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Gospel of Luke, Chapter 20

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Chapter 20 of Luke—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ On one of the days while he was teaching the people in the temple and declaring the good news, the chief priests and the scribes with the older men came near,1
  2. and they spoke up, saying to him: “Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority.”2
  3. In reply he said to them: “I will also ask YOU a question, and YOU tell me:3
  4. Was the baptism[a] of John from heaven or from men?”4
  5. Then among themselves they drew conclusions, saying: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why is it YOU did not believe him?’5
  6. But if we say, ‘From men,’ the people one and all will stone us,6 for they are persuaded that John7 was a prophet.”8
  7. So they replied that they did not know its source.
  8. And Jesus said to them: “Neither am I telling YOU by what authority I do these things.”9
  9. ¶ Then he started to tell the people this illustration: “A man planted a vineyard10 and let it out to cultivators, and he traveled abroad for considerable time.11
  10. But in due season he sent out a slave12 to the cultivators,13 that they might give him some of the fruit of the vineyard.14 The cultivators, however, sent him away empty,15 after beating him up.
  11. But he repeated and sent them a different slave. That one also they beat up and dishonored and sent away empty.16
  12. Yet again he sent a third;17 this one also they wounded and threw out.
  13. At this the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my son the beloved.18 Likely they will respect this one.’
  14. When the cultivators caught sight of him they went reasoning with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may become ours.’19
  15. With that they threw him outside20 the vineyard and killed21 him. What, therefore, will the owner of the vineyard do to them?22
  16. He will come and destroy these cultivators and will give the vineyard to others.”23
    ¶ On hearing [this] they said: “Never may that happen!”
  17. But he looked upon them and said: “What, then, does this that is written mean, ‘The stone which the builders rejected,24 this has become the chief cornerstone’?25
  18. Everyone falling upon that stone will be shattered.26 As for anyone upon whom it falls,27 it will pulverize him.”28
  19. ¶ The scribes and the chief priests now sought to get their hands on him in that very hour, but they feared the people; for they perceived that he spoke this illustration with them in mind.29
  20. And, after observing him closely, they sent out men secretly hired to pretend that they were righteous, in order that they might catch30 him in speech, so as to turn him over to the government and to the authority of the governor.31
  21. And they questioned him, saying: “Teacher, we know you speak and teach correctly and show no partiality, but you teach the way of God in line with truth:32
  22. Is it lawful for us to pay tax to Caesar[b] or not?”33
  23. But he detected their cunning and said to them:34
  24. “Show me a de·narʹi·us.[c] Whose image and inscription does it have?” They said: “Caesar’s.”35
  25. He said to them: “By all means, then, pay back Caesar’s things to Caesar,36 but God’s things to God.”37
  26. Well, they were not able to catch him in this saying before the people, but, in amazement at his answer, they said nothing.38
  27. ¶ However, some of the Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came up39 and questioned him,
  28. saying: “Teacher, Moses40 wrote us, ‘If a man’s brother dies having a wife, but this one remained childless, his brother41 should take the wife and raise up offspring from her for his brother.’42
  29. Accordingly there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died childless.43
  30. So the second,
  31. and the third took her. Likewise even the seven: they did not leave children behind, but died off.44
  32. Lastly, the woman also died.45
  33. Consequently, in the resurrection,[d] of which one of them does she become [the] wife? For the seven got her as wife.”46
  34. ¶ Jesus said to them: “The children of this system of things[e] marry47 and are given in marriage,
  35. but those who have been counted worthy48 of gaining that system of things49 and the resurrection from the dead50 neither marry nor are given in marriage.
