Luke 20:5-27

⁵And they thought within themselves, saying, For if we say, Of heaven (or From heaven), he shall say, Why then believe ye not to him?

⁶and if we say, Of men (or From men), all the people shall stone us; for they be certain, that John is a prophet.

⁷And they answered, that they knew not, of whence it was.

⁸And Jesus said to them, Neither I say to you, in what power I do these things.

⁹And he began to say to the people this parable. A man planted a vineyard, and hired it (out) to tillers; and he was gone in pilgrimage (for a) long time. (And he told the people this parable. A man planted a vineyard, and rented it to farmers, and then went on a journey for a long time.)

¹⁰And in the time of gathering of grapes, he sent a servant to the tillers, that they should give to him of the fruit of the vineyard; which beat him, and let him go (away) void. (And at the time of gathering in the grapes, he sent a servant to the farmers, so that they could give him some of the fruit of the vineyard; but they beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.)

¹¹And he thought yet to send another servant; and also they beat this (man), and tormented him sore, and let him go (away) void (or and sent him away empty-handed).

¹²And he thought yet to send the third, and him also they wounded, and casted him out (or and threw him out).

¹³And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I shall send my dearworthy son; peradventure, when they see him, they shall dread (him), or they shall be ashamed (in his presence), (or perhaps, when they see him, they shall fear him, or surely, when they see him, they shall show reverence, or respect, for him).

¹⁴And when the tillers saw him, they thought within themselves, and said, This is the heir, slay we him, that the heritage be ours. (But when the farmers saw him, they said to each other, He is the heir, let us kill him, and then the inheritance shall be ours.)

¹⁵And they casted him out of the vineyard (or And they threw him out of the vineyard), and killed him. What shall then the lord of the vineyard do to them?

¹⁶He shall come, and destroy these tillers, and give the vineyard to others. And when this thing was heard, they said to him, God forbid.

¹⁷But he beheld them, and said, What then is this that is written, The stone which men building reproved, this is made into the head of the corner?

¹⁸Each that shall fall on that stone, shall be bruised or shall be broken, but on whom it shall fall, it shall all-break him, or it shall break him into small parts, (or it shall break him all to pieces).

¹⁹And the princes of (the) priests, and (the) scribes, sought to lay on him hands in that hour, or And the princes of the priests, and the scribes, sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they dreaded the people; for they knew that to them he said this likeness. (And the high priests, and the scribes, wanted to lay their hands on him at that time, but they feared the people; for they knew that he had said this parable about them.)

²⁰And they espied, and sent spies, that feigned themselves (to be) just, that they should take him in word, and betake him to the power of the prince, and to the power of the justice. (And they watched him, and sent spies, who pretended to be righteous, or honest men, so that they could catch him with his own words, and then deliver him unto the power and the authority of the Governor.)

²¹And they asked him, and said, Master (or Teacher), we know, that rightly thou sayest and teachest, or Master, we know, that thou sayest and teachest rightly; and thou takest not the person of man (or and thou favourest not any person), but thou teachest in truth the way of God.

²²Is it leaveful to us to give tribute to the emperor, or to Caesar, or nay? (Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?)

²³And he beheld the deceit of them, and said to them, What tempt ye me? (or Why do you test me?)

²⁴Show ye to me a penny; whose image and superscription hath it? They answered, and said to him, The emperor’s or Caesar’s.

²⁵And he said to them, Yield ye therefore to the emperor those things that be the emperor’s, or Yield ye therefore to Caesar those things that be Caesar’s, and those things that be of God, to God.

²⁶And they might not reprove his word before the people; and they wondered in his answer, and held (their) peace.

²⁷Some of the Sadducees, that denied the again-rising from death to life or the resurrection, came, and asked him.