The Parable of the Vineyard Owner
1He12:1–12 Mt 21:33–46; Lk 20:9–19 began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard,12:1 Gn 9:20 put a fence around it, dug out a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away.
2At harvest time he sent12:2 Mk 3:14 a servant12:2 Mt 10:24 to the farmers to collect some of the fruit12:2 Mt 3:8; 7:16 of the vineyard from them.
4Again he sent another servant to them, and they12:4 Other mss add threw stones and hit him on the head and treated him shamefully.12:4 Other mss add and sent him off
5Then he sent another, and they killed that one. He also sent many others; some they beat, and others they killed.
6He still had one to send, a beloved12:6 Eph 1:6; Phm 1 son. Finally12:6 Heb 1:1–2 he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
7But those tenant farmers said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
8So they seized him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
and is wonderful in our eyes?” 12:10–11 Ps 118:22–23
12They were looking for a way to arrest him but feared the crowd because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. So they left him and went away.
God and Caesar
13Then12:13–17 Mt 22:15–22; Lk 20:20–26 they sent some of the Pharisees12:13 Mk 7:3 and the Herodians12:13 Mk 3:6 to Jesus to trap him in his words.12:13 Lk 11:54
“Caesar’s,” they replied.
The Sadducees and the Resurrection
18Sadducees,12:18–27 Mt 22:23–33; Lk 20:27–40 who say there is no resurrection,12:18 Ac 23:6 came to him and questioned him:
19“Teacher,12:19 Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11 Moses12:19 Ps 77:20; Mt 8:4; Heb 3:2 wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife behind but no child,12:19 Lk 1:7 that man should take the wife12:19 Mt 1:6 and raise up offspring for his brother.12:19Gn 38:8; Dt 25:512:19 Gn 38:8; Dt 25:5–10
20There were seven brothers. The first married a woman, and dying, left no offspring.
21The second also took her, and he died, leaving no offspring. And the third likewise.
22None of the seven12:22 Other mss add had taken her and left offspring. Last of all, the woman died too.
23In the resurrection, when they rise,12:23 Other mss omit when they rise whose wife will she be, since the seven had married her?”
24Jesus spoke to them, “Isn’t this the reason why you’re mistaken: you don’t know the Scriptures12:24 Mt 26:54; 2Pt 1:20 or the power12:24 Lk 1:35; 6:19 of God?12:24 2Co 13:4; Rv 11:17
25For when they rise12:25 Lk 18:33 from the dead,12:25 Jn 5:25; 20:9 they neither marry nor are given in marriage12:25 1Tm 5:14 but are like angels12:25 Mt 13:49; Ac 5:19; Rv 14:6 in heaven.
26And as for the dead being raised — haven’t you read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God said to him: I12:26 Ex 3:6,15–16 am the God of Abraham12:26 Gl 3:6 and the God of Isaac12:26 Jms 2:21 and the God of Jacob?12:26 Ex 3:6,15–16 12:26 Mt 1:2; Lk 1:33
27He is not the God of the dead but of the living. You are badly mistaken.”
The Primary Commands
28One12:28–34 Mt 22:34–40 of the scribes12:28 Mt 2:4 approached. When he heard them debating and saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, “Which command is the most important of all?”
29Jesus answered, “The most important12:29 Other mss add of all the commands is Listen, Israel! The Lord12:29 Col 4:1; Jd 5 our God, the Lord12:29 Dt 6:4 is one.12:29 Or the Lord our God is Lord alone.
32Then the scribe said to him, “You are right, teacher. You have correctly said that he is one, and there is no one12:32 Rm 3:30 else except him.12:32 Dt 4:35,39; 6:4; Is 37:20; 43:10; 44:6; 45:21
33And to love12:33 Lk 6:35 him with all your heart, with all your understanding,12:33 Other mss add with all your soul and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.”12:33 1Sm 15:22; Ps 51:16; Hs 6:6; Am 5:22; Mc 6:6–8
The Question about the Messiah
35While12:35–37 Mt 22:41–46; Lk 20:41–44 Jesus was teaching in the temple, he asked,12:35 Ac 21:26 “How can the scribes12:35 Mt 2:4 say that the Messiah12:35 Mt 1:17; Eph 5:2 is the son of David?12:35 2Ch 1:1; Mt 1:1; Rm 1:3
‘Sit at my right hand
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Mt 20:21
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David himself calls him ‘Lord.’ How, then, can he be his son?” And the large crowd was listening to him with delight.
Warning against the Scribes
38He12:38–40 Mt 23:1–36; Lk 20:45–47 also said in his teaching, “Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes12:38 Rv 7:14 and who want greetings in the marketplaces,12:38 Mk 6:56
The Widow’s Gift
41Sitting12:41–44 Lk 21:1–4 across from the temple treasury,12:41 Jn 8:20 he watched how the crowd dropped money into the treasury. Many rich12:41 Gn 24:35; Rv 2:9 people were putting in large sums.
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