Luke 20
1599 Geneva Bible
20 4 From whence John’s Baptism was. 9 The wickedness of the Priests is noted by the parable of the vineyard and the husbandmen. 21 To give tribute to Caesar. 27 He convinceth the Sadducees denying the resurrection. 41 How Christ is the son of David.
1 And (A)[a]it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the Temple, and preached the Gospel, the high Priests and the Scribes came upon him, with the Elders,
2 And spake unto him, saying, Tell us by what authority thou doest these things, or who is he that hath given thee this authority?
3 And he answered, and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing: tell me therefore:
4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
5 And they reasoned within themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven, he will say, Why then believed ye him not?
6 But if we shall say, Of men, all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a Prophet.
7 Therefore they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.
8 Then Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you, by what authority I do these things.
9 ¶ (B)[b]Then began he to speak to the people this parable, A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen: and went into a strange country, for a great time.
10 And at the time convenient he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen did beat him, and sent him away empty.
11 Again he sent yet another servant: and they did beat him, and foul entreated him, and sent him away empty.
12 Moreover he sent the third, and him they wounded, and cast out.
13 Then said the Lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be that they will do reverence when they see him.
14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned with themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What shall the Lord of the vineyard therefore do unto them?
16 He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give out his vineyard to others. But when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
17 ¶ And he beheld them, and said, What meaneth this then that is written, (C)The stone that the builders refused, that is made the head of the corner?
18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone, shall be broken: and on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
19 Then the high Priests, and the Scribes the same hour went about to lay hands on him (but they feared the people) for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
20 (D)[c]And they [d]watched him, and sent forth [e]spies, which should feign themselves just men [f]to take him in his talk, and to deliver him unto the power and [g]authority of the governor.
21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest, and teachest right, neither dost thou accept [h]any man’s person, but teachest the way of God truly.
22 Is it lawful for us to give Caesar tribute or no?
23 But he perceived their [i]craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
24 Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered, and said, Caesars.
25 Then he said unto them, (E)Give then unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and to God those which are God’s.
26 And they could not reprove his saying before the people: but they marveled at his answer, and held their peace.
27 (F)[j]Then came to him certain of the Sadducees (which deny that there is any resurrection) and they asked him,
28 Saying, Master, (G)Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
29 Now there were seven brethren, and the first took a wife, and he died without children.
30 And the second took the wife, and he died childless.
31 Then the third took her: and so likewise the seven died, and left no children.
32 And last of all, the woman died also.
33 Therefore at the resurrection, whose wife of them shall she be? for seven had her to wife.
34 Then Jesus answered, and said unto them, The [k]children of this world marry wives, and are married.
35 But they which shall be counted worthy to enjoy that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry wives, neither are married.
36 For they can die no more, forasmuch as they are equal unto the Angels, and are the sons of God, since they are the [l]children of the resurrection.
37 And that the dead shall rise again, even (H)Moses showed it besides the bush, when he said, The Lord is 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 them which live: for all [m]live unto him.
39 Then certain of the Scribes answered, and said, Master, thou hast well said.
40 And after that, durst they not ask him anything at all.
41 ¶ (I)[n]Then said he unto them, How say they that Christ is David’s son?
42 And David himself saith in the book of the Psalms, (J)The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand,
43 Till I shall make thine enemies thy footstool.
44 Seeing David called him Lord, how is he then his son?
45 ¶ Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples,
46 (K)[o]Beware of the Scribes, which willingly go in long robes, and love salutations in the markets, and the highest seats in the assemblies, and the chief rooms at feasts:
47 Which devour widow’s [p]houses, and in show make long prayers: These shall receive greater damnation.
Footnotes
- Luke 20:1 The Pharisees being overcome with the truth of Christ’s doctrine, move a question about his outward calling, and are overcome by the witness of their own conscience.
- Luke 20:9 It is no new thing to have them the chiefest enemies of Christ and his servants, which are conversant in the very Sanctuary of God’s holy place: but at length they shall not escape unpunished.
- Luke 20:20 The last refuge that false prophets have to destroy the true Prophets, is to lay sedition, and treason to their charge.
- Luke 20:20 A fit time to take him in.
- Luke 20:20 Whom they had deceitfully hired.
- Luke 20:20 That they might take some hold in his talk and thereby forge some false accusation against him.
- Luke 20:20 To put him to death.
- Luke 20:21 Thou are not moved by favor of any: and by person he meaneth outward circumstances, which if a man have respect unto, he will not judge alike of them that are indeed alike.
- Luke 20:23 Craftiness is a certain diligence and witness to do evil, gotten by much use and great practice in matters.
- Luke 20:27 The resurrection of the flesh is avouched against the Sadducees.
- Luke 20:34 They are called here in this place, the children of this world, which live in this world: and not they, that wholly are given to the world, as before Luke 16:8, which are contrary to the children of light.
- Luke 20:36 That is, men partakers of the resurrection, for as we say truly, that they shall live indeed, which shall enjoy everlasting bliss, so do they rise indeed, which rise to life, though if this word resurrection, be taken generally, it belongeth also to the wicked which shall rise to condemnation, which is not properly life, but death.
