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1 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. 2 And
at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from
the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 And
they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. 4 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.
5 And again he sent another; and him they
killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. 6 Having
yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying,
They will reverence my son. 7 But those
husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and
the inheritance shall be ours. 8 And they
took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
9 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 Lords 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, Caesars. 17 And
Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the
things that are Caesars, and to God the things that are Gods. 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 mans 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. 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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