12And 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 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.
23In 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.