Part 33

42:020:009 Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

42:020:010 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.

42:020:011 And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

42:020:012 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.

42:020:013 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.

42:020:014 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

42:020:015 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?

42:020:016 He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

42:020:017 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?

42:020:018 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

42:020:019 And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

42:020:020 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.

42:020:021 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:

42:020:022 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?

42:020:023 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?

42:020:024 Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's.

42:020:025 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.

42:020:026 And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.

42:020:027 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,

42:020:028 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

42:020:029 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.

42:020:030 And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.

42:020:031 And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.

42:020:032 Last of all the woman died also.

42:020:033 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.

42:020:034 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:

42:020:035 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

42:020:036 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.