12He then began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and went away on a journey.G2532G756G3004G846G1722G3850G444G5452G290G2532G4060G5418G2532G3736G5276G2532G3618G4444G2532G1554G846G1554G1092G2532G5892At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.G2532G2540G649G4314G1092G1401G2443G2983G3844G1092G575G2590G2903But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed.G1161G2983G1194G846G2532G649G27564Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully.G2532G3825G649G4314G846G243G1401G2548G3036G2775G2532G649G8215He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed.G2532G3825G649G243G2548G615G2532G4183G243G3303G1194G1161G6156"He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying, 'They will respect my son.'G2192G2089G3767G1520G5207G846G27G649G846G2532G2078G4314G846G3004G3754G1788G3450G52077"But the tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'G1161G1565G1092G2036G4314G1438G3754G3778G2076G2818G1205G615G846G2532G2817G2071G22578So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.G2532G2983G846G615G2532G1544G1854G2909"What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.G5101G4160G3767G2962G290G4160G2064G2532G622G1092G2532G1325G290G24310Haven't you read this scripture: "'The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone;G314G3761G314G5026G1124G3037G3739G3618G593G3778G1096G1519G2776G113711the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?"G3778G1096G2962G1096G3844G2532G2076G2298G1722G2257G378812Then they looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd; so they left him and went away.G2532G2212G2902G846G2532G5399G3793G1063G1097G3754G2036G3850G4314G846G2532G863G846G56513Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words.G2532G649G4314G846G5100G5330G2532G2265G2443G64G846G305614They came to him and said, "Teacher, we know you are a man of integrity. You aren't swayed by men, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?G1161G2064G3004G846G1320G1492G3754G1488G227G2532G4671G3756G3199G4012G3762G1063G991G3756G1519G4383G444G235G1321G3598G2316G1909G225G1832G1325G2778G2541G2228G375615Should we pay or shouldn't we?" But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. "Why are you trying to trap me?" he asked. "Bring me a denarius and let me look at it."G1325G2228G3361G1325G1161G1492G846G5272G2036G846G5101G3985G3165G5342G3427G1220G2443G149216They brought the coin, and he asked them, "Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?" "Caesar's," they replied.G1161G5342G2532G3004G846G5101G3778G1504G2532G1923G1161G2036G846G254117Then Jesus said to them, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's." And they were amazed at him.G2532G2424G611G2036G846G591G2541G3588G2541G2532G2316G3588G2316G2532G2296G1909G84618Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question.G2532G2064G4314G846G4523G3748G3004G1511G3361G386G2532G1905G846G300419"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 have children for his brother.G1320G3475G1125G2254G3754G1437G5100G80G599G2532G2641G1135G2532G863G3361G5043G2443G846G80G2983G846G1135G2532G1817G4690G846G8020Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died without leaving any children.G2258G2033G80G2532G4413G2983G1135G2532G599G863G3756G469021The second one married the widow, but he also died, leaving no child. It was the same with the third.G2532G1208G2983G846G2532G599G2532G3761G863G846G4690G2532G5154G561522In fact, none of the seven left any children. Last of all, the woman died too.G2532G2033G2983G846G2532G863G3756G4690G2078G3956G1135G599G253223At the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?"G1722G386G3767G3752G450G5101G1135G2071G846G1063G2033G2192G846G113524Jesus replied, "Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?G2532G2424G611G2036G846G4105G3756G1223G5124G4105G1492G3361G1124G3366G1411G231625When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.G1063G3752G450G1537G3498G3777G1060G3777G1061G235G1526G5613G32G3588G1722G377226Now about the dead rising--have you not read in the book of Moses, in the account of the bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?G1161G4012G3498G3754G1453G314G3756G314G1722G976G3475G5613G1909G942G2316G2036G846G3004G1473G2316G11G2532G2316G2464G2532G2316G238427He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!"G2076G3756G2316G3498G235G2316G2198G5210G3767G4105G4183G410528One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?"G2532G1520G1122G4334G191G846G4802G1492G3754G611G846G2573G1905G846G4169G2076G4413G1785G395629"The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.G1161G2424G611G846G3754G4413G3956G1785G191G2474G2962G2257G2316G2076G1520G296230Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'G2532G25G2962G4675G2316G1537G3650G4675G2588G2532G1537G3650G4675G5590G2532G1537G3650G4675G1271G2532G1537G3650G4675G2479G3778G4413G178531The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these."G2532G1208G3664G3778G846G25G4675G4139G5613G4572G2076G3756G243G1785G3187G513032"Well said, teacher," the man replied. "You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him.G2532G1122G2036G846G2573G1320G2036G1909G225G3754G2076G1520G2316G2532G2076G3756G243G4133G84633To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices."G2532G25G846G1537G3650G2588G2532G1537G3650G4907G2532G1537G3650G5590G2532G1537G3650G2479G2532G25G4139G5613G1438G2076G4119G3956G3646G2532G237834When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.G2532G2424G1492G3754G846G611G3562G2036G846G1488G3756G3112G575G932G2316G2532G3762G3765G5111G1905G84635While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he asked, "How is it that the teachers of the law say that the Christ is the son of David?G2532G2424G611G3004G1321G1722G2411G4459G3004G1122G3754G5547G2076G5207G113836David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit, declared: "'The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet." 'G1063G1138G846G2036G1722G40G4151G2962G2036G3450G2962G2521G1537G3450G1188G2193G302G5087G4675G2190G4675G5286G422837David himself calls him 'Lord.' How then can he be his son?" The large crowd listened to him with delight.G1138G3767G846G3004G846G2962G2532G4159G2076G846G5207G2532G4183G3793G191G846G223438As he taught, Jesus said, "Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted in the marketplaces,G2532G3004G846G1722G846G1322G991G575G1122G3588G2309G4043G1722G4749G2532G783G1722G5839and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.G2532G4410G1722G4864G2532G4411G1722G117340They devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. Such men will be punished most severely."G2719G5503G3614G2532G4392G4336G3117G4336G3778G2983G4055G291741Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts.G2532G2424G2523G2713G1049G2334G4459G3793G906G5475G1519G1049G2532G4183G4145G906G418342But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny.G2532G2064G3391G4434G5503G906G1417G3016G3603G283543Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.G2532G4341G846G3101G3004G846G281G3004G5213G3754G3778G4434G5503G906G4119G906G3956G906G1519G104944They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything--all she had to live on."G1063G3956G906G1537G846G4052G1161G3778G846G1537G846G5304G906G3956G3745G2192G3650G846G979