Lucas 20

1 On one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Good News, the*20:1 TR adds "chief" priests and scribes came to him with the elders. 2 They asked him, "Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?"

3 He answered them, "I also will ask you one question. Tell me: 4 the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?"

5 They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’ 6 But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet." 7 They answered that they didn’t know where it was from.

8 Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."

9 He began to tell the people this parable: "A *20:9 NU (in brackets) and TR add "certain" man planted a vineyard and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time. 10 At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty. 11 He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. 12 He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him and threw him out. 13 The lord of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.’

14 "But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’ 15 Then they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them? 16 He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others."

When they heard that, they said, "May that never be!"

17 But he looked at them and said, "Then what is this that is written,

‘The stone which the builders rejected

was made the chief cornerstone’? ✝ 20:17 Psalms 118:22

18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces,

but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust."

19 The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew he had spoken this parable against them. 20 They watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor. 21 They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. 22 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"

23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, "Why do you test me? 24 Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?"

They answered, "Caesar’s."

25 He said to them, "Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s."

26 They weren’t able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer and were silent. 27 Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection. 28 They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife and raise up children for his brother. 29 There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless. 30 The second took her as wife, and he died childless. 31 The third took her, and likewise the seven all left no children, and died. 32 Afterward the woman also died. 33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a wife."

34 Jesus said to them, "The children of this age marry and are given in marriage. 35 But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. 36 For they can’t die any more, for they are like the angels and are children of God, being children of the resurrection. 37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord ‘The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ ✝20:37 Exodus 3:6 38 Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him."

39 Some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you speak well." 40 They didn’t dare to ask him any more questions.

41 He said to them, "Why do they say that the Christ is David’s son? 42 David himself says in the book of Psalms,

‘The Lord said to my Lord,

"Sit at my right hand,

43 until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet."’ ✝ 20:43 Psalms 110:1

44 "David therefore calls him Lord, so how is he his son?"

45 In the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples, 46 "Beware of those scribes who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts; 47 who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation."

Te Take e Pā ana ki te Mana o Īhu

1 Ā, i tētahi o aua rā, i a ia e whakaako ana i te iwi i roto i te temepara, e kauwhau ana i te rongopai, ka tae mai ngā tohunga nui, ngā karaipi, me ngā kaumātua ki a ia, 2 ka kōrero ki a ia, ka mea, "Kōrerotia mai ki a mātou te mana i mea ai koe i ēnei mea? Nā wai hoki i hoatu tēnā mana ki a koe?"

3 Ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki a rātou, "Māku hoki e ui ki a koutou kia kotahi kupu; mā koutou e mea mai ki ahau. 4 Ko te iriiringa a Hoani, nō te rangi rānei, nō te tangata rānei?"

5 Ā, ka kōrero rātou ki a rātou anō, ka mea, "Ki te mea tātou, ‘Nō te rangi,’ ka mea mai ia, ‘Ha, he aha koutou tē whakapono ai ki a ia?’ 6 Ā, ki te mea tātou, ‘Nō te tangata,’ ka ākina tātou e te iwi katoa ki te kāmaka, e whakapono ana hoki rātou he poropiti a Hoani."

7 Nā, ka whakahokia e rātou, "E kore e kitea nō hea rānei."

8 Nā, ko te meatanga a Īhu ki a rātou, "E kore anō e kōrerotia e ahau ki a koutou te mana i mea ai ahau i ēnei mea."

Te Kupu Whakarite o ngā Kaimahi i roto i te Māra Wāina

9 Nā, ka anga ia, ka kōrero i tēnei kupu whakarite ki te iwi: "I whakatōkia tētahi māra wāina e tētahi tangata, ā, tukua ana ki ngā kaimahi, ā, haere ana ki tawhiti, ā, maha noa ngā rā. 10 Ā, i te pō i tika ai ka tonoa e ia he pononga ki ngā kaimahi, kia hoatu ai e rātou ki a ia ētahi o ngā hua o te māra wāina; otirā, ka whiua ia e ngā kaimahi, whakahokia kautia ana. 11 Nā, ka tonoa anō e ia tētahi atu pononga; ā, ka whiua anō ia e rātou, ka tūkinotia, whakahokia kautia ana. 12 Nā, ka tonoa anō hoki tētahi e ia, te tuatoru, ā, tukitukia ana ia e rātou, makā ana ki waho.

13 "Nā, ka mea te rangatira o te māra wāina, ‘Me pēhea ahau? Ka tonoa e ahau tāku tama, tāku e aroha nei, tērā pea rātou e hopohopo ki a ia.’

14 "Otirā, nō te kitenga o ngā kaimahi i a ia, ka kōrerorero ki a rātou anō, ka mea, ‘Ko te rangatira tēnei mōna te kāinga, tēnā, tātou ka whakamate i a ia, kia riro mai ai te kāinga i a tātou.’ 15 Nā, makā ana ia ki waho o te māra wāina, whakamatea iho.

"Nā, ka aha te rangatira o te māra wāina ki a rātou? 16 Ka haere ia, ka whakangaro i aua kaimahi, ka hoatu te māra wāina ki ētahi atu."

Ā, ka rongo rātou, ka mea, "Kauaka!"

17 Ka titiro ia ki a rātou, ka mea, "He aha rā tēnei kua oti nei te tuhituhi,

‘Ko te kōhatu i kapea e ngā kaihanga,

kua meinga tēnei hei upoko mō te kokonga’?