- Luke 20:38 That is, before him: a notable saying, the godly do not die, though they die here on earth.
- Luke 20:41 Christ is so the son of David according to the flesh, that he is also his Lord (because he is the everlasting son of God) according to the spirit.
- Luke 20:46 We must avoid the example of the ambitious and covetous pastors.
- Luke 20:47 This is spoken by the figure Metonymy, houses, for the goods and substance.
Luke 20
Jubilee Bible 2000
20 ¶ And it came to pass that on one of those days as he taught the people in the temple and preached the gospel, the princes of the priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders
2 and spoke unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
3 And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing, and answer me:
4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven or of men?
5 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven, he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
6 But and if we say, Of men, all the people will stone us; for they are certain that John was a prophet.
7 And they answered that they knew not from where.
8 Then Jesus said unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
9 ¶ And he began to speak this parable to the people: A certain man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen and went into a far country for a long time.
10 And at the season he sent a slave to the husbandmen that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard, but the husbandmen beat him and sent him away empty.
11 And again he sent another slave, and they beat him also and treated him shamefully and sent him away empty.
12 And again he sent a third, and they wounded him also and cast him out.
13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it may be they will reverence him when they see him.
14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, let us kill him that the inheritance may be ours.
15 So they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
16 He shall come and destroy these husbandmen and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, May it not be!
17 But he beheld them and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
19 And the princes of the priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him, for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them; but they feared the people.
20 ¶ And they watched him and sent forth spies who feigned themselves just men that they might take hold of him as he was speaking, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither dost thou accept the person of any, but teachest the way of God with truth;
22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar or no?
23 But he, perceiving their craftiness, said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
24 Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have? They answered and said, Caesar’s.
25 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s and unto God the things which are God’s.
26 And they could not take hold of his words before the people, and they marvelled at his answer and were silent.
27 ¶ Then certain of the Sadducees came, who deny that there is any resurrection, and they asked him,
28 saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother dies, having a wife, and he dies without children, that his brother should take his wife and raise up seed unto his brother.
29 There were therefore seven brethren, and the first took a wife and died without children.
30 And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.
31 And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also, and they left no children and died.
32 Last of all the woman died also.
33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be? for seven had her to wife.
34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage,
35 but those who are accounted worthy to obtain that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry, nor are given in marriage;
36 for neither can they die any more, for they are equal unto the angels and are the sons of God, being the sons of the resurrection.
37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed this at the bush when he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.
38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living; for all live unto him.
39 ¶ Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.
40 And after that they dared not ask him any question at all.
41 And he said unto them, How do they say that the Christ is David’s son?
42 And David himself says in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand
43 until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
44 David therefore calls him Lord; how is he then his son?
45 Then in the audience of all the people, he said unto his disciples,
46 Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes and love greetings in the markets and the first seats in the synagogues and the first places at suppers;
47 who devour the houses of the widows and for a pretext make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
Luc 20
Segond 21
20 Un de ces jours-là, Jésus enseignait le peuple dans le temple et annonçait la bonne nouvelle. Les [chefs des] prêtres et les spécialistes de la loi, avec les anciens, survinrent alors 2 et lui dirent: «Dis-nous par quelle autorité tu fais ces choses, ou qui t’a donné cette autorité.» 3 Il leur répondit: «Je vous poserai moi aussi une question. Dites-moi, 4 le baptême de Jean venait-il du ciel ou des hommes?» 5 Mais ils raisonnèrent ainsi entre eux: «Si nous répondons: ‘Du ciel’, il dira: ‘Pourquoi n'avez-vous pas cru en lui?’ 6 Et si nous répondons: ‘Des hommes’, tout le peuple nous lapidera, car il est persuadé que Jean était un prophète.» 7 Alors ils répondirent qu'ils ne savaient pas d'où il venait. 8 Jésus leur dit: «Moi non plus, je ne vous dirai pas par quelle autorité je fais ces choses.»
Parabole des vignerons
9 Il se mit ensuite à dire cette parabole au peuple: «Un homme planta une vigne, la loua à des vignerons et quitta pour longtemps le pays. 10 Le moment venu, il envoya un serviteur vers les vignerons pour qu'ils lui donnent sa part de récolte de la vigne. Mais les vignerons le battirent et le renvoyèrent les mains vides. 11 Il envoya encore un autre serviteur; ils le battirent lui aussi, l'insultèrent et le renvoyèrent les mains vides. 12 Il en envoya encore un troisième, mais ils le blessèrent aussi et le chassèrent. 13 Le maître de la vigne se dit alors: ‘Que faire? J'enverrai mon fils bien-aimé, peut-être [en le voyant] auront-ils du respect pour lui.’ 14 Mais quand les vignerons le virent, ils raisonnèrent entre eux et dirent: ‘Voilà l'héritier. Tuons-le, afin que l'héritage soit à nous.’ 15 Ils le jetèrent hors de la vigne et le tuèrent. Maintenant, que leur fera donc le maître de la vigne? 16 Il viendra, fera mourir ces vignerons et donnera la vigne à d'autres.»
