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So the chief priests, the teachers, and the nation's leaders </span><span class="v42_20_2"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.2" class="v42_20_2">2</span>asked him, “What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_20_3"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.3" class="v42_20_3">3</span>Jesus replied, “I want to ask you a question. </span><span class="v42_20_4"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.4" class="v42_20_4">4</span>Who gave John the right to baptize? Was it God in heaven or merely some human being?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_20_5"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.5" class="v42_20_5">5</span>They talked this over and said to each other, “We can't say God gave John this right. Jesus will ask us why we didn't believe John. </span><span class="v42_20_6"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.6" class="v42_20_6">6</span>And we can't say it was merely some human who gave John the right to baptize. The crowd will stone us to death, because they think John was a prophet.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_20_7"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.7" class="v42_20_7">7</span>So they told Jesus, “We don't know who gave John the right to baptize.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_20_8"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.8" class="v42_20_8">8</span>Jesus replied, “Then I won't tell you who gave me the right to do what I do.”</span></p><h3 class="s1">Renters of a Vineyard</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 21:33-46">Matthew 21.33-46</ref>; <ref loc="MRK 12:1-12">Mark 12.1-12</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_20_9"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.9" class="v42_20_9">9</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.20.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Jesus told the people this story:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v42_20_9">A man once planted a vineyard and rented it out. Then he left the country for a long time. </span><span class="v42_20_10"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.10" class="v42_20_10">10</span>When it was time to harvest the crop, he sent a servant to ask the renters for his share of the grapes. But they beat up the servant and sent him away without anything. </span><span class="v42_20_11"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.11" class="v42_20_11">11</span>So the owner sent another servant. The renters also beat him up. They insulted him terribly and sent him away without a thing. </span><span class="v42_20_12"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.12" class="v42_20_12">12</span>The owner sent a third servant. He was also beaten terribly and thrown out of the vineyard.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v42_20_13"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.13" class="v42_20_13">13</span>The owner then said to himself, “What am I going to do? I know what. I'll send my son, the one I love so much. They will surely respect him!”</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v42_20_14"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.14" class="v42_20_14">14</span>When the renters saw the owner's son, they said to one another, “Someday he will own the vineyard. Let's kill him! Then we can have it all for ourselves.” </span><span class="v42_20_15"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.15" class="v42_20_15">15</span>So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_20_15">Jesus asked, “What do you think the owner of the vineyard will do? </span><span class="v42_20_16"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.16" class="v42_20_16">16</span>I'll tell you what. He will come and kill those renters and let someone else have his vineyard.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_20_16">When the people heard this, they said, “This must never happen!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_20_17"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.17" class="v42_20_17">17</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.20.17!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> But Jesus looked straight at them and said, “Then what do the Scriptures mean when they say, ‘The stone the builders tossed aside is now the most important stone of all’? </span><span class="v42_20_18"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.18" class="v42_20_18">18</span>Anyone who stumbles over this stone will get hurt, and anyone it falls on will be smashed to pieces.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_20_19"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.19" class="v42_20_19">19</span>The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses knew that Jesus was talking about them when he was telling this story. They wanted to arrest him right then, but they were afraid of the people.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Paying Taxes</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 22:15-22">Matthew 22.15-22</ref>; <ref loc="MRK 12:13-17">Mark 12.13-17</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_20_20"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.20" class="v42_20_20">20</span>Jesus' enemies kept watching him closely, because they wanted to hand him over to the Roman governor. So they sent some men who pretended to be good. But they were really spies trying to catch Jesus saying something wrong. </span><span class="v42_20_21"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.21" class="v42_20_21">21</span>The spies said to him, “Teacher, we know you teach the truth about what God wants people to do. And you treat everyone with the same respect, no matter who they are. </span><span class="v42_20_22"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.22" class="v42_20_22">22</span>Tell us, should we pay taxes to the Emperor or not?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_20_23"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.23" class="v42_20_23">23</span>Jesus knew they were trying to trick him. So he told them, </span><span class="v42_20_24"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.24" class="v42_20_24">24</span>“Show me a coin.” Then he asked, “Whose picture and name are on it?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_20_24">“The Emperor's,” they answered.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_20_25"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.25" class="v42_20_25">25</span>Then he told them, “Give the Emperor what belongs to him and give God what belongs to God.” </span><span class="v42_20_26"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.26" class="v42_20_26">26</span>Jesus' enemies could not catch him saying anything wrong there in front of the people. They were amazed at his answer and kept quiet.