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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Luke 20 Mace New Testament</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/luke/20.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/luke/20-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Mace</a> > Luke 20</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../luke/19.htm" title="Luke 19">◄</a> Luke 20 <a href="../luke/21.htm" title="Luke 21">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Mace New Testament</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/luke/20-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus’ Authority Challenged<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/21.htm#23">Matthew 21:23–27</a>; <a href ="../mark/11.htm#27">Mark 11:27–33</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>One day, as he was instructing the people in the temple, and preaching the gospel, the chief priests, and the Scribes, with the rulers came up to him, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and thus accosted him, tell us by what authority do you act thus? and whence do you derive that authority? <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Jesus answer'd, I will ask you one question; <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>tell me, the baptism of John, was it a divine or a human institution? <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>but they reason'd thus with themselves, if we should say, it was divine, he will reply, why then did not you believe him? <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>if we should assert, it was a human contrivance, the populace would stone us; for they are persuaded that John was a prophet. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>they answer'd then, they did not know which it was. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Jesus replied, neither will I tell you by what authority I act thus.<p> <A name="10"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Wicked Tenants<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/21.htm#33">Matthew 21:33–46</a>; <a href ="../mark/12.htm">Mark 12:1–12</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then he propos'd this parable to the people, a man planted a vineyard, let it out to husbandmen, and then went a travelling for some time. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>at vintage, he sent a servant to the husbandmen, to demand the profits of the vineyard, but they beat him and sent him away empty. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>again he sent another servant, him they likewise beat, insulted, and sent away empty. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>he still sent a third, whom they wounded and drove away. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>upon which the master of the vineyard said, what shall I do? I will send my beloved son: perhaps his presence will engage their respect. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>but when the husbandmen saw him, they said to one another, this is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be our own. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>so they kill'd him, and threw him out of the vineyard, what punishment now will the master inflict upon them? <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>he will come and destroy these husbandmen, and give his vineyard to others, but they, taking the hint, cried out, God forbid.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>then Jesus looking upon them, said, what is the meaning then of that expression, "the stone, which the builders rejected, is become the chief stone of the angle."<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>whoever falls upon that stone shall be bruised, but on whom it falls, it will crush him to pieces.<p> <A name="20"></a><p class="hdg">Paying Taxes to Caesar<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/22.htm#15">Matthew 22:15–22</a>; <a href ="../mark/12.htm#13">Mark 12:13–17</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The chief priests, and the Scribes perceiving that he had applied this parable to them, were eager to seize upon him at that very time; but they were afraid of the people. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>they watch'd then, and suborn'd spies, who under pretence of their tender consciences, might ensnare him in his discourse, and so betray him to the civil power and jurisdiction of the governor. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>they address'd him therefore in this manner; master, we know that what you say and teach is all right, you are not influenc'd by the quality of men, but explain the divine law with sincerity: <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>should we pay tribute to Cesar, or no? <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>but Jesus perceiving their malicious design, said to them, why do you practise upon me? <A name="25"></a><span class="red"><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>show me a penny: whose image and inscription is this? they answer'd, Cesar's. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>render then, said he, to Cesar, what belongs to Cesar, and to God, what belongs to God. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>so not being able to take any advantage from his words, before the people, they said no more, being surpriz'd at his answer.<p> <A name="28"></a><p class="hdg">The Sadducees and the Resurrection<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/22.htm#23">Matthew 22:23–33</a>; <a href ="../mark/12.htm#18">Mark 12:18–27</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Afterwards some of the Pharisees, who deny there is any resurrection, accosted him with this question, <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>master, said they, Moses left it in writing, if any man has a brother, who dies in marriage without leaving children, he is obliged to take the widow, to perpetuate his brother's line. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>now there were seven brothers, the first of which marry'd, and died without children. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>the second after marrying the widow, died likewise without children. <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>then the third took her, and so she was married to all seven, who all died without leaving any children. <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>at last the woman died too. <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>at the resurrection therefore, to which of them will she be wife? for she had been married to all the seven.<p> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Jesus answered, in this life men and women marry. <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>but they, who shall be accounted worthy to obtain the resurrection to an eternal life, shall have no concern in marriage, as being immortal: <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>for by the resurrection they will inherit a nature truely angelical and divine. <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>now that the dead are raised, may be inferr'd from Moses's relation concerning the bush, where he stiles the Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>for he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, they are all then alive with respect to him. <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>which some of the Scribes approving, said to him, master, what you maintain is very just: <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>and after that they did not venture to ask him another question.<p> <A name="42"></a><p class="hdg">Whose Son Is the Christ?<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/22.htm#41">Matthew 22:41–46</a>; <a href ="../mark/12.htm#35">Mark 12:35–37</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>But Jesus said to them, you affirm the Messiah must be descended from David, how can that be?<p> <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>for in the book of Psalms David himself says, "the Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand,<p> <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>till I make thine enemies thy footstool." <A name="45"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>if then David stiles the Messiah his Lord, how can he be descended from David?<p> <A name="46"></a><p class="hdg">Beware of the Scribes<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/12.htm#38">Mark 12:38–40</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>then in the audience of all the people, he said to his disciples, <A name="47"></a><span class="red"><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>beware of the Scribes, who are fond of appearing in their long robes, affect to be saluted in publick, to have the upper hand in the synagogues, and at all entertainments. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>who under the pretext of their long prayers devour the fortunes of widows, wherefore they shall be punish'd with greater severity.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Daniel Mace New Testament (1729)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../luke/19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Luke 19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Luke 19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../luke/21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Luke 21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Luke 21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>