1 One day, as he was instructing
the people in the
temple, and preaching the
gospel, the chief priests, and
the Scribes, with the rulers
came up to him,
2 and thus
accosted him, tell us by what
authority do you act thus?
and whence do you derive
that authority?
3 Jesus answer'd,
I will ask you one
question;
4 tell me, the baptism
of John, was it a divine or a
human institution?
5 but they
reason'd thus with themselves,
if we should say, it was divine,
he will reply, why then
did not you believe him?
6 if
we should assert, it was a human
contrivance, the populace
would stone us; for
they are persuaded that John
was a prophet.
7 they answer'd
then, they did not
know which it was.
8 Jesus
replied, neither will I tell
you by what authority I act
thus.
9 Then he propos'd this parable
to the people, a man planted
a vineyard, let it out to
-- --
husbandmen, and then went
a travelling for some time.
10 at vintage, he sent a servant
to the husbandmen, to demand
the profits of the vineyard.
but they beat him
and sent him away empty.
11 again he sent another servant,
him they likewise beat, insulted,
and sent away empty.
12 he still sent a third, whom
they wounded and drove away.
13 upon which the master
of the vineyard said, what
shall I do? I will send my
beloved son: perhaps his presence
will engage their respect.
14 but when the husbandmen
saw him, they said
to one another, this is the
heir: come, let us kill him,
that the inheritance may be
our own.
15 so they kill'd him,
and threw him out of the
vineyard. what punishment
now will the master inflict
upon them?
16 he will come
and destroy these husbandmen,
and give his vineyard
to others. but they, taking
the hint, cried out, God forbid.
17 then Jesus looking upon
them, said, what is the meaning
then of that expression,
“the stone, which the builders
rejected, is become
the chief stone of the angle.”
18 whoever falls upon
that stone shall be bruised,
-- --
but on whom it falls, it will
crush him to pieces.
19 The chief priests, and the
Scribes perceiving that he
had applied this parable to
them, were eager to seize
upon him at that very time;
but they were afraid of the
people.
20 they watch'd then,
and suborn'd spies, who under
pretence of their tender
consciences, might ensnare
him in his discourse, and so
betray him to the civil power
and jurisdiction of the governor.
21 they address'd him
therefore in this manner;
master, we know that what
you say and teach is all right.
you are not influenc'd by the
quality of men, but explain the
divine law with sincerity:
should we pay tribute to Cesar,
22
or no?
23 but Jesus perceiving
their malicious design,
said to them, why do
you practise upon me?
24 show
me a penny: whose image
and inscription is this? they
answer'd, Cesar's.
25 render
then, said he, to Cesar, what
belongs to Cesar, and to God,
what belongs to God.
26 so not
being able to take any advantage
from his words, before
the people, they said no
more, being surpriz'd at his
answer.
27 Afterwards some of the
Pharisees, who deny there
-- --
is any resurrection, accosted
him with this question,
28 master,
said they, Moses left it
in writing, if any man has
a brother, who dies in marriage
without leaving children,
he is obliged to take
the widow, to perpetuate his
brother's line.
29 now there
were seven brothers, the first
of which marry'd, and died
without children.
30 the second
after marrying the widow,
died likewise without children.
31 then the third took
her, and so she was married
to all seven, who all died
without leaving any children.
32 at last the woman died too.
33 at the resurrection therefore,
to which of them will she
be wife? for she had been
married to all the seven.
34 Jesus answered, in this life
men and women marry.
35 but
they, who shall be accounted
worthy to obtain the resurrection
to an eternal life,
shall have no concern in marriage,
as being immortal:
36
for by the resurrection they
will inherit a nature truely
angelical and divine.
37 now
that the dead are raised,
may be inferr'd from Moses's
relation concerning the bush,
where he stiles the Lord, the
God of Abraham, and the
God of Isaac, and the God
of Jacob.
38 for he is not the
-- --
God of the dead, but of the
living. they are all then alive
with respect to him.
39 which some of the Scribes approving,
said to him, master,
what you maintain is
very just:
40 and after that
they did not venture to ask
him another question.
41 But Jesus said to them,
you affirm the Messiah must
be descended from David,
how can that be?
42 for in
the book of Psalms David
himself says, “the Lord
said to my Lord, sit on
my right hand,
43 till I
make thine enemies thy
footstool.”
44 if then David
stiles the Messiah his Lord,
how can he be descended from
David?
45 then in the audience
of all the people, he said to
his disciples,
46 beware of the
Scribes, who are fond of appearing
in their long robes,
affect to be saluted in publick,
to have the upper hand
in the synagogues, and at
all entertainments.
47 who under
the pretext of their long
prayers devour the fortunes
of widows. wherefore they
shall be punish'd with greater
severity.
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