| |
Chapter 12
|
1
|
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. |
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 our's. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
