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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Luke 20 ERV</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/erv/luke/20.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/5001.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 4800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 4800px)" href="/4801.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1550px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1550px)" href="/1551.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1250px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1250px)" href="/1251.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1050px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1050px)" href="/1051.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 900px), only screen and (max-device-width: 900px)" href="/901.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 800px)" href="/801.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 575px), only screen and (max-device-width: 575px)" href="/501.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-height: 450px), only screen and (max-device-height: 450px)" href="/h451.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><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="/combine/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="/">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ERV</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 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">English Revised Version</div><div class="chap"><a name="1" id="1"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus' Authority Challenged<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/21.htm#23">Matthew 21:23-27</a>; <a href="../mark/11.htm#27">Mark 11:27-33</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And it came to pass, on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and preaching the gospel, there came upon him the chief priests and the scribes with the elders; <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and they spake, saying unto him, Tell us: By what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority? <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And he answered and said unto them, I also will ask you a question; and tell me: <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why did ye not believe him? <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But if we shall say, From men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And they answered, that they knew not whence it was. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.</p> <a name="9" id="9"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Wicked Tenants<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/21.htm#33">Matthew 21:33-46</a>; <a href="../mark/12.htm">Mark 12:1-12</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And he began to speak unto the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country for a long time. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And he sent yet another servant: and him also they beat, and handled him shamefully, and sent him away empty. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And he sent yet a third: and him also they wounded, and cast him forth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned one with another, saying, This is the heir: let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do unto them? <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But he looked upon them, and said, What then is this that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Every one that falleth on that stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.</p> <a name="19" id="19"></a><p class="hdg">Paying Taxes to Caesar<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/22.htm#15">Matthew 22:15-22</a>; <a href="../mark/12.htm#13">Mark 12:13-17</a>)</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 sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he spake this parable against them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which feigned themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his speech, so as to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and acceptest not the person of any, but of a truth teachest the way of God: <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? And they said, Caesar's. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And he said unto them, Then render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And they were not able to take hold of the saying before the people: and they marveled at his answer, and held their peace.</p> <a name="27" id="27"></a><p class="hdg">Sadducees Question the Resurrection<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/22.htm#23">Matthew 22:23-33</a>; <a href="../mark/12.htm#18">Mark 12:18-27</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And there came to him certain of the Sadducees, they which say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, that if a man's brother die, having a wife, and he be childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took 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 took her; and likewise the seven also left no children, and died. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Afterward the woman also died. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven had her to wife.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And Jesus said unto them, The sons of this world marry, and are given in marriage: <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>but they that are accounted worthy to attain to that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>for neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>But that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed, in the place concerning the Bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>For they durst not any more ask him any question.</p> <a name="41" id="41"></a><p class="hdg">Whose Son is the Christ?<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/22.htm#41">Matthew 22:41-46</a>; <a href="../mark/12.htm#35">Mark 12:35-37</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>And he said unto them, How say they that the Christ is David's son?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>For David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>David therefore calleth him Lord, and how is he his son?</p> <a name="45" id="45"></a><p class="hdg">Beware of the Scribes<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../mark/12.htm#38">Mark 12:38-40</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>And in the hearing of all the people he said unto his disciples, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts; <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/20-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></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="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/luke/20-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>