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Title:       New Testament, The
Book:        Luke
Author:      Various
Date:        1881

Chapter 20

     And it came to pass, on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in
the temple, and preaching the ^8 gospel, there came upon him the chief priests
and the scribes with the elders; and they spake, saying unto him, Tell us: By
what authority doest thou these things?  or who is he that gave thee this
authority?  And he answered and said unto them, I also will ask you a ^9
question; and tell me: The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?
And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he
will say, Why did ye not believe him?  But if we shall say, From men; all the
people will stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.  And
they answered, that they knew not whence it was.  And Jesus said unto them,
Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

[Footnote 8: Or, good tidings: comp. ch. 3. 18.]

[Footnote 9: Gr. word.]

     And he began to speak unto the people this parable: A man planted a
vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country for a
long time.  And at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a ^10 servant, that
they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat
him, and sent him away empty.  And he sent yet another ^10 servant: and him
also they beat, and handled him shamefully, and sent him away empty.  And he
sent yet a third: and him also they wounded, and cast him forth.  And the lord
of the vineyard said, What shall I do?  I will send my beloved son; it may be
they will reverence him.  But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned one
with another, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance
may be ours.  And they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.
What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do unto them?  He will come and
destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.  And when
they heard it, they said, ^11 God forbid.  But he looked upon them, and said,
What then is this that is written,

     ^12 The stone which the builders rejected,
     The same was made the head of the corner?

[Footnote 10: Gr. bondservant.]

[Footnote 11: Gr. Be it not so.]

[Footnote 12: Ps. cxviii. 22.]

     Every one that falleth on that stone shall be broken to pieces; but on
whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.

     And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that
very hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he spake this
parable against them.  And they watched him, and sent forth spies, who feigned
themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his speech, so as to
deliver him up to the ^1 rule and to the authority of the governor.  And they
asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and
acceptest not the person of any, but of a truth teachest the way of God: Is it
lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?  But he perceived their
craftiness, and said unto them, Show me a ^2 denarius.  Whose image and
superscription hath it?  And they said, Caesar's.  And he said unto them, Then
render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that
are God's.  And they were not able to take hold of the saying before the
people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.

[Footnote 1: Or, ruling power]

[Footnote 2: See marginal note on ch. 7. 41.]

     And there came to him certain of the Sadducees, they that say that there
is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, Teacher, ^3 Moses wrote unto
us, that if a man's brother die, having a wife, and he be childless, his
brother should take the wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.  There were
therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died childless; and
the second: and the third took her; and likewise the seven also left no
children, and died.  Afterward the woman also died.  In the resurrection
therefore whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven had her to wife.  And
Jesus said unto them, The sons of this ^4 world marry, and are given in
marriage: but they that are accounted worthy to attain to that ^4 world, and
the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: for
neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are
sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.  But that the dead are raised,
even Moses showed, in ^5 the place concerning the Bush, when he calleth the
Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.  Now he
is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.  And
certain of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well said.  For they
durst not any more ask him any question.

[Footnote 3: Dt. xxv. 5.]

[Footnote 4: Or, age]

[Footnote 5: Ex. iii. 6.]

     And he said unto them, How say they that the Christ is David's son? For
David himself saith in the book of Psalms,

     ^6 The Lord said unto my Lord,
     Sit thou on my right hand,
     Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet.
     David therefore calleth him Lord, and how is he his son?

[Footnote 6: Ps. cx. 1.]

     And in the hearing of all the people he said unto his disciples, Beware
of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the
marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts;
who devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall
receive greater condemnation.