LU-20:1  And it came to pass, [that] on one of those days, as he

taught the

people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests

and the

scribes came upon [him] with the elders,

LU-20:2  And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority

doest thou

these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?

LU-20:3  And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you

one thing; and

answer me:

LU-20:4  The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?

LU-20:5  And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall

say, From

heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?

LU-20:6  But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us:

 for they be

persuaded that John was a prophet.

LU-20:7  And they answered, that they could not tell whence [it

was].

LU-20:8  And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what

authority I do

these things.

LU-20:9  Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A

certain man

planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went

into a far country

for a long time.

LU-20:10  And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen,

that they

should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen

beat him, and

sent [him] away empty.

LU-20:11  And again he sent another servant: and they beat him

also, and

entreated [him] shamefully, and sent [him] away empty.

LU-20:12  And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also,

and cast [him]

out.

LU-20:13  Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I

will send my

beloved son: it may be they will reverence [him] when they see

him.

LU-20:14  But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among

themselves,

saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the

inheritance may be

ours.

LU-20:15  So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed [him].

 What

therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?

LU-20:16  He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall

give the

vineyard to others. And when they heard [it], they said, God

forbid.

LU-20:17  And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that

is written, The

stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head

of the corner?

LU-20:18  Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken;

but on

whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

LU-20:19  And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour

sought to lay

hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived

that he had spoken

this parable against them.

LU-20:20  And they watched [him], and sent forth spies, which

should feign

themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words,

that so they might

deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.

LU-20:21  And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou

sayest and

teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person [of any],

but teachest the

way of God truly:

LU-20:22  Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?

LU-20:23  But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them,

Why tempt ye

me?

LU-20:24  Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath

it? They

answered and said, Caesar's.

LU-20:25  And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar

the things which

be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.

LU-20:26  And they could not take hold of his words before the

people: and they

marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.

LU-20:27  Then came to [him] certain of the Sadducees, which

deny that there is

any resurrection; and they asked him,

LU-20:28  Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's

brother die, having

a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should

take his wife, and

raise up seed unto his brother.

LU-20:29  There were therefore seven brethren: and the first

took a wife, and

died without children.

LU-20:30  And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.

LU-20:31  And the third took her; and in like manner the seven

also: and they

left no children, and died.

LU-20:32  Last of all the woman died also.

LU-20:33  Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is

she? for seven

had her to wife.

LU-20:34  And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of

this world marry,

and are given in marriage:

LU-20:35  But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain

that world, and

the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in

marriage:

LU-20:36  Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto

the angels;

and are the children of God, being the children of the

resurrection.

LU-20:37  Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the

bush, when he

calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and

the God of

Jacob.

LU-20:38  For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living:

for all live unto

him.

LU-20:39  Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master,

thou hast well

said.

LU-20:40  And after that they durst not ask him any [question at

all].

LU-20:41  And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is

David's son?

LU-20:42  And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The

Lord said unto my

Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

LU-20:43  Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

LU-20:44  David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his

son?

LU-20:45  Then in the audience of all the people he said unto

his disciples,

LU-20:46  Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long

robes, and love

greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the

synagogues, and the

chief rooms at feasts;

LU-20:47  Which devour widows' houses, and for a show make long

prayers: the

same shall receive greater damnation.

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