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But the vine-growers sent him away empty-handed having beaten him.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="red">And he proceeded to send another slave; and when they beat him also and treated him shamefully, they sent him away empty-handed.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="red">And he proceeded to send a third; and this one also they wounded and cast out.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="red">Now the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="red">But when the vine-growers saw him, they were reasoning with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="red">So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>owner of the vineyard do to them?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="red">He will come and destroy these vine-growers and will give the vineyard to others.”</span> When they heard this, they said, “May it never be!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But when <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Jesus looked at them, He said, <span class="red">“What then is this that is written:</span> <p class="indent2"><span class="red">‘THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED,</span> <p class="indent2"><span class="red">THIS BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER <i>stone</i>’?</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="red">Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.”</span> <p class="hdg">Taxes to Caesar</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And the scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on Him that very hour, but they feared the people. For they understood that He spoke this parable against them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So they watched Him, and sent spies who <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>pretended to be righteous, so that they might <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>catch Him in some statement, in order to deliver Him to the rule and the authority of the governor. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Is it <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But He perceived their craftiness and said to them, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="red">“Show Me a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>denarius. Whose <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>likeness and inscription does it have?”</span> They said, “Caesar’s.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And He said to them, <span class="red">“Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And they were unable to <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>catch Him in a word in the presence of the people; and marveling at His answer, they became silent. <p class="hdg">The Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Now some of the Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) came to Him, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>and they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that IF A MAN’S BROTHER DIES, having a wife, AND HE IS CHILDLESS, HIS BROTHER SHOULD <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>MARRY THE WIFE AND RAISE UP <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>SEED FOR HIS BROTHER. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Now there were seven brothers; and the first married a wife and died childless, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>and the second <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>and the third <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>married her; and in the same way, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>all seven <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>died, leaving no children. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Finally the woman died also. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Therefore, this woman—in the resurrection—whose wife will she be? For all seven had her as a wife.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And Jesus said to them, <span class="red">“The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage,</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="red">but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><span class="red">For they cannot even die anymore, because they are like angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span><span class="red">But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed in the <i>passage about the burning</i> bush, where he calls the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Lord THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><span class="red">Now He is not the God of the dead but of the living; for all live to Him.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And some of the scribes answered and said, “Teacher, You have spoken well.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>For they did not dare to question Him any longer about anything. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Then He said to them, <span class="red">“How <i>is it that</i> they say the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Christ is David’s son?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span><span class="red">For David himself says in the book of Psalms,</span> <p class="indent2"><span class="red">‘THE <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>LORD SAID TO MY LORD,</span> <p class="indent2"><span class="red">“SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,</span> <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span><span class="red">UNTIL I PUT YOUR ENEMIES AS A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET.”’</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span><span class="red">Therefore David calls Him ‘Lord,’ <i>so</i> how is He his son?”</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>And while all the people were listening, He said to the disciples, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span><span class="red">“Beware of the scribes, who want to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, and best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets,</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span><span class="red">who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”</span><A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>word</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>do I tell</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i>tenant farmers</i>, so in vv 10, 14, 16<br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>lord</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> Lit <i>lord</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Lit <i>He</i><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> Lit <i>falsely represented themselves</i><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> Lit <i>take hold of His word</i><br><span class="fnverse">21</span> Lit <i>do not receive a face</i><br><span class="fnverse">22</span> Or <i>permissible</i><br><span class="fnverse">24</span> A Roman silver coin, approx. a laborer’s daily wage<br><span class="fnverse">24</span> Lit <i>image</i><br><span class="fnverse">26</span> Lit <i>catch His statement</i><br><span class="fnverse">28</span> Lit <i>take</i><br><span class="fnverse">28</span> Or <i>descendant</i><br><span class="fnverse">31</span> Lit <i>took</i><br><span class="fnverse">31</span> Lit <i>the seven also</i><br><span class="fnverse">31</span> Lit <i>left no children, and died</i><br><span class="fnverse">37</span> In OT, Yahweh, cf. Ex 3:6<br><span class="fnverse">41</span> Messiah<br><span class="fnverse">42</span> In OT, Yahweh, cf. Ps 110:1<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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