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 winefat, and
built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and
went into a far country.
02 And at the season he
sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might
receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the
vineyard.
03 And they caught him, and
beat him, and sent him away empty.
04 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.
05 And again he sent
another; and him they killed, and many others;
beating some, and killing some.
06 Having yet therefore one
son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto
them, saying, They will reverence my son.
07 But those husbandmen
said among themselves, This is the heir; come,
let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be
our's.
08 And they took him, and
killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
09 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 marvellous 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 Herodians, 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 in 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
marvelled 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.
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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
marketplaces,
39 And the chief seats in
the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at
feasts:
40 Which devour widows'
houses, and for a pretence 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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