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Or who is he who gave You this authority?”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But He answered and said to them, <span class="woj">“I also will ask you one thing, and answer Me:</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="woj">The</span> <span class="woj">baptism of John—was it from heaven or from men?”</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>then did you not believe him?’ </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.” </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So they answered that they did not know where <i>it was</i> from.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And Jesus said to them, <span class="woj">“Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”</span></span></p> <h3> The Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers</span></h3><p><span class="text Luke-20-9"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then He began to tell the people this parable: <span class="woj">“A certain man planted a vineyard, leased it to</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span><span class="woj">vinedressers, and went into a far country for a long time.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="woj">Now at</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span><span class="woj">vintage-time he</span> <span class="woj">sent a servant to the vinedressers, that they might give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the vinedressers beat him and sent <i>him</i> away empty-handed.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="woj">Again he sent another servant; and they beat him also, treated <i>him</i> shamefully, and sent <i>him</i> away empty-handed.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="woj">And again he sent a third; and they wounded him also and cast <i>him</i> out.</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="woj">“Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Probably they will respect <i>him</i> when they see him.’</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="woj">But when the vinedressers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the</span> <span class="woj">heir. Come,</span> <span class="woj">let us kill him, that the inheritance may be</span> <span class="woj">ours.’</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="woj">So they cast him out of the vineyard and</span> <span class="woj">killed <i>him.</i> Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="woj">He will come and destroy those vinedressers and give the vineyard to</span> <span class="woj">others.”</span></span></p><p><span class="text Luke-20-16">And when they heard <i>it</i> they said, “Certainly not!”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then He looked at them and said, <span class="woj">“What then is this that is written:</span></span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Luke-20-17"><span class="woj">‘The stone which the builders rejected</span></span><br /><span class="text Luke-20-17"><span class="woj">Has become the chief cornerstone’?</span></span></p></div> <p class="first-line-none top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="woj">Whoever falls on that stone will be</span> <span class="woj">broken; but</span> <span class="woj">on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And the chief priests and the scribes that very hour sought to lay hands on Him, but they <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>feared the people—for they knew He had spoken this parable against them.</span></p> <h3> The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?</span></h3><p><span class="text Luke-20-20"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So they watched <i>Him,</i> and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on His words, in order to deliver Him to the power and the authority of the governor.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then they asked Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that You say and teach rightly, and You do not show personal favoritism, but teach the way of God in truth: </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But He perceived their craftiness, and said to them, <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span><span class="woj">“Why do you test Me?</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="woj">Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?”</span></span></p><p><span class="text Luke-20-24">They answered and said, “Caesar’s.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And He said to them, <span class="woj">“Render</span><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span> <span class="woj">therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>But they could not catch Him in His words in the presence of the people. And they marveled at His answer and kept silent.</span></p> <h3> The Sadducees: What About the Resurrection?</span></h3><p><span class="text Luke-20-27"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Then some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came to <i>Him</i> and asked Him, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>saying: “Teacher, Moses wrote to us <i>that</i> if a man’s brother dies, having a wife, and he dies without children, his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Now there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and died without children. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And the second <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>took her as wife, and he died childless. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Then the third took her, and in like manner the seven <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span>also; and they left no children, and died. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Last of all the woman died also. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife does she become? For all seven had her as wife.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Jesus answered and said to them, <span class="woj">“The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="woj">But those who are</span> <span class="woj">counted worthy to attain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><span class="woj">nor can they die anymore, for</span> <span class="woj">they are equal to the angels and are sons of God,</span> <span class="woj">being sons of the resurrection.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span><span class="woj">But even Moses showed in the <i>burning</i> bush <i>passage</i> that the dead are raised, when he called the Lord</span> <span class="woj">‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><span class="woj">For He is not the God of the dead but of the living, for</span> <span class="woj">all live to Him.”</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Then some of the scribes answered and said, “Teacher, You have spoken well.” </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>But after that they dared not question Him anymore.</span></p> <h3> Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord?</span></h3><p><span class="text Luke-20-41"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>And He said to them, <span class="woj">“How can they say that the Christ is the Son of David?</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span><span class="woj">Now David himself said in the Book of Psalms:</span></span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Luke-20-42"><span class="woj">‘The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> said to my Lord,</span></span><br /><span class="text Luke-20-42"><span class="woj">“Sit at My right hand,</span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span><span class="woj">Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” ’</span></span></p></div> <p class="first-line-none top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span><span class="woj">Therefore David calls Him ‘Lord’;</span> <span class="woj">how is He then his Son?”</span></span></p> <h3> Beware of the Scribes</span></h3><p><span class="text Luke-20-45"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Then, in the hearing of all the people, He said to His disciples, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span><span class="woj">“Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes,</span> <span class="woj">love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts,</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/20-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span><span class="woj">who devour widows’ houses, and for a</span> <span class="woj">pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”</span></span></p> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-25785a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 20:5">Luke 20:5</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU, M omit <i>then</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25789b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 20:9">Luke 20:9</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>tenant farmers</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25790c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 20:10">Luke 20:10</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>the season</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25799d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 20:19">Luke 20:19</span> <span class='footnote-text'>M <i>were afraid—for</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25803e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 20:23">Luke 20:23</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU omits <i>Why do you test Me?</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25805f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 20:25">Luke 20:25</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>Pay</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25810g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 20:30">Luke 20:30</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU omits the rest of v. <span class="bibleref" data-bibleref="Luke.20.30" href="/passage/?search=Luke.20.30&version=NKJV">30</span>.</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25811h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 20:31">Luke 20:31</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU, M <i>also left no children</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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