En entendant cela, ils dirent: «Certainement pas!» 17 Mais Jésus jeta les regards sur eux et dit: «Que signifie donc ce qui est écrit: La pierre qu'ont rejetée ceux qui construisaient est devenue la pierre angulaire[a]? 18 Toute personne qui tombera sur cette pierre s'y brisera, et celui sur qui elle tombera sera écrasé.» 19 Les chefs des prêtres et les spécialistes de la loi cherchèrent à l'arrêter au moment même, mais ils redoutaient les réactions [du peuple]. Ils avaient compris que c'était pour eux que Jésus avait dit cette parabole.
Tentatives de piéger Jésus
20 Ils se mirent à observer Jésus et ils envoyèrent des hommes qui faisaient semblant d'être des justes pour le prendre au piège de ses propres paroles, afin de le livrer au pouvoir et à l'autorité du gouverneur. 21 Ils lui posèrent cette question: «Maître, nous savons que tu parles et enseignes avec droiture et que tu ne tiens pas compte de l'apparence, mais que tu enseignes le chemin de Dieu en toute vérité. 22 Nous est-il permis, ou non, de payer l'impôt à l'empereur?» 23 Jésus discerna leur ruse et leur répondit: «[Pourquoi me tendez-vous un piège?] 24 Montrez-moi une pièce de monnaie. De qui porte-t-elle l'effigie et l'inscription?» «De l'empereur», répondirent-ils. 25 Alors il leur dit: «Rendez donc à l’empereur ce qui est à l’empereur et à Dieu ce qui est à Dieu.» 26 Ils ne purent pas le prendre en défaut dans ce qu’il disait devant le peuple; étonnés de sa réponse, ils gardèrent le silence.
27 Quelques-uns des sadducéens[b], qui disent qu'il n'y a pas de résurrection, s'approchèrent et posèrent à Jésus cette question: 28 «Maître, voici ce que Moïse nous a prescrit: Si un homme marié meurt sans avoir d'enfants, son frère épousera la veuve et donnera une descendance à son frère.[c] 29 Or, il y avait sept frères. Le premier s’est marié et est mort sans enfants. 30 Le deuxième [a épousé la veuve et est mort sans enfants], 31 puis le troisième l’a épousée; il en est allé de même pour les sept: ils sont morts sans laisser d'enfants. 32 Enfin, la femme est morte aussi. 33 A la résurrection, duquel d'entre eux sera-t-elle donc la femme? En effet, les sept l'ont eue pour épouse.» 34 Jésus leur répondit: «Les hommes et les femmes de ce monde se marient, 35 mais celles et ceux qui seront jugés dignes de prendre part au monde à venir et à la résurrection ne se marieront pas. 36 Ils ne pourront pas non plus mourir, car ils seront semblables aux anges, et ils seront enfants de Dieu en tant qu’enfants de la résurrection. 37 Que les morts ressuscitent, c'est ce que Moïse a indiqué, dans l'épisode du buisson, quand il appelle le Seigneur le Dieu d'Abraham, le Dieu d'Isaac et le Dieu de Jacob[d]. 38 Or Dieu n'est pas le Dieu des morts, mais des vivants, car tous sont vivants pour lui.» 39 Quelques spécialistes de la loi prirent la parole et dirent: «Maître, tu as bien parlé», 40 et ils n'osaient plus lui poser aucune question.
Reproches de Jésus aux chefs religieux
41 Alors Jésus leur dit: «Comment peut-on dire que le Messie est le fils de David[e]? 42 David lui-même dit [en effet] dans le livre des Psaumes: Le Seigneur a dit à mon Seigneur: ‘Assieds-toi à ma droite 43 jusqu'à ce que j'aie fait de tes ennemis ton marchepied.’[f] 44 David l'appelle donc Seigneur. Comment peut-il être son fils?»
45 Tandis que tout le peuple l'écoutait, il dit à ses disciples: 46 «Méfiez-vous des spécialistes de la loi qui aiment se promener en longues robes et être salués sur les places publiques; ils recherchent les sièges d'honneur dans les synagogues et les meilleures places dans les festins; 47 ils dépouillent les veuves de leurs biens tout en faisant pour l'apparence de longues prières. Ils seront jugés plus sévèrement.»
Footnotes
- Luc 20:17 La pierre qu’ont… angulaire: citation du Psaume 118.22.
- Luc 20:27 Sadducéens: membres d’un courant du judaïsme souvent associé aux prêtres et à l’aristocratie.
- Luc 20:28 Si… frère: citation de Deutéronome 25.5-6.
- Luc 20:37 Le Dieu… de Jacob: citation d’Exode 3.6. Jésus répond aux sadducéens par un passage tiré des cinq livres de Moïse, car les sadducéens ne reconnaissaient qu’eux comme Ecriture.
- Luc 20:41 Fils de David: voir la note 18.38.
- Luc 20:43 Le Seigneur… marchepied: citation du Psaume 110.1.
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