New Testament in a Year

12 ¶ And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard and set a hedge about it and dug a place for the winefat {Place where grapes are tread} and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen and went far away.

² And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a slave that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

³ And taking him, they beat him and sent him away empty.

⁴ And again he sent unto them another slave, and casting stones at him, they 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 place shall be ours.

⁸ And taking hold of him, they killed him and cast him out of the vineyard.

⁹ What, therefore, shall the lord of the vineyard do? He shall come and destroy those husbandmen and shall give his vineyard unto others.

¹⁰ And have ye not read this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected is placed as 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 multitude, for they understood that he had spoken the parable against them, and leaving him, they went away.

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 a man of truth who regards no man; for thou dost not look upon the appearance of men, but dost with truth teach the way of God; is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?

¹⁵ Shall we give or shall we not give? Then he, understanding their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? Bring me the coin that I may see it.

¹⁶ And they brought it. And he said unto them, Of whom is this image and inscription? And they said unto him, Of Caesar.

¹⁷ And Jesus, answering, said unto them, Render that which is of Caesar unto Caesar, and that which is of God unto God. And they marvelled at this.

¹⁸ ¶ Then come unto him the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

¹⁹ Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother dies and leaves his wife behind him and leaves 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 Then 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, neither shall they marry nor husbands take women nor women, husbands; but are as the angels who are in the heavens.

²⁶ And regarding the dead who are to rise, have ye not read in the book of Moses how in the bush God spoke unto him, saying, I Am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?

²⁷ He is not God of the dead, but God of the living; ye therefore do greatly err.