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The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard
(Matthew 21.33–46; Luke 20.9–19)
1 Then Jesus spoke to them in
parables: “Once there was a
man who planted a vineyard, put a
fence around it, dug a hole for the
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wine press, and built a watchtower.
Then he rented the vineyard to tenants
and left home on a trip. note
2 When
the time came to gather the grapes,
he sent a slave to the tenants to receive
from them his share of the harvest.
3 The tenants grabbed the
slave, beat him, and sent him back
without a thing.
4 Then the owner
sent another slave; the tenants beat
him over the head and treated him
shamefully.
5 The owner sent another
slave, and they killed him; and
they treated many others the same
way, beating some and killing others.
6 The only one left to send was
the man's own dear son. Last of all,
then, he sent his son to the tenants.
‘I am sure they will respect my son,’
he said.
7 But those tenants said to
one another, ‘This is the owner's
son. Come on, let's kill him, and his
property will be ours!’
8 So they
grabbed the son and killed him and
threw his body out of the vineyard.
9 “What, then, will the owner of
the vineyard do?” asked Jesus. “He
will come and kill those men and
turn the vineyard over to other tenants.
10 Surely you have read this
scripture?
‘The stone which the builders rejected as worthless
turned out to be the most important of all.
11
This was done by the Lord;
what a wonderful sight it is!’” note
12 The Jewish leaders tried to arrest
Jesus, because they knew that
he had told this parable against
them. But they were afraid of the
crowd, so they left him and went
away.
The Question about Paying Taxes
(Matthew 22.15–22; Luke 20.20–26)
13 Some Pharisees and some members
of Herod's party were sent to
Jesus to trap him with questions.
14 They came to him and said,
“Teacher, we know that you tell the
truth, without worrying about what
people think. You pay no attention
to a man's status, but teach the truth
about God's will for man. Tell us, is
it against our Law to pay taxes to
the Roman Emperor? Should we pay
them or not?”
15 But Jesus saw through their
trick and answered, “Why are you
trying to trap me? Bring a silver
coin, and let me see it.”
16 They brought him one, and he
asked, “Whose face and name are
these?”
16 “The Emperor's,” they answered.
17 So Jesus said, “Well, then, pay
to the Emperor what belongs to the
Emperor, and pay to God what belongs
to God.”
17 And they were amazed at Jesus.
The Question about Rising from Death
(Matthew 22.23–33; Luke 20.27–40)
18 Then some Sadducees, who say
that people will not rise from death,
came to Jesus and said, note
19 “Teacher,
Moses wrote this law for us: ‘If a
man dies and leaves a wife but no
children, that man's brother must
marry the widow so that they can
have children who will be considered
the dead man's children.’ note
20 Once there were seven brothers;
the oldest got married and died
without having children.
21 Then the
second one married the woman, and
he also died without having children.
The same thing happened to the
third brother,
22 and then to the rest:
all seven brothers married the
woman and died without having
children. Last of all, the woman
died.
23 Now, when all the dead rise
to life on the day of resurrection,
whose wife will she be? All seven of
them had married her.”
24 Jesus answered them, “How
wrong you are! And do you know
why? It is because you don't know
the Scriptures or God's power.
25 For
when the dead rise to life, they will
be like the angels in heaven and will
not marry.
26 Now, as for the dead
being raised: haven't you ever read
in the Book of Moses the passage
about the burning bush? There it is
written that God said to Moses, ‘I
am the God of Abraham, the God of
Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ note
27 He is
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the God of the living, not of the
dead. You are completely wrong!”
The Great Commandment
(Matthew 22.34–40; Luke 10.25–28)
28 A teacher of the Law was there
who heard the discussion. He saw
that Jesus had given the Sadducees
a good answer, so he came to him
with a question: “Which commandment
is the most important of all?”
29 Jesus replied, “The most important
one is this: ‘Listen, Israel! The
Lord our God is the only Lord. note
30 Love the Lord your God with all
your heart, with all your soul, with
all your mind, and with all your
strength.’ note
31 The second most important
commandment is this: ‘Love
your neighbor as you love yourself.’
There is no other commandment
more important than these two.” note
32 The teacher of the Law said to
Jesus, “Well done, Teacher! It is
true, as you say, that only the Lord is
God and that there is no other god
but he. note
33 And man must love God
with all his heart and with all his
mind and with all his strength; and
he must love his neighbor as he
loves himself. It is more important
to obey these two commandments
than to offer on the altar animals
and other sacrifices to God.” note
34 Jesus noticed how wise his answer
was, and so he told him, “You
are not far from the Kingdom of
God.”
34 After this nobody dared to ask
Jesus any more questions. note
The Question about the Messiah
(Matthew 22.41–46; Luke 20.41–44)
35 As Jesus was teaching in the
Temple, he asked the question,
“How can the teachers of the Law
say that the Messiah will be the descendant
of David?
36 The Holy Spirit
inspired David to say:
‘The Lord said to my Lord:
Sit here at my right side until I put your enemies under your feet.’ note
37 David himself called him ‘Lord’; so
how can the Messiah be David's descendant?”
Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law
(Matthew 23.1–36; Luke 20.45–47)
37 A large crowd was listening to
Jesus gladly.
38 As he taught them,
he said, “Watch out for the teachers
of the Law, who like to walk around
in their long robes and be greeted
with respect in the marketplace,
39 who choose the reserved seats in
the synagogues and the best places
at feasts.
40 They take advantage of
widows and rob them of their
homes, and then make a show of
saying long prayers. Their punishment
will be all the worse!”
The Widow's Offering
(Luke 21.1–4)
41 As Jesus sat near the Temple
treasury, he watched the people as
they dropped in their money. Many
rich men dropped in a lot of money;
42 then a poor widow came along and
dropped in two little copper coins,
worth about a penny.
43 He called his
disciples together and said to them,
“I tell you that this poor widow put
more in the offering box than all the
others.
44 For the others put in what
they had to spare of their riches; but
she, poor as she is, put in all she
had—she gave all she had to live
on.”
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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