Luke 20:14-28

¹⁴Whom when the husbandmen saw, they thought within themselves, saying: This is the heir, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

¹⁵So casting him out of the vineyard, they killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?

¹⁶He will come, and will destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. Which they hearing, said to him: God forbid.

¹⁷But he looking on them, said: What is this then that is written, The stone, which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?

¹⁸Whosoever shall fall upon that stone, shall be bruised: and upon whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

¹⁹And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him the same hour: but they feared the people, for they knew that he spoke this parable to them.

²⁰And being upon the watch, they sent spies, who should feign themselves just, that they might take hold of him in his words, that they might deliver him up to the authority and power of the governor.

²¹And they asked him, saying: Master, we know that thou speakest and teachest rightly: and thou dost not respect any person, but teachest the way of God in truth.

²²Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or no?

²³But he considering their guile, said to them: Why tempt you me?

²⁴Shew me a penny. Whose image and inscription hath it? They answering, said to him, Caesar’s.

²⁵And he said to them: Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s: and to God the things that are God’s.

²⁶And they could not reprehend his word before the people: and wondering at his answer, they held their peace.

²⁷And there came to him some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection, and they asked him,

²⁸Saying: Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he leave no children, that his brother should take her to wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.