Luke 20:5-40

⁵And they debated among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

⁶But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

⁷So they answered that they did not know where it was from.

⁸And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

⁹Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.

¹⁰Now at vintage-time he sent a servant to the farmers, that they might give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers flogged him and sent him away empty-handed.

¹¹And again he sent another servant; and they flogged him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.

¹²And again he sent a third; and they wounded him also and threw him out.

¹³“Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps when they see him they will respect him.’

¹⁴But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.’

¹⁵And casting him out of the vineyard, they killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

¹⁶He will come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others.” And when they heard it they said, “May it never be!”

¹⁷Then He looked at them and said, “What then is this which is written: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone’?

¹⁸Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”

¹⁹And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on Him that very hour, but they were afraid—for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them.

²⁰And having watched Him closely, they sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on His words, in order to deliver Him to the rule and the authority of the governor.

²¹Then they asked Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that You say and teach rightly, and You do not show favoritism, but teach the way of God in truth:

²²Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

²³But perceiving their craftiness, He said to them, “Why do you test Me?

²⁴Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?” They answered and said, “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.”

²⁶But they could not catch Him in His words in front of the people. And marveling at His answer, they kept silent.

²⁷Then some of the Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, coming to Him and asked Him,

²⁸saying: “Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies, having a wife, and this man dies childless, that his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

²⁹Now there were seven brothers. And the first, having taken a wife, died childless.

³⁰And the second took her as wife, and this man died childless.

³¹Then the third took her, and in like manner the seven also; and they left no children, and they died.

³²Last of all the woman died also.

³³Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife will she be? For all seven had her as wife.”

³⁴And Jesus answered and said to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.

³⁵But those who have been counted worthy to attain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;

³⁶nor can they die anymore, for they are equal to the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

³⁷Now even Moses revealed that the dead are raised, in the burning bush passage, when he called the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

³⁸For He is not the God of the dead but of the living, for all are alive to Him.”

³⁹Then some of the scribes answered and said, “Teacher, You have spoken well.”

⁴⁰But after that they dared not question Him anymore.