child. The same with the third.G2532G1208G2983G846G2532G599G2532G3761G863G846G4690G2532G5154G5615 22All seven took their turn, but no child. Finally the wife died.G2532G2033G2983G846G2532G863G3756G4690G2078G3956G1135G599G2532 23When they are raised at the resurrection, whose wife is she? All seven were her husband."G1722G386G3767G3752G450G5101G1135G2071G846G1063G2033G2192G846G1135 24Jesus said, "You're way off base, and here's why: One, you don't know your Bibles; two, you don't know how God works.G2532G2424G611G2036G846G4105G3756G1223G5124G4105G1492G3361G1124G3366G1411G2316 25After the dead are raised up, we're past the marriage business. As it is with angels now, all our ecstasies and intimacies then will be with God.G1063G3752G450G1537G3498G3777G1060G3777G1061G235G1526G5613G32G3588G1722G3772 26And regarding the dead, whether or not they are raised, don't you ever read the Bible? How God at the bush said to Moses, 'I am—not was—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?G1161G4012G3498G3754G1453G314G3756G314G1722G976G3475G5613G1909G942G2316G2036G846G3004G1473G2316G11G2532G2316G2464G2532G2316G2384 27The living God is God of the living, not the dead. You're way, way off base."G2076G3756G2316G3498G235G2316G2198G5210G3767G4105G4183G4105

The Most Important Commandment

28One of the religion scholars came up. Hearing the lively exchanges of question and answer and seeing how sharp Jesus was in his answers, he put in his question: "Which is most important of all the commandments?"G2532G1520G1122G4334G191G846G4802G1492G3754G611G846G2573G1905G846G4169G2076G4413G1785G3956 29Jesus said, "The first in importance is, 'Listen, Israel: The Lord your God is one;G1161G2424G611G846G3754G4413G3956G1785G191G2474G2962G2257G2316G2076G1520G2962 30so love the Lord God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence and energy.'G2532G25G2962G4675G2316G1537G3650G4675G2588G2532G1537G3650G4675G5590G2532G1537G3650G4675G1271G2532G1537G3650G4675G2479G3778G4413G1785 31And here is the second: 'Love others as well as you love yourself.' There is no other commandment that ranks with these."G2532G1208G3664G3778G846G25G4675G4139G5613G4572G2076G3756G243G1785G3187G5130 32The religion scholar said, "A wonderful answer, Teacher! So lucid and accurate—that God is one and there is no other.G2532G1122G2036G846G2573G1320G2036G1909G225G3754G2076G1520G2316G2532G2076G3756G243G4133G846 33And loving him with all passion and intelligence and energy, and loving others as well as you love yourself. Why, that's better than all offerings and sacrifices put together!"G2532G25G846G1537G3650G2588G2532G1537G3650G4907G2532G1537G3650G5590G2532G1537G3650G2479G2532G25G4139G5613G1438G2076G4119G3956G3646G2532G2378 34When Jesus realized how insightful he was, he said, "You're almost there, right on the border of God's kingdom." After that, no one else dared ask a question.G2532G2424G1492G3754G846G611G3562G2036G846G1488G3756G3112G575G932G2316G2532G3762G3765G5111G1905G846 35While he was teaching in the Temple, Jesus asked, "How is it that the religion scholars say that the Messiah is David's 'son,'G2532G2424G611G3004G1321G1722G2411G4459G3004G1122G3754G5547G2076G5207G1138 36when we all know that David, inspired by the Holy Spirit, said, God said to my Master, "Sit here at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet."G1063G1138G846G2036G1722G40G4151G2962G2036G3450G2962G2521G1537G3450G1188G2193G302G5087G4675G2190G4675G5286G4228 37"David here designates the Messiah 'my Master'—so how can the Messiah also be his 'son'?" The large crowd was delighted with what they heard.G1138G3767G846G3004G846G2962G2532G4159G2076G846G5207G2532G4183G3793G191G846G2234 38He continued teaching. "Watch out for the religion scholars. They love to walk around in academic gowns, preening in the radiance of public flattery,G2532G3004G846G1722G846G1322G991G575G1122G3588G2309G4043G1722G4749G2532G783G1722G58 39basking in prominent positions, sitting at the head table at every church function.G2532G4410G1722G4864G2532G4411G1722G1173 40And all the time they are exploiting the weak and helpless. The longer their prayers, the worse they get. But they'll pay for it in the end."G2719G5503G3614G2532G4392G4336G3117G4336G3778G2983G4055G2917 41Sitting across from the offering box, he was observing how the crowd tossed money in for the collection. Many of the rich were making large contributions.G2532G2424G2523G2713G1049G2334G4459G3793G906G5475G1519G1049G2532G4183G4145G906G4183 42One poor widow came up and put in two small coins—a measly two cents.G2532G2064G3391G4434G5503G906G1417G3016G3603G2835 43Jesus called his disciples over and said, "The truth is that this poor widow gave more to the collection than all the others put together.G2532G4341G846G3101G3004G846G281G3004G5213G3754G3778G4434G5503G906G4119G906G3956G906G1519G1049 44All the others gave what they'll never miss; she gave extravagantly what she couldn't afford—she gave her all."G1063G3956G906G1537G846G4052G1161G3778G846G1537G846G5304G906G3956G3745G2192G3650G846G979


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