Old/New Testament

You Priests Are Like Farmers Who Killed The Owner’s Messengers And His Son

12 And He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit [for a wine press] and built a tower. And he rented it to farmers and went-on-a-journey. ² And he sent forth a slave to the farmers at the harvest time in order that he might receive from the fruits of the vineyard from the farmers. ³ And having taken him, they beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. ⁴ And again he sent-forth another slave to them. And that one they struck-on-the-head, and dishonored. ⁵ And he sent forth another— and that one they killed— and many others, they beating some and killing others. ⁶ He was still having one to send: a beloved son. He sent him forth to them last, saying that ‘They will have-regard-for my son’. ⁷ But those farmers said to themselves that ‘This one is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours’. ⁸ And having taken him, they killed him and threw him outside of the vineyard. ⁹ Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and give the vineyard to others.

But As The Psalm Says, The Stone The Builders Rejected Became The Cornerstone

¹⁰ Did you not even read this Scripture [in Ps 118:22-23]: ‘The stone which the ones building rejected, this became the head of the corner^[a]. ¹¹ This came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?” ¹² And they were seeking to seize Him. And^[b] they feared the crowd. For they^[c] knew that He spoke the parable against them. And having left Him, they went away.

The Pharisees Try To Snare Jesus: Shall We Pay Taxes To Caesar?

¹³ And they send forth some of the Pharisees and the Herodians^[d] to Him in order that they might catch Him in a statement. ¹⁴ And having come, they say to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful. And You are not concerned about [pleasing] anyone^[e], for You do not look^[f] at the face of people, but You teach the way of God in accordance with truth. Is it lawful to give a poll-tax^[g] to Caesar, or not? Should we give it, or should we not give it?” ¹⁵ But the One, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius^[h] in order that I may see it”. ¹⁶ And the ones brought it. And He says to them, “Whose is this image^[i] and inscription?” And the ones said to Him, “Caesar’s”. ¹⁷ And Jesus said to them, “Give back^[j] the things of ^[k] Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God”. And they were marveling-greatly at Him.

Sadducees Question Jesus About The Resurrection of a Wife With Seven Husbands

¹⁸ And Sadducees come to Him, who say that there is not a resurrection. And they were questioning Him, saying ¹⁹ “Teacher, Moses wrote to us [in Deut 25:5] that if a brother of someone dies and leaves-behind a wife and does not leave a child, that his brother should take the wife, and raise-up-from her a seed^[l] for his brother. ²⁰ There were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and dying, did not leave a seed. ²¹ And the second took her, and died, not having left-behind a seed. And the third similarly. ²² And the seven did not leave a seed. Last of all, the woman also died. ²³ In the resurrection when they rise up, of which of them will she be the wife? For the seven had her as wife”. ²⁴ Jesus said to them, “Are you not mistaken^[m] because of this— not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God? ²⁵ For when they rise-up from the dead, they neither marry nor are they given-in-marriage, but they are like angels^[n] in the heavens. ²⁶ And concerning the dead, that they are raised, did you not read in the book of Moses at the [place about the burning] bush, how God spoke to him, saying [in Ex 3:15] ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? ²⁷ He is not God of dead ones, but of living ones. You are greatly mistaken”.