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And so it was with many others; some they beat, and others they killed. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>He had still one other, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>So they seized him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>Have you not read this scripture:</span></p><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text">‘The stone that the builders rejected</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">has become the cornerstone;<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-28949a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>this was the Lord’s doing,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and it is amazing in our eyes’?”</span></span></p></div> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>When they realized that he had told this parable against them, they wanted to arrest him, but they feared the crowd. So they left him and went away.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">The Question about Paying Taxes</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>Then they sent to him some Pharisees and some Herodians to trap him in what he said. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>And they came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and show deference to no one; for you do not regard people with partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to the emperor, or not? </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>Should we pay them, or should we not?” But knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why are you putting me to the test? Bring me a denarius and let me see it.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>And they brought one. Then he said to them, “Whose head is this, and whose title?” They answered, “The emperor’s.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>Jesus said to them, “Give to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they were utterly amazed at him.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">The Question about the Resurrection</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question, saying, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, the man<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-28958b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span> shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>There were seven brothers; the first married and, when he died, left no children; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>and the second married the widow<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-28960c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span> and died, leaving no children; and the third likewise; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>none of the seven left children. Last of all the woman herself died. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>In the resurrection<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-28962d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span> whose wife will she be? For the seven had married her.”</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>Jesus said to them, “Is not this the reason you are wrong, that you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God? </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">25</span>For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">26</span>And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the story about the bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">27</span>He is God not of the dead, but of the living; you are quite wrong.”</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">The First Commandment</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">28</span>One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, he asked him, “Which commandment is the first of all?” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">29</span>Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">30</span>you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">31</span>The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">32</span>Then the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher; you have truly said that ‘he is one, and besides him there is no other’; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">33</span>and ‘to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength,’ and ‘to love one’s neighbor as oneself,’—this is much more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">34</span>When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” After that no one dared to ask him any question.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">The Question about David’s Son</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">35</span>While Jesus was teaching in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say that the Messiah<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-28974e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>]</span> is the son of David? </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">36</span>David himself, by the Holy Spirit, declared,</span></p><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text">‘The Lord said to my Lord,</span><br /><span class="text">“Sit at my right hand,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">until I put your enemies under your feet.”’</span></span></p></div> <p class="first-line-none"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">37</span>David himself calls him Lord; so how can he be his son?” And the large crowd was listening to him with delight.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Jesus Denounces the Scribes</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">38</span>As he taught, he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">39</span>and to have the best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets! </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">40</span>They devour widows’ houses and for the sake of appearance say long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">The Widow’s Offering</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">41</span>He sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the crowd putting money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">42</span>A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">43</span>Then he called his disciples and said to them, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">44</span>For all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”</span></p> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Mark 12:10">Mark 12:10</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>keystone</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Mark 12:19">Mark 12:19</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>his brother</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Mark 12:21">Mark 12:21</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>her</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Mark 12:23">Mark 12:23</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities add <i>when they rise</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Mark 12:35">Mark 12:35</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>the Christ</i></span></li></ol></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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