1And he began to speak unto thembyparables. A certain manplanted a vineyard, andset an hedge aboutit, anddigged a place for the winefat, andbuilt a tower, andletitout to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
2And at the season he sentto the husbandmen a servant, that he might receivefrom the husbandmenof the fruitof the vineyard.
3And they caughthim, andbeathim, and sent himawayempty.
4Andagain he sentuntothemanotherservant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, andsenthimaway shamefully handled.
5Andagain he sentanother; andhim they killed, andmanyothers; beating some, and killing some.
6Havingyetthereforeoneson, hiswellbeloved, he senthimalsolastuntothem, saying, They will reverencemyson.
7Butthosehusbandmensaidamongthemselves, Thisis the heir; come, let us killhim, and the inheritance shall beours.
8And they tookhim, andkilledhim, andcasthim out of the vineyard.
9Whatshalltherefore the lord of the vineyarddo? he will comeanddestroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
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And have yenotreadthisscripture; The stonewhich the buildersrejectedisbecome the head of the corner:
11Thiswas the Lord's doing, and it ismarvellousinoureyes?
12And they sought to lay hold on him, butfeared the people: for they knewthat he had spoken the parableagainstthem: and they lefthim, and went their way.
13And they senduntohimcertain of the Phariseesand of the Herodians, tocatchhim in his words.
14And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we knowthat thou arttrue, andcarestfor no man: for thou regardestnot the person of men, butteachest the way of Godintruth: Is it lawful to givetribute to Caesar, ornot?
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Shall we give, or shall we notgive?But he, knowingtheirhypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt yeme?bringme a penny, that I may see it.
16And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is thisimageandsuperscription?And they said unto him, Caesar's.
17AndJesusansweringsaid unto them, Render to Caesar the things that areCaesar's, and to God the things that areGod's. And they marvelledathim.
18Thencomeuntohim the Sadducees, whichsay there isnoresurrection; and they askedhim, saying,
19Master, Moseswrote unto us, If a man's brotherdie, andleavehiswife behind him, andleavenochildren, thathisbrother should takehiswife, and raise upseed unto hisbrother.
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Now there weresevenbrethren: and the firsttook a wife, anddyingleftnoseed.
21And the secondtookher, anddied, neitherlefthe any seed: and the thirdlikewise.
22And the sevenhadher, andleftnoseed: last of all the womandiedalso.
23In the resurrectiontherefore, when they shall rise, whosewife shall she be of them?for the sevenhadher to wife.
24AndJesusansweringsaid unto them, Do yenotthereforeerr, because yeknownot the scriptures, neither the power of God?
25Forwhen they shall risefrom the dead, they neithermarry, norare given inmarriage; butareas the angelswhichareinheaven.
26And as touching the dead, that they rise: have yenotreadin the book of Moses, howin the bushGodspake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
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He isnot the God of the dead, but the God of the living: yethereforedogreatlyerr.
28Andone of the scribescame, and having heardthem reasoning together, andperceivingthat he had answeredthemwell, askedhim, Whichis the firstcommandment of all?
29AndJesusansweredhim, Thefirst of allthecommandmentsis, Hear, O Israel; TheLordourGodisoneLord:
30And thou shalt love the LordthyGodwithallthyheart, andwithallthysoul, andwithallthymind, andwithallthystrength: this is the firstcommandment.
31And the secondislike, namely this, Thou shalt lovethyneighbourasthyself. There isnoneothercommandmentgreater than these.
32Andthescribesaid unto him, Well, Master, thou hast saidthetruth: for there isoneGod; and there isnoneotherbuthe:
33And to lovehimwithall the heart, andwithall the understanding, andwithall the soul, andwithall the strength, and to love his neighbourashimself, ismore than all whole burnt offeringsandsacrifices.
34And when Jesussawthatheanswereddiscreetly, hesaid unto him, Thou artnotfarfrom the kingdom of God. And no man after thatdurstaskhim any question.
35AndJesusansweredandsaid, while he taughtin the temple, Howsay the scribesthatChristis the Son of David?
36ForDavidhimselfsaidby the HolyGhost, The LORDsaid to myLord, Sit thouonmy right hand, till I makethineenemiesthyfootstool.
37DavidthereforehimselfcallethhimLord; andwhence is he then hisson?And the commonpeopleheardhimgladly.
38And he said unto theminhisdoctrine, Bewareof the scribes, whichlove to goin long clothing, andlovesalutationsin the marketplaces,
39And the chief seatsin the synagogues, and the uppermost roomsatfeasts:
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Which devourwidows' houses, and for a pretencemakelongprayers: these shall receivegreaterdamnation.
41AndJesussat over against the treasury, andbeheldhow the peoplecastmoneyinto the treasury: andmany that were richcastinmuch.
42And there came a certainpoorwidow, and she threw intwomites, which make a farthing.
43And he called unto him hisdisciples, andsaith unto them, Verily I say unto you, Thatthispoorwidow hath castmorein, than all they which have castinto the treasury:
44Forall they did cast inoftheirabundance; butsheofherwant did cast inallthatshehad, even allherliving.