May 6, 7
Luke 20
Luk 20:1 It happened on
one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and
preaching the Good News, that the priests and scribes came to him
with the elders.
Luk 20:2 They asked
him, "Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who
is giving you this authority?"
Luk 20:3 He answered
them, "I also will ask you one question. Tell me:
Luk 20:4 the baptism of
John, was it from heaven, or from men?"
Luk 20:5 They reasoned
with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say,
'Why didn't you believe him?'
Luk 20:6 But if we say,
'From men,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that
John was a prophet."
Luk 20:7 They answered
that they didn't know where it was from.
Luk 20:8 Jesus said to
them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these
things."
Luk 20:9 He began to
tell the people this parable. "A man planted a vineyard, and
rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a
long time.
Luk 20:10 At the proper
season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the
fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him, and sent him away
empty.
Luk 20:11 He sent yet
another servant, and they also beat him, and treated him shamefully,
and sent him away empty.
Luk 20:12 He sent yet a
third, and they also wounded him, and threw him out.
Luk 20:13 The lord of
the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It
may be that seeing him, they will respect him.'
Luk 20:14 "But
when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying,
'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, that the inheritance may be
ours.'
Luk 20:15 They threw
him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord
of the vineyard do to them?
Luk 20:16 He will come
and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others."
When they heard it, they said, "May it never be!"
Luk 20:17 But he looked
at them, and said, "Then what is this that is written, 'The
stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the chief
cornerstone?'
Luk 20:18 Everyone who
falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush
whomever it falls on to dust."
Luk 20:19 The chief
priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour,
but they feared the people-for they knew he had spoken this parable
against them.
Luk 20:20 They watched
him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they
might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the
power and authority of the governor.
Luk 20:21 They asked
him, "Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and
aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.
Luk 20:22 Is it lawful
for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"
Luk 20:23 But he
perceived their craftiness, and said to them, "Why do you test
me?
Luk 20:24 Show me a
denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?" They answered,
"Caesar's."
Luk 20:25 He said to
them, "Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to
God the things that are God's."
Luk 20:26 They weren't
able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his
answer, and were silent.
Luk 20:27 Some of the
Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.
Luk 20:28 They asked
him, "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies
having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife,
and raise up children for his brother.
Luk 20:29 There were
therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless.
Luk 20:30 The second
took her as wife, and he died childless.
Luk 20:31 The third
took her, and likewise the seven all left no children, and died.
Luk 20:32 Afterward the
woman also died.
Luk 20:33 Therefore in
the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had
her as a wife."
Luk 20:34 Jesus said to
them, "The children of this age marry, and are given in
marriage.
Luk 20:35 But those who
are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from
the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.
Luk 20:36 For they
can't die any more, for they are like the angels, and are children of
God, being children of the resurrection.
Luk 20:37 But that the
dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the
Lord 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'
Luk 20:38 Now he is not
the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him."
Luk 20:39 Some of the
scribes answered, "Teacher, you speak well."
Luk 20:40 They didn't
dare to ask him any more questions.
Luk 20:41 He said to
them, "Why do they say that the Christ is David's son?
Luk 20:42 David himself
says in the book of Psalms, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at
my right hand,
Luk 20:43 until I make
your enemies the footstool of your feet." '
Luk 20:44 "David
therefore calls him Lord, so how is he his son?"
Luk 20:45 In the
hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples,
Luk 20:46 "Beware
of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in
the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best
places at feasts;
Luk 20:47 who devour
widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will
receive greater condemnation."