Luke 20

The Parable of the Tenants Luke 20:9–18

⁹Verse 9. He began to tell the people this parable. “A man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time. ¹⁰Verse 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. ¹¹Verse 11. He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. ¹²Verse 12. He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him, and threw him out. ¹³Verse 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.’

¹⁴Verse 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.’ ¹⁵Verse 15. They threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶Verse 16. He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.” When they heard it, they said, “May it never be!” ¹⁷Verse 17. But he looked at them, and said, “Then what is this that is written, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the chief cornerstone?’ ¹⁸Verse 18. Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust.”

Trap About Taxes Luke 20:19–26

¹⁹Verse 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. ²⁰Verse 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. ²¹Verse 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. ²²Verse 22. Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

²³Verse 23. But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, “Why do you test me? ²⁴Verse 24. Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” They answered, “Caesar’s.” ²⁵Verse 25. He said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” ²⁶Verse 26. They weren’t able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent.

Question on Resurrection Luke 20:27–40

²⁷Verse 27. Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection. ²⁸Verse 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. ²⁹Verse 29. There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless. ³⁰Verse 30. The second took her as wife, and he died childless. ³¹Verse 31. The third took her, and likewise the seven all left no children, and died. ³²Verse 32. Afterward the woman also died.

³³Verse 33. Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a wife.” ³⁴Verse 34. Jesus said to them, “The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage. ³⁵Verse 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. ³⁶Verse 36. For they can’t die any more, for they are like the angels, and are children of God, being children of the resurrection. ³⁷Verse 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.’

³⁸Verse 38. Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him.” ³⁹Verse 39. Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you speak well.” ⁴⁰Verse 40. They didn’t dare to ask him any more questions.

David's Son and Scribes' Hypocrisy Luke 20:41–47

⁴¹Verse 41. He said to them, “Why do they say that the Christ is David’s son? ⁴²Verse 42. David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, ⁴³Verse 43. until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.”’ ⁴⁴Verse 44. “David therefore calls him Lord, so how is he his son?” ⁴⁵Verse 45. In the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples, ⁴⁶Verse 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;

⁴⁷Verse 47. who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation.”