The Concordant Literal New Testament

Luke’s Account

Chapter 20

¹ And it occurred on one of those days, at His teaching the people in the sanctuary and bringing the evangel, the chief priests and the scribes, together with the elders, stand by.
² And they say, speaking to Him, "Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things, or who is giving you this authority?"
³ Now answering, He said to them, "I also shall be asking you one word, and you tell Me:
⁴ The baptism of John-was it of heaven or of men?"
⁵ Now they reckon together among themselves, saying that "If we should be saying, 'Of heaven,' he will be declaring, 'Wherefore, then, do you not believe him?'
⁶ Yet, if we should be saying, 'Of men,' the people all will be stoning us, for they are persuaded that John is a prophet."
⁷ And they answered, "We are not aware whence."
⁸ And Jesus said to them, "Neither am I telling you by what authority I am doing these things."
⁹ Now He begins to be telling to the people this parable, "A certain man plants a vineyard and leased it to farmers, and travels a considerable time.
¹⁰ And in season he dispatches to the farmers a slave, that they shall give him of the fruit of the vineyard. Yet the farmers, lashing him, send him away empty.
¹¹ And, in addition, he sent a different slave. Yet that one also, lashing and dishonoring, those men send away empty.
¹² And, in addition, he sent a third. Yet wounding this one also, those men cast him out.
¹³ "Now the lord of the vineyard said, 'What shall I be doing? I shall be sending my son, the beloved. Him they will be respecting equally with me.'
¹⁴ Now on perceiving him, the farmers reasoned with one another, saying, 'This is the enjoyer of the allotment. Hither! We should be killing him, that the enjoyer of the allotment may become ours.'
¹⁵ And, casting him outside of the vineyard, they kill him. What, then, will the lord of the vineyard be doing to them?
¹⁶ He will be coming and destroying these farmers and will be giving the vineyard to others." Now those hearing say, "May it not be coming to that!"
¹⁷ Yet He, looking at them, said, "What, then, is this that is written, 'The stone which is rejected by the builders, This came to be for the head of the corner'?
¹⁸ Everyone falling on that stone shall be shattered, yet on whomever it should be falling, it will be scattering him like chaff."
¹⁹ And the scribes and the chief priests seek to lay hands on Him in this hour, and they were afraid of the people, for they know that He told this parable in regard to them.
²⁰ And scrutinizing Him, they dispatch eavesdroppers, feigning themselves to be just, that they may get hold of a word of His, so as to give Him up to the sovereignty and the jurisdiction of the governor.
²¹ And they inquire of Him, saying, "Teacher, we are aware that you are saying and teaching correctly, and are not taking the surface view, but of a truth the way of God you are teaching.
²² Is it allowed us to give a tax to Caesar, or not?"
²³ Now, considering their craftiness, He said to them, "Why are you trying Me?
²⁴ Show Me a denarius." Now they show Him one, and He said, "Whose image and inscription has it?" Now answering, they say, "Caesar's."
²⁵ Now He said to them, "Now then, be paying Caesar's to Caesar, and God's to God."
²⁶ And they are not strong enough to get hold of a declaration of His in front of the people. And, marveling at His answer, they hush.
²⁷ Now approaching, some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, inquire of Him,
²⁸ saying, "Teacher, Moses writes to us, if anyone's brother should be dying, and having a wife, this one should be dying childless, that his brother may be getting the wife, and should be raising up seed to his brother.
²⁹ Seven brothers there were, then, and the first, getting a wife, died childless.
³⁰ And the second got the wife, and this one died childless.
³¹ And the third got her. Now similarly, the seven also left no children, and they died.
³² Now subsequently to all, the woman also died.
³³ The woman, in the resurrection, then, of which of them is she becoming the wife? For the seven have had her as wife."
³⁴ And, answering, Jesus said to them, "The sons of this eon are marrying and are taking out in marriage.
³⁵ Yet those deemed worthy to happen upon that eon and the resurrection from among the dead are neither marrying nor taking out in marriage.
³⁶ For neither can they still be dying, for they are equal to messengers, and are the sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
³⁷ "Now that the dead are rousing, even Moses divulges at the thorn bush, as he is terming the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.
³⁸ Now God is He, not of the dead, but of the living, for all, to Him, are living."
³⁹ Now answering, some of the scribes say to Him, "Teacher, ideally say you."
⁴⁰ For they no longer dared inquire of Him anything.
⁴¹ Now He said to them, "How are some saying that the Christ is David's Son?
⁴² For he, David, is saying in the scroll of the Psalms, 'Said the Lord to my Lord, "Sit at My right,
⁴³ Till I should be placing Thine enemies for a footstool for Thy feet."'
⁴⁴ David, then, is calling Him Lord. And how is He his Son?"
⁴⁵ Now in the hearing of the entire people, He said to His disciples,
⁴⁶ "Take heed of the scribes, who are wanting to walk in robes, and are fond of salutations in the markets and front seats in the synagogues and first reclining places at the dinners,
⁴⁷ who are devouring the homes of widows and, for a pretense, are prolix in praying. These will be getting more excessive judgment."

This publication may be reproduced for personal use
(all other rights reserved by copyright holder).