Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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1 And Jesus began to speak to them in parables:
“A man once planted a vineyard, put a fence
round it, dug a wine-press, built a tower, and
then let it out to tenants and went abroad. note
2 At the proper time
he sent a servant to the tenants, to receive from them a share
of the produce of the vintage;
3 but they seized him, and beat him,
and sent him away empty-handed.
4 A second time the owner
sent a servant to them; this man, too, the tenants struck on the
head, and insulted.
5 He sent another, but him they killed;
and so with many others—some they beat and some they
killed.
6 He had still one son, who was very dear to him; and
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him he sent to them last of all. ‘They will respect my
son,’ he said.
7 But those tenants said to one another ‘Here is
the heir! Come, let us kill him, and his inheritance will
be ours.’
8 So they seized him, and killed him, and threw his
body outside the vineyard.
9 What will the owner of the vineyard
do? He will come and put the tenants to death, and
he will let the vineyard to others. ⪆⪆
10 Have you never
read this passage of Scripture?—
‘The very stone which the builders despised
Has now itself become the corner-stone;
11
This corner-stone has come from the Lord,
And is marvellous in our eyes.’” note
12 After this his enemies were eager to arrest him, but they were
afraid of the crowd; for they saw that it was at them that he
had aimed the parable. So they let him alone, and went away.
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13 Afterwards they sent to Jesus some of the
Pharisees and of the Herodians, to set a trap for
him in the course of conversation.
14 These men
came to him and said:
“Teacher, we know that you are an honest man, and are
not afraid of any one, for you pay no regard to a man's
position, but teach the Way of God honestly; are we right in
paying taxes to the Emperor, or not?
15 Should we pay, or
should we not pay?”
Knowing their hypocrisy, Jesus said to them:
“Why are you testing me? Bring me a florin to look at.”
16 And, when they had brought it, he asked:
“Whose head and title are these?”
17 “The Emperor's,” they said; and Jesus replied:
“Pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and to
God what belongs to God.”
And they wondered at him.
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18 Next came some Sadducees—the men who
maintain that there is no resurrection. Their
question was this—
19 “Teacher, in our Scriptures Moses decreed that, should a
man's brother die, leaving a widow but no child, the man
should take the widow as his wife, and raise up a family
for his brother. note
20 There were once seven brothers; of whom
the eldest took a wife, but died and left no family;
21 and
the second took her, and died without family; and so did the
third.
22 All the seven died and left no family. The woman
herself died last of all.
23 At the resurrection whose wife will
she be, all seven brothers having had her as their wife?”
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24 “Is not the reason of your mistake,” answered Jesus, “your
ignorance of the Scriptures and of the power of God?
25 When
men rise from the dead, there is no marrying or being
married; but they are as angels in Heaven.
26 As to the dead,
and the fact that they rise, have you never read in the Book
of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God spoke to
him thus—
‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob’?
He is not God of dead men, but of living. note
27 You are
greatly mistaken.”
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28 Then came up one of the Teachers of the Law
who had heard their discussions. Knowing that
Jesus had answered them wisely, he asked him
this question:
“What is the first of all the commandments?”
29 “The first,” answered Jesus, “is—
30 ‘Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God is the one Lord; 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.’ note
31 The second is this—
‘Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thou dost love thyself.’
There is no commandment greater than these.” note
32 “Wisely answered, Teacher!” exclaimed the Teacher of the
Law. “It is true, as you say, that ‘there is one God,’ and
that ‘there is no other besides him’; note
33 and to ‘love him with
all one's heart, and with all one's understanding, and with
all one's strength,’ and to ‘love one's neighbour as one loves
oneself’ is far beyond all ‘burnt-offerings and sacrifices.’” note
34 Seeing that he had answered with discernment, Jesus said to
him:
“You are not far from the Kingdom of God.”
After that no one ventured to question him further.
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35 While Jesus was teaching in the Temple
Courts, he asked:
“How is it that the Teachers of the Law say
that the Christ is to be David's son?
36 David said himself,
speaking under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit—
‘The Lord said to my lord: “Sit at my right hand,
Until I put thy enemies beneath thy feet.”’ note
37 David himself calls him ‘lord,’ how comes it, then, that he
is to be his son?”
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The mass of the people listened to Jesus with
delight. ⪆⪆
38 In the course of his teaching,
Jesus said:
“See that you are on your guard against the
Teachers of the Law, who delight to walk about in long
robes,
39 and to be greeted in the streets with respect, and to
have the best seats in the Synagogues, and places of honour
at dinner.
40 They are the men that rob widows of their homes,
and make a pretence of saying long prayers. Their sentence
will be all the heavier.”
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41 Then Jesus sat down opposite the chests for
the Temple offerings, and watched how the
people put money into them. Many rich people were putting
in large sums;
42 but one poor widow came and put in two
farthings, which make a half-penny.
43 On this, calling his
disciples to him, Jesus said:
“I tell you that this poor widow has put in more than all
the others who were putting money into the chests;
44 for every
one else put in something from what he had to spare, while
she, in her need, put in all she had—everything that she
had to live on.”
Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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