Gospels & ActsNew Testament
Chapter 12· Book II of 27
1Verse 1. Open verse actions.He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country. 2Verse 2. Open verse actions.When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard. 3Verse 3. Open verse actions.They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty. 4Verse 4. Open verse actions.Again, he sent another servant to them; and they threw stones at him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated. 5Verse 5. Open verse actions.Again he sent another; and they killed him; and many others, beating some, and killing some. 6Verse 6. Open verse actions.Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 7Verse 7. Open verse actions.But those farmers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ 8Verse 8. Open verse actions.They took him, killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. 9Verse 9. Open verse actions.What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others. 10Verse 10. Open verse actions.Haven’t you even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner. 11Verse 11. Open verse actions.This was from the Lord, it is marvelous in our eyes’?” 12Verse 12. Open verse actions.They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away. 13Verse 13. Open verse actions.They sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words. 14Verse 14. Open verse actions.When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? 15Verse 15. Open verse actions.Shall we give, or shall we not give?” But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.” 16Verse 16. Open verse actions.They brought it. He said to them, “Whose is this image and inscription?” They said to him, “Caesar’s.” 17Verse 17. Open verse actions.Jesus answered them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” They marveled greatly at him. 18Verse 18. Open verse actions.There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying, 19Verse 19. Open verse actions.“Teacher, Moses wrote to us, ‘If a man’s brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.’ 20Verse 20. Open verse actions.There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring. 21Verse 21. Open verse actions.The second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The third likewise; 22Verse 22. Open verse actions.and the seven took her and left no children. Last of all the woman also died. 23Verse 23. Open verse actions.In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For the seven had her as a wife.” 24Verse 24. Open verse actions.Jesus answered them, “Isn’t this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God? 25Verse 25. Open verse actions.For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 26Verse 26. Open verse actions.But about the dead, that they are raised; haven’t you read in the book of Moses, about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? 27Verse 27. Open verse actions.He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken.” 28Verse 28. Open verse actions.One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together. Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the greatest of all?” 29Verse 29. Open verse actions.Jesus answered, “The greatest is, ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one: 30Verse 30. Open verse actions.you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. 31Verse 31. Open verse actions.The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” 32Verse 32. Open verse actions.The scribe said to him, “Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he, 33Verse 33. Open verse actions.and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” 34Verse 34. Open verse actions.When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from God’s Kingdom.” No one dared ask him any question after that. 35Verse 35. Open verse actions.Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? 36Verse 36. Open verse actions.For David himself said in the Holy Spirit, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.”’ 37Verse 37. Open verse actions.Therefore David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?” The common people heard him gladly. 38Verse 38. Open verse actions.In his teaching he said to them, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces, 39Verse 39. Open verse actions.and the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts: 40Verse 40. Open verse actions.those who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.” 41Verse 41. Open verse actions.Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much. 42Verse 42. Open verse actions.A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin. 43Verse 43. Open verse actions.He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury, 44Verse 44. Open verse actions.for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on.”