1 And it came to pass on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and announcing the glad tidings, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up,
2 and spoke to him saying, Tell us by what authority thou doest these things, or who is it who has given thee this authority?
3 And he answering said to them, *I* also will ask you {one} thing, and tell me:
4 The baptism of John, was it of heaven or of men?
5 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say, Why have ye not believed him?
6 but if we should say, Of men, the whole people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.
7 And they answered, they did not know whence.
8 And Jesus said to them, Neither do *I* tell you by what authority I do these things.
9 And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country for a long time.
10 And in the season he sent to the husbandmen a bondman, that they might give to him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen, having beaten him, sent {him} away empty.
11 And again he sent another bondman; but they, having beaten him also, and cast insult upon him, sent {him} away empty.
12 And again he sent a third; and they, having wounded him also, cast {him} out.
13 And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: perhaps when they see him they will respect {him}.
14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; {come,} let us kill him, that the inheritance may become ours.
15 And having cast him forth out of the vineyard, they killed {him}. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do to them?
16 He will come and destroy those husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it they said, May it never be!
17 But he looking at them said, What then is this that is written, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone?
18 Every one falling on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.
19 And the chief priests and the scribes sought the same hour to lay hands on him, and they feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken this parable of them.
20 And having watched {him}, they sent out suborned persons, pretending to be just men, that they might take hold of him in {his} language, so that they might deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.
21 And they asked him saying, Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and acceptest no {man's} person, but teachest with truth the way of God:
22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
23 But perceiving their deceit he said to them, Why do ye tempt me?
24 Shew me a denarius. Whose image and superscription has it? And answering they said, Caesar's.
25 And he said to them, Pay therefore what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is God's to God.
26 And they were not able to take hold of him in {his} expressions before the people, and, wondering at his answer, they were silent.
27 And some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection, coming up {to him},
28 demanded of him saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother, who has a wife, die, and he die childless, his brother shall take the wife and raise up seed to his brother.
29 There were then seven brethren: and the first, having taken a wife, died childless;
30 and the second {took the woman, and *he* died childless};
31 and the third took her: and in like manner also the seven left no children and died;
32 and last of all the woman also died.
33 In the resurrection therefore of which of them does she become wife, for the seven had her as wife?
34 And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world marry and are given in marriage,
35 but they who are counted worthy to have part in that world, and the resurrection from among {the} dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;
36 for neither can they die any more, for they are equal to angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
37 But that the dead rise, even Moses shewed in {the section of} the bush, when he called {the} Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob;
38 but he is not God of {the} dead but of {the} living; for all live for him.
39 And some of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well spoken.
40 For they did not dare any more to ask him anything.
41 And he said to them, How do they say that the Christ is David's son,
42 and David himself says in the book of Psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand
43 until I put thine enemies {as} footstool of thy feet?
44 David therefore calls him Lord, and how is he his son?
45 And, as all the people were listening, he said to his disciples,
46 Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and who love salutations in the market-places, and first seats in the synagogues, and first places at suppers;
47 who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment.
1 有一天， 耶稣在殿里教导人， 宣讲福音， 众祭司长、经学家和长老上前来，
2 对他说： "告诉我们， 你凭着什么权柄作这些事？给你这权柄的是谁？"
3 他回答他们： "我也要问你们一句话， 你们告诉我：
4 约翰的洗礼是从天上来的， 还是从人来的呢？"
5 他们就彼此议论说： "如果我们说： ‘是从天上来的’， 他就会问： ‘那你们为什么不相信他呢？’
6 如果我们说： ‘是从人来的’， 众人都会用石头打我们， 因为他们都认定约翰是先知。"
7 于是他们回答耶稣： "我们不知道是从哪里来的。"
8 耶稣说： "我也不告诉你们， 我凭着什么权柄作这些事。"
9 于是耶稣向众人讲了这个比喻： "有一个人栽种了一个葡萄园， 租给佃户， 就远行去了很久。
10 到了时候， 园主派了一个仆人到佃户那里， 叫他们把葡萄园当纳的果子交给他。佃户却打了他， 放他空手回去。
11 园主又派另一个仆人去， 佃户又打了他， 并且侮辱他， 也叫他空手回去。
12 于是他又派第三个去， 佃户把他打伤， 赶他走了。
13 葡萄园的主人说： ‘怎么办呢？我要派我的爱子去， 也许这一个他们会尊敬的。’
14 佃户一看他， 就彼此商议说： ‘这是继承产业的， 让我们杀了他， 那么， 产业就成为我们的了。’
15 于是他们把园主的爱子推出葡萄园外杀了。主人要怎样对待他们呢？
16 他要来除掉这些佃户， 把葡萄园租给别人。"他们听见了就说： "千万不要有这样的事发生！ "
17 耶稣看着他们， 说： "那么， ‘建筑工人所弃的石头， 成了房角的主要石头’， 这经文是什么意思呢？
18 凡是跌在那石头上的， 就必摔碎； 那石头掉在谁的身上， 就必把他压得粉碎。"
19 经学家和祭司长知道这比喻是针对他们说的， 当时就想动手拿他， 可是又害怕群众。
20 经学家和祭司长差派奸细伪装好人去窥探耶稣， 要抓着他的把柄， 好把他交由总督全权裁决。
21 奸细问他： "老师， 我们知道你所说所教的都对， 并且不讲情面， 只照着真理把 神的道教导人。
22 我们纳税给凯撒可以不可以？"
23 耶稣看透他们的诡计， 就对他们说：
24 "给我一个银币看看， 上面是谁的像， 谁的名号？"他们说： "凯撒的。"
25 耶稣说： "这样， 凯撒的应当归给凯撒， 神的应当归给 神。"
26 他们在群众面前， 不能抓住耶稣的把柄， 又希奇他的回答， 就沉默下来。
27 撒都该人向来否认有复活的事， 他们当中有几个人来问耶稣：
28 "老师， 摩西曾写给我们说： ‘如果一个人娶了妻子， 还没有儿女就死了， 他弟弟就应当娶他的妻子， 为哥哥立后。’
29 从前有兄弟七人， 头一个娶了妻子， 没有孩子就死了。
30 第二个、
31 第三个， 也娶过她； 七个都是这样， 都没有留下孩子就死了。
32 后来那女人也死了。
33 那么， 这女人在复活的时候， 要作哪一个的妻子呢？因为七个人都娶过她。"
34 耶稣说： "这世界的人又娶又嫁，
35 但配得那世界的， 又配从死人中复活的人， 也不娶也不嫁。
36 他们和天使一样， 不能再死； 既然是复活了的人， 就是 神的儿女了。
37 至于死人复活的事， 摩西在荆棘篇上提过， 他称主是亚伯拉罕的 神、以撒的 神、雅各的 神；
38 神不是死人的 神， 而是活人的 神， 因为在他那里的人都是活的。"
39 经学家中有几个说： "老师， 你说得好。"
40 从此他们再不敢问他什么了。
41 耶稣问他们： "人怎么能说基督是大卫的子孙呢？
42 大卫自己在诗篇上说： ‘主对我的主说： 你坐在我的右边，
43 等我使你的仇敌作你的脚凳。’
44 大卫既然称他为主， 他又怎会是大卫的子孙呢？"
45 众人听着的时候， 耶稣对门徒说：
46 "你们要提防经学家， 他们好穿长袍走来走去， 喜欢人在巿中心向他们问安， 并且喜欢会堂里的高位、筵席上的首座。
47 他们吞没了寡妇的房产， 又用冗长的祷告作掩饰。这等人必受更重的刑罚。"