1 Siis Jeesus hakkas neile tähendamissõnadega rääkima: „Üks mees istutas viinamäe, piiras aiaga, õõnestas kaljusse surutõrre ja ehitas valvetorni. Ta andis viinamäe rentnike kätte ja reisis ära. 2 Viljakoristamise ajal läkitas ta sulase rentnike juurde, et see võtaks nende käest vastu tema osa viinamäe saagist. 3 Kuid rentnikud võtsid sulase kinni, peksid teda ning saatsid minema tühjade kätega. 4 Siis isand läkitas nende juurde teise sulase. Seda nad lõid pähe ja teotasid teda. 5 Ta läkitas järgmise ja selle nad tapsid. Ja nii oli paljude teistega, mõnda nad peksid ja mõne tapsid.

6 Üks oli tal veel, tema armas poeg. Lõpuks ta läkitas nende juurde poja, mõeldes: „Minu poega nad austavad!"

7 Kuid rentnikud rääkisid omavahel: „Tema ongi see pärija! Lähme, tapame ta ära, siis pärand saab meile!" 8 Nad võtsid ta kinni, tapsid ta ära ja viskasid viinamäelt välja.

9 Mida teeb nüüd viinamäe isand? Ta tuleb ja hukkab need rentnikud ja annab viinamäe teiste kätte. 10 Kas te pole lugenud seda kirjakohta:

„Kivi, mille ehitajad pidasid kõlbmatuks,

on saanud nurgakiviks.

11 See tuli Issandalt

ja on imeline meie silmis." "

12 Siis ülempreestrid, kirjatundjad ja vanemad otsisid võimalust teda kinni võtta, sest nad teadsid, et Jeesus oli selle tähendamissõna rääkinud nende kohta. Aga kuna nad kartsid rahvast, jätsid nad ta rahule ja läksid minema.

13 Hiljem saadeti Jeesuse juurde mõned variserid ja heroodeslased, et teda tema sõnadest püüda. 14 Nad tulid ja ütlesid talle: „Õpetaja, me teame, et sa oled aus mees. Teised ei saa sind mõjutada, sest sulle pole oluline, kes nad on. Sa õpetad Jumala teed kooskõlas tõega. Kas on õige maksta keisrile impeeriumi maksu? 15 Kas peame maksma või ei pea?"

Aga Jeesus, teades nende silmakirjalikkust, ütles neile: „Miks te mind kiusate? Tooge mulle teenar näha!" 16 Nad tõidki ja ta küsis neilt: „Kelle pilt ja nimi siin on?"

„Keisri," vastasid nad talle.

17 Jeesus ütles neile: „Andke siis keisrile, mis kuulub keisrile, ja Jumalale, mis kuulub Jumalale!"

Ja nad imestasid tema üle.

18 Jeesuse juurde tulid saduserid, kes eitavad surnuist ülestõusmist, ja küsisid: 19 „Õpetaja, Mooses on meile kirjutanud, et kui mehe vend sureb ja maha jääb naine, aga ei jää last, siis peab see mees abielluma lesega ja oma vennale järglasi kasvatama. 20 Oli seitse venda. Vanim võttis naise ja surres ei jätnud last järele. 21 Siis teine abiellus lesega ja temagi suri last jätmata, samuti kolmas. 22 Need seitse võtsid ta naiseks ja ükski neist ei jätnud järele last. Kõige viimasena suri ka naine. 23 Kui nad ülestõusmisel surnuist üles tõusevad, siis kelle naine ta nende seast on? Ta on ju olnud abielus seitsmega."

24 Jeesus vastas neile: „Kas te mitte ei eksi, sellepärast et te ei tunne Pühakirja ega Jumala väge? 25 Kui surnud üles tõusevad, siis nad ei võta naisi ega lähe mehele, vaid on nagu inglid taevas. 26 Aga mis puutub surnute ülestõusmisse, kas te ei ole lugenud Moosese raamatust kibuvitsapõõsa loost, kuidas Jumal ütles Moosesele: „Mina olen Aabrahami Jumal, Iisaki Jumal ja Jaakobi Jumal." 27 Jumal ei ole surnute, vaid elavate Jumal. Te eksite rängalt!"

28 Üks kirjatundjatest tuli ja kuulis neid vaidlemas. Mõistes, et Jeesus oli neile hästi vastanud, küsis ta: „Milline on kõige tähtsam käsk?"

29 Jeesus vastas: „Kõige tähtsam on: „Kuule, Iisrael, Issand, meie Jumal, on üks Issand. 30 Armasta Issandat, oma Jumalat, kogu oma südamest ja kogu oma hingest ja kogu oma mõistusest ja kogu oma jõust!" 31 Teine on see: „Armasta oma ligimest nagu iseennast!" Neist suuremat käsku ei ole."

32 „Hästi öeldud, Õpetaja," vastas see mees. „Sul on õigus, kui sa ütled, et Jumal on Üks ja ei ole teist peale tema. 33 Ja armastada teda kogu oma südamest ja kogu oma mõistmisest ja kogu oma jõust ning armastada ligimest nagu iseennast on palju tähtsam kui kõik põletusohvrid ja muud ohvrid."

34 Ja Jeesus, nähes, et kirjatundja vastas arukalt, ütles talle: „Sa ei ole kaugel Jumala riigist." Ja keegi ei julgenud Jeesuselt enam midagi küsida.

35 Templis õpetades küsis Jeesus: „Miks kirjatundjad ütlevad, et Messias on Taaveti poeg? 36 Taavet ise ütles Pühas Vaimus rääkides:

„Issand ütles minu Issandale:

„Istu mu paremale käele,

kuni ma panen sinu vaenlased

su jalge alla." "

37 Taavet ise nimetab teda Issandaks. Kuidas siis Messias saab olla Taaveti poeg?"

Ja suur rahvahulk kuulas Jeesust meeleldi.

38 Ja ta ütles neid õpetades: „Hoiduge kirjatundjate eest! Neile meeldib ringi jalutada pikkades kuubedes ja saada aupaklikke tervitusi turuplatsidel, 39 sünagoogides on neil kõige tähtsamad istekohad ja pidulaudades aukohad. 40 Nad neelavad alla lesknaiste majad ja silmakirjaks peavad pikki palveid. Nad saavad seda rängema karistuse."

41 Ohvrirahakirstu vastas istudes vaatas Jeesus, kuidas rahvas paneb sinna raha. Mitmed rikkad andsid palju. 42 Siis tuli üks vaene lesknaine ja pani kaks leptonit, see on ühe veeringu. 43 Jeesus kutsus oma jüngrid enese juurde ja ütles neile: „Tõesti, ma ütlen teile, see vaene lesknaine pani rohkem kui ükski teine. 44 Sest nemad panid oma küllusest, tema pani aga oma vaesusest kõik, mis tal oli, kogu oma elatise."

1 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. 2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. 4 And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled. 5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. 6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son. 7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. 8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. 9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. 10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner: 11 This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

13 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words. 14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Cæsar, or not? 15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it. 16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Cæsar’s. 17 And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at him.

18 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, 19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. 21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise. 22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also. 23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. 24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? 25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. 26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? 27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. 32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: 33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

35 And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David? 36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. 37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.

38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, 39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: 40 Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. 42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. 43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: 44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.