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凶惡園戶的比喻

12 耶穌就用比喻對他們說:「有人栽了一個葡萄園,周圍圈上籬笆,挖了一個壓酒池,蓋了一座樓,租給園戶,就往外國去了。 到了時候,打發一個僕人到園戶那裡,要從園戶收葡萄園的果子。 園戶拿住他,打了他,叫他空手回去。 再打發一個僕人到他們那裡,他們打傷他的頭,並且凌辱他。 又打發一個僕人去,他們就殺了他。後又打發好些僕人去,有被他們打的,有被他們殺的。 園主還有一位是他的愛子,末後又打發他去,意思說:『他們必尊敬我的兒子。』 不料那些園戶彼此說:『這是承受產業的。來吧,我們殺他,產業就歸我們了!』 於是拿住他,殺了他,把他丟在園外。 這樣,葡萄園的主人要怎麼辦呢?他要來除滅那些園戶,將葡萄園轉給別人。 10 經上寫著說:『匠人所棄的石頭,已做了房角的頭塊石頭。 11 這是主所做的,在我們眼中看為稀奇。』這經你們沒有念過嗎?」 12 他們看出這比喻是指著他們說的,就想要捉拿他,只是懼怕百姓,於是離開他走了。

巧言盤問

13 後來,他們打發幾個法利賽人和幾個希律黨的人到耶穌那裡,要就著他的話陷害他。 14 他們來了,就對他說:「夫子,我們知道你是誠實的,什麼人你都不徇情面,因為你不看人的外貌,乃是誠誠實實傳神的道。納稅給愷撒可以不可以?

納稅給愷撒

15 「我們該納不該納?」耶穌知道他們的假意,就對他們說:「你們為什麼試探我?拿一個銀錢來給我看。」 16 他們就拿了來。耶穌說:「這像和這號是誰的?」他們說:「是愷撒的。」 17 耶穌說:「愷撒的物當歸給愷撒,神的物當歸給神。」他們就很稀奇他。

撒都該人辯駁復活之事

18 撒都該人常說沒有復活的事。他們來問耶穌,說: 19 「夫子,摩西為我們寫著說:『人若死了,撇下妻子,沒有孩子,他兄弟當娶他的妻,為哥哥生子立後。』 20 有弟兄七人,第一個娶了妻,死了,沒有留下孩子。 21 第二個娶了她,也死了,沒有留下孩子。第三個也是這樣。 22 那七個人都沒有留下孩子。末了,那婦人也死了。 23 當復活的時候,她是哪一個的妻子呢?因為他們七個人都娶過她。」 24 耶穌說:「你們所以錯了,豈不是因為不明白聖經,不曉得神的大能嗎? 25 人從死裡復活,也不娶也不嫁,乃像天上的使者一樣。 26 論到死人復活,你們沒有念過摩西的書『荊棘篇』上所載的嗎?神對摩西說:『我是亞伯拉罕的神、以撒的神、雅各的神。』 27 神不是死人的神,乃是活人的神。你們是大錯了!」

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The Parable of the Tenants(A)

12 Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard.(B) He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place. At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed. Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully. He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed.

“He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all,(C) saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

“But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

“What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others. 10 Haven’t you read this passage of Scripture:

“‘The stone the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone;(D)
11 the Lord has done this,
    and it is marvelous in our eyes’[a]?”(E)

12 Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd;(F) so they left him and went away.(G)

Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar(H)

13 Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians(I) to Jesus to catch him(J) in his words. 14 They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay the imperial tax[b] to Caesar or not? 15 Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”

But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. “Why are you trying to trap me?” he asked. “Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.” 16 They brought the coin, and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”

“Caesar’s,” they replied.

17 Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.”(K)

And they were amazed at him.

Marriage at the Resurrection(L)

18 Then the Sadducees,(M) who say there is no resurrection,(N) came to him with a question. 19 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.(O) 20 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died without leaving any children. 21 The second one married the widow, but he also died, leaving no child. It was the same with the third. 22 In fact, none of the seven left any children. Last of all, the woman died too. 23 At the resurrection[c] whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?”

24 Jesus replied, “Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures(P) or the power of God? 25 When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.(Q) 26 Now about the dead rising—have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the account of the burning bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’[d]?(R) 27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 12:11 Psalm 118:22,23
  2. Mark 12:14 A special tax levied on subject peoples, not on Roman citizens
  3. Mark 12:23 Some manuscripts resurrection, when people rise from the dead,
  4. Mark 12:26 Exodus 3:6

12 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.

And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

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.

And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.

Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.'

And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

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.

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.

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