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Gospel of Luke, Chapter 20

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Chapter 20 of Luke—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. 1On one of the days while 2He was teaching the people in the temple and 3preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders 4confronted Him,
  2. and they spoke, saying to Him, “Tell us by what authority You are doing these things, or who is the one who gave You this authority?”
  3. Jesus answered and said to them, “I will also ask you a [a]question, and you tell Me:
  4. Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?”
  5. They reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’
  6. But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a 5prophet.”
  7. So they answered that they did not know where it came from.
  8. And Jesus said to them, “Nor [b]will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
  9. 6And He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to [c]vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time.
  10. At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, so that they would give him some of the produce of the vineyard; but the vine-growers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
  11. And he proceeded to send another slave; and they beat him also and treated him shamefully and sent him away empty-handed.
  12. And he proceeded to send a third; and this one also they wounded and cast out.
  13. The [d]owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will 7respect him.’
  14. But when the vine-growers saw him, they reasoned with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.’
  15. So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the [e]owner of the vineyard do to them?
  16. He will come and 8destroy these vine-growers and will give the vineyard to others.” When they heard it, they said, “9May it never be!”
  17. But [f]Jesus looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written:
    ¶ ‘10THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED,
    THIS BECAME 11THE CHIEF CORNER stone’?
  18. 12Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.”
  19. ¶ The scribes and the chief priests 13tried to lay hands on Him that very hour, and they feared the people; for they understood that He spoke this parable against them.
  20. 14So they watched Him, and sent spies who [g]pretended to be righteous, in order 15that they might [h]catch Him in some statement, so that they could deliver Him to the rule and the authority of 16the governor.
  21. They questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You [i]are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth.
  22. Is it [j]lawful for us 17to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
  23. But He detected their trickery and said to them,
  24. “Show Me a [k]denarius. Whose [l]likeness and inscription does it have?” They said, “Caesar’s.”
  25. And He said to them, “Then 18render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
  26. And they were unable to [m]19catch Him in a saying in the presence of the people; and being amazed at His answer, they became silent.
  27. 20Now there came to Him some of the 21Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection),
  28. and they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that 22IF A MAN’S BROTHER DIES, having a wife, AND HE IS CHILDLESS, HIS BROTHER SHOULD [n]MARRY THE WIFE AND RAISE UP CHILDREN TO HIS BROTHER.
  29. Now there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died childless;
  30. and the second
  31. and the third [o]married her; and in the same way [p]all seven [q]died, leaving no children.
  32. Finally the woman died also.
  33. In the resurrection therefore, which one’s wife will she be? For [r]all seven [s]had married her.”
  34. ¶ Jesus said to them, “The sons of 23this age marry and are given in marriage,
  35. but those who are considered worthy to attain to 24that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;
  36. for they cannot even die anymore, because they are like angels, and are 25sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
  37. But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in 26the passage about the burning bush, where he calls the Lord 27THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB.
  38. 28Now He is not the God of the dead but of the living; for 29all live to Him.”
  39. Some of the scribes answered and said, “Teacher, You have spoken well.”
  40. For 30they did not have courage to question Him any longer about anything.
  41. 31Then He said to them, “How is it that they say [t]the Christ is 32David’s son?
  42. For David himself says in the book of Psalms,
    ¶ ‘33THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD,
    “SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,
  43. 34UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET.”’
  44. ¶ Therefore David calls Him ‘Lord,’ and how is He his son?”
  45. 35And while all the people were listening, He said to the disciples,
  46. “Beware of the scribes, 36who like to walk around in long robes, and love respectful greetings in the market places, and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets,
  47. who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit word
  2. ^ Lit do I tell
  3. ^ Or tenant farmers, also vv 10, 14, 16
  4. ^ Lit lord
  5. ^ Lit lord
  6. ^ Lit He
  7. ^ Lit falsely represented themselves
  8. ^ Lit take hold of His word
  9. ^ Lit do not receive a face
  10. ^ Or permissible
  11. ^ The denarius was a day’s wages
  12. ^ Lit image
  13. ^ Lit catch His statement
  14. ^ Lit take
  15. ^ Lit took
  16. ^ Lit the seven also
  17. ^ Lit left no children, and died
  18. ^ Lit the
  19. ^ Lit had her as wife
  20. ^ I.e. the Messiah

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Lu 20:1-8; Mt 21:23-27; Mr 11:27-33
  2. ^ Mt 26:55
  3. ^ Lu 8:1
  4. ^ Ac 4:1; 6:12
  5. ^ Mt 11:9; Lu 7:29, 30
  6. ^ Lu 20:9-19; Mt 21:33-46; Mr 12:1-12
  7. ^ Lu 18:2
  8. ^ Mt 21:41; Mr 12:9; Lu 19:27
  9. ^ Ro 3:4, 6, 31; 6:2, 15; 7:7, 13; 9:14; 11:1, 11; 1Co 6:15; Ga 2:17; 3:21; 6:14
  10. ^ Ps 118:22
  11. ^ Eph 2:20; 1Pe 2:6
  12. ^ Mt 21:44
  13. ^ Lu 19:47
  14. ^ Lu 20:20-26; Mt 22:15-22; Mr 12:13-17; 3:2
  15. ^ Lu 11:54; 20:26
  16. ^ Mt 27:2
  17. ^ Mt 17:25; Lu 23:2
  18. ^ Mt 22:21; Mr 12:17
  19. ^ Lu 11:54
  20. ^ Lu 20:27-40; Mt 22:23-33; Mr 12:18-27
  21. ^ Ac 23:8
  22. ^ De 25:5
  23. ^ Mt 12:32; Lu 16:8
  24. ^ Mt 12:32; Lu 16:8
  25. ^ Ro 8:16f; 1Jo 3:1, 2
  26. ^ Mr 12:26
  27. ^ Ex 3:6
  28. ^ Mt 22:32; Mr 12:27
  29. ^ Ro 14:8
  30. ^ Mt 22:46; Lu 14:6
  31. ^ Lu 20:41-44; Mt 22:41-46; Mr 12:35-37
  32. ^ Mt 9:27
  33. ^ Ps 110:1
  34. ^ Ps 110:1
  35. ^ Lu 20:45-47; Mt 23:1-7; Mr 12:38-40
  36. ^ Lu 11:43; 14:7

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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