18 Nā, ki te hinga tētahi ki runga ki tēnei kōhatu, mongamonga noa; ki te hinga tēnei kōhatu ki runga ki tētahi, ngotangota noa ia, ānō he puehu."

Te Take e Pā ana ki te Hoatu Takoha

19 Nā, ka whai ngā tohunga nui me ngā karaipi kia hopukia ia i taua wā anō, ka mataku rātou i te iwi, i mōhio hoki rātou i kōrerotia e ia tēnei kupu whakarite mō rātou. 20 Nā, ka āta tirohia ia e rātou, ka tonoa mai he kaiwhakarongo, anō te āhua kei tō te hunga tika, hei hopu mō tāna kōrero, kia tukua ai ia ki te rangatiratanga, ki te kaha o te kāwana. 21 Ā, ka ui rātou ki a ia, ka mea, "E te Kaiwhakaako, e mōhio ana mātou he tika tāu e kōrero nei, e whakaako nei, e kore anō e manakohia e koe te kanohi tangata, engari e whakaako pono ana koe i te huarahi o te Atua. 22 He mea tika rānei te hoatu takoha e mātou ki a Hīhā, kāhore rānei?"

23 Otirā, i kitea e ia tō rātou hīanga, ā, ka mea ki a rātou, "He aha koutou ka whakamātautau nei i ahau? 24 Kia kite ahau i tētahi pene. Nō wai tōna āhua me te tuhituhinga?"

Nā, ka whakahoki rātou, ka mea, "Nō Hīhā."

25 Kātahi ia ka mea ki a rātou, "Hoatu rāpea ki a Hīhā ngā mea a Hīhā, ki te Atua anō ngā mea a te Atua."

26 Heoi, kīhai i taea e rātou te hopu i tētahi kōrero āna i te aroaro o te iwi; nā, ka mīharo rātou ki tāna kupu, ā, whakarongo kau ana.

Te Take e Pā ana ki te Aranga ake i te Mate

27 Nā, ka tae mai ētahi o ngā Haruki e mea nei kāhore he aranga; ka ui ki a ia, 28 ka mea, "E te Kaiwhakaako, i tuhituhi a Mohi ki a mātou: ‘Ki te mate te tuakana o tētahi tangata, he wahine anō tāna, ā, ka mate urikore ia, me tango te wahine e tōna teina, ka whakatupu uri ai mō tōna tuakana.’ 29 Nā, tokowhitu taua whānau; ka tango tō mua i te wahine, ā, mate urikore āna. 30 Nā, ka tango te tuarua i te wahine, ā, ka mate urikore anō ia. 31 Nā, ka tango te tuatoru i a ia; pēnei anō ngā tokowhitu, kāhore ā rātou tamariki i waiho ai, ā, mate iho rātou. 32 Nā, muri iho i te katoa ka mate hoki te wahine. 33 Nā, i te aranga, mā wai o rātou te wahine? He wahine hoki ia nā te tokowhitu."

34 Ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a rātou, "E mārena ana, e hoatu ana ki te mārena, ngā tamariki o tēnei ao. 35 Tēnā, ko te hunga e paingia ana kia whiwhi ki tērā ao, ki te aranga anō i roto i te hunga mate, e kore e mārena, e kore anō e hoatu ki te mārena. 36 E kore anō rātou e āhei kia mate. E rite ana hoki ki ngā anahera, he tama hoki rātou nā te Atua, he tama nā te aranga. 37 Nā, ko te aranga o te hunga mate, kua whakakitea mai tēnā e Mohi i tāna mō te Rākau, i karangatia ai te Ariki ‘Ko te Atua o Āperahama, ko te Atua o Īhaka, ko te Atua o Hākopa.’ 38 Nā, ehara ia i te Atua nō te hunga mate, engari nō te hunga ora, e ora katoa ana hoki i roto i a ia."

39 Nā, ka whakahoki ētahi o ngā karaipi ka mea, "E te Kaiwhakaako, he pai tāu kōrero." 40 Kīhai hoki rātou i māia ki te ui anō ki a ia i tētahi mea.

Te Take e Pā ana ki te Karaiti

41 Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, "Nā te aha rātou i mea ai he tama nā Rāwiri a te Karaiti? 42 Kua mea nei a Rāwiri i te pukapuka o Ngā Waiata:

‘I mea te Ariki ki tōku Ariki,

"Hei tōku matau koe noho ai,

43 kia meinga rā anō e ahau ōu hoariri

hei tūranga waewae mōu." ’

44 Nā, ka kīia ia e Rāwiri he Ariki, ā, he pēhea i tama ai ki a ia?"

Te Whakatūpato a Īhu ki ngā Kaiwhakaako o te Ture

45 Ā, i te iwi katoa e whakarongo ana, ka mea ia ki āna ākonga, 46 "Kia tūpato ki ngā karaipi, ko tā rātou nei e rawe ai ko ngā kākahu roroa ina hāereere rātou, e matenui ana ki ngā ohatanga i ngā kāinga hokohoko, me ngā nohoanga rangatira i ngā whare karakia me ngā nohoanga rangatira i ngā hākari. 47 Pau ake hoki i a rātou ngā whare o ngā pouaru, e īnoi roa ana hoki, he āhua kau. Nui rawa te hē e tau ki a rātou!"