1. And he began to speak unto them by
parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and
set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winevat, and built a
tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
2. And at the season he
sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the
husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
3. And they caught him, and
beat him, and sent him away empty.
4. And again he sent unto
them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in
the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.
5. And again he sent
another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and
killing some.
6. Having yet therefore one
son, his well-beloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They
will reverence my son.
7. But those husbandmen
said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and
the inheritance shall be ours.
8. And they took him, and
killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
9. What shall therefore the
lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the
husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
10. And have ye not read
this Scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the
head of the corner:
11. This was the Lord's
doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?
12. And they sought to lay hold on him, but
feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken the parable
against them: and they left him, and went their way.
13. And they send unto him certain of the
Pharisees and of the He-ro-di-ans, to catch him in his words.
14. And when they were come, they say unto
him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man; for
thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God is
truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
15. Shall we give, or shall we not give?
But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why
tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.
16. And they brought it. And he saith
unto them, Whose is this image and
superscription? And
they said unto him, Caesar's.
17. And Jesus answering said unto them,
Render
to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are
God's. And
they marveled at him.
18. Then come unto him the Sadducees, which
say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
19. Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's
brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children,
that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his
brother.
20. Now there were seven brethren: and the
first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
21. And the second took her, and died,
neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.
22. And the seven had her, and left no
seed: last of all the woman died also.
23. In the resurrection therefore, when
they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had
her to wife.
24. And Jesus answering said unto them,
Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the Scriptures, neither
the power of God?
25. For when they shall
rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but
are as the angels which are in heaven.
26. And as touching the
dead, that they rise; have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in
the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the
God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
27. He is not the God of
the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
28. And one of the scribes came, and having
heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered
them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
29. And Jesus answered him,
The
first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is
one Lord:
30. And thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all
thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
31. And the second is like,
namely this, Thou
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other
commandment greater than these.
32. And the scribe said unto him, Well,
Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is
none other but he:
33. And to love him with all the heart, and
with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the
strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole
burnt offerings and sacrifices.
34. And when Jesus saw that he answered
discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far
from the kingdom of God. And
no man after that durst ask him any question.
35. And Jesus answered and said, while he
taught in the temple, How say
the scribes that Christ is the son of David?
36. For David himself said
by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right
hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
37. David
therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son?
And the common people heard him gladly.
38. And he said unto them in his doctrine,
Beware
of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love
salutations in the market places,
39. And the chief seats in
the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
40. Which devour widows'
houses, and for a pretense
make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
41. And Jesus sat over against the
treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and
many that were rich cast in much.
42. And there came a certain poor widow,
and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
43. And he called unto him his disciples,
and saith unto them, Verily I say
unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which
have cast into the treasury:
44. For all they did cast
in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she
had, even all her living.
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