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Life in the Future World</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 22:23-33">Matthew 22.23-33</ref>; <ref loc="MRK 12:18-27">Mark 12.18-27</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_20_27"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.27" class="v42_20_27">27</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.20.27!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The Sadducees did not believe that people would rise to life after death. So some of them came to Jesus </span><span class="v42_20_28"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.28" class="v42_20_28">28</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.20.28!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> and said:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v42_20_28">Teacher, Moses wrote that if a married man dies and has no children, his brother should marry the widow. Their first son would then be thought of as the son of the dead brother.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v42_20_29"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.29" class="v42_20_29">29</span>There were once seven brothers. The first one married, but died without having any children. </span><span class="v42_20_30"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.30" class="v42_20_30">30</span>The second one married his brother's widow, and he also died without having any children. </span><span class="v42_20_31"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.31" class="v42_20_31">31</span>The same thing happened to the third one. Finally, all seven brothers married this woman and died without having any children. </span><span class="v42_20_32"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.32" class="v42_20_32">32</span>At last the woman died. </span><span class="v42_20_33"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.33" class="v42_20_33">33</span>When God raises people from death, whose wife will this woman be? All seven brothers had married her.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_20_34"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.34" class="v42_20_34">34</span>Jesus answered:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v42_20_34">The people in this world get married. </span><span class="v42_20_35"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.35" class="v42_20_35">35</span>But in the future world no one who is worthy to rise from death will either marry </span><span class="v42_20_36"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.36" class="v42_20_36">36</span>or die. They will be like the angels and will be God's children, because they have been raised to life.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v42_20_37"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.37" class="v42_20_37">37</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.20.37!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> In the story about the burning bush, Moses clearly shows that people will live again. He said, “The Lord is the God worshiped by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”<a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.20.37!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v42_20_38"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.38" class="v42_20_38">38</span>So the Lord isn't the God of the dead, but of the living. This means that everyone is alive as far as God is concerned.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_20_39"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.39" class="v42_20_39">39</span>Some of the teachers of the Law of Moses said, “Teacher, you have given a good answer!” </span><span class="v42_20_40"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.40" class="v42_20_40">40</span>From then on, no one dared to ask Jesus any questions.</span></p><h3 class="s1">About David's Son</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 22:41-46">Matthew 22.41-46</ref>; <ref loc="MRK 12:35-37">Mark 12.35-37</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_20_41"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.41" class="v42_20_41">41</span>Jesus asked, “Why do people say that the Messiah will be the son of King David?<a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.20.41!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v42_20_42"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.42" class="v42_20_42">42</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.20.42!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> In the book of Psalms, David himself says,</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v42_20_42">‘The Lord said to my Lord,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v42_20_42">Sit at my right side<a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.20.42!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v42_20_43"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.43" class="v42_20_43">43</span>until I make your enemies</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v42_20_43">into a footstool for you.’</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="m"><span class="v42_20_44"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.44" class="v42_20_44">44</span>David spoke of the Messiah as his Lord, so how can the Messiah be his son?”</span></p><h3 class="s1">Jesus and the Teachers of the Law of Moses</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 23:1-36">Matthew 23.1-36</ref>; <ref loc="MRK 12:38-40">Mark 12.38-40</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 11:37-54">Luke 11.37-54</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_20_45"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.45" class="v42_20_45">45</span>While everyone was listening to Jesus, he said to his disciples:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v42_20_46"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.46" class="v42_20_46">46</span>Guard against the teachers of the Law of Moses! They love to walk around in long robes, and they like to be greeted in the market. They want the front seats in the synagogues and the best seats at banquets. </span><span class="v42_20_47"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.20.47" class="v42_20_47">47</span>But they cheat widows out of their homes and then pray long prayers just to show off. These teachers will be punished most of all.</span></p></div> </div> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">20.37 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">The Lord is the God worshiped by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Jesus argues that if God is worshiped by these three, they must be alive, because he is the God of the living.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">20.41 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the son of King David: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 18.38.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">20.42 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">right side: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The place of power and honor.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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