  36. In fact, neither can they die51 anymore, for they are like the angels, and they are God’s children[f] by being children of the resurrection.52
  37. But that the dead are raised up even Moses disclosed, in the account about the thornbush,53 when he calls Jehovah[g] ‘the God of Abraham[h] and God of Isaac and God of Jacob.’54
  38. He is a God, not of the dead, but of the living, for they are all living to him.”[i]55
  39. In response some of the scribes said: “Teacher, you spoke well.”
  40. For no longer did they have the courage to ask him a single question.
  41. ¶ In turn he said to them: “How is it they say that the Christ is David’s son?56
  42. For David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘Jehovah[j] said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand
  43. until I place your enemies as a stool for your feet.’57
  44. David, therefore, calls him ‘Lord’; so how is he his son?”
  45. ¶ Then, while all the people were listening he said to the disciples:58
  46. “Look out for the scribes who desire to walk around in robes and like greetings in the marketplaces[k] and front seats in the synagogues and most prominent places at evening meals,59
  47. and who devour the houses of the widows60 and for a pretext make long prayers. These will receive a heavier judgment.”61

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “immersion; dipping.” Gr., baʹpti·sma.
  2. ^ Or, “to the emperor.” Gr., Kaiʹsa·ri; Lat., Caeʹsa·ri.
  3. ^ A Roman silver coin that weighed 3.85 g (0.124 oz t).
  4. ^ “Resurrection.” Gr., a·na·staʹsei, “raising up; standing up” (from a·naʹ, “up,” and staʹsis, “standing”); Lat., re·sur·rec·ti·oʹne.
  5. ^ Or, “order of things.” Gr., ai·oʹnos; Lat., saeʹcu·li; J17,18,22(Heb.), ha·ʽoh·lamʹ, “the order of things.”
  6. ^ “Children.” Or, “sons.”
  7. ^ See App 1D.
  8. ^ Or, “when he says: ‘Jehovah the God of Abraham.’”
  9. ^ Or, “living from his standpoint.”
  10. ^ See App 1D.
  11. ^ See 11:43 ftn.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Mt 21:23
  2. ^ Mr 11:28; Ac 4:7; 7:27
  3. ^ Mt 21:24; Mr 11:29
  4. ^ Mr 11:30
  5. ^ Mt 21:25; Mr 11:31
  6. ^ Mt 14:5
  7. ^ Mt 11:9; Lu 7:29
  8. ^ Mt 21:26; Mr 11:32
  9. ^ Mt 21:27; Mr 11:33
  10. ^ Ps 80:8; Sg 8:11; Is 5:1; Je 2:21
  11. ^ Mt 21:33; Mr 12:1
  12. ^ 2Ki 17:13; 2Ch 36:15
  13. ^ Ac 7:52
  14. ^ Mt 21:34; Mr 12:2
  15. ^ 1Th 2:15; Heb 11:36
  16. ^ Mt 21:36; Mr 12:4
  17. ^ Ne 9:29
  18. ^ Mt 17:5; Jn 3:16
  19. ^ Mt 21:38; Mr 12:7
  20. ^ Heb 13:12
  21. ^ Ac 3:15
  22. ^ Mt 21:40
  23. ^ Mt 21:41; Mr 12:9
  24. ^ Ps 118:22; 1Pe 2:7
  25. ^ Is 28:16; Mt 21:42; Mr 12:10
  26. ^ Is 8:15
  27. ^ Da 2:35, 44
  28. ^ Ps 2:9; Is 8:14; Mt 21:44
  29. ^ Mt 21:45; Mr 12:12
  30. ^ Lu 11:54
  31. ^ Mt 22:15; Mr 12:13
  32. ^ Le 19:15; Mt 22:16; Mr 12:14
  33. ^ Mt 22:17
  34. ^ Pr 26:24; Mt 22:18; Mr 12:15
  35. ^ Mt 22:20; Mr 12:16
  36. ^ Ro 13:7; Ti 3:1; 1Pe 2:13
  37. ^ Mt 22:21; Mr 12:17; Lu 23:2
  38. ^ Mt 22:22
  39. ^ Mt 22:23; Mr 12:18; Ac 23:8
  40. ^ De 25:5
  41. ^ Ge 38:8
  42. ^ Mt 22:24; Mr 12:19
  43. ^ Mt 22:25
  44. ^ Mr 12:21
  45. ^ Mt 22:27
  46. ^ Mt 22:28; Mr 12:23
  47. ^ Ge 1:28; Lu 17:27
  48. ^ Re 3:4
  49. ^ Eph 1:21; Heb 1:2; 6:5; 2Pe 3:13
  50. ^ Jn 5:29; Ac 24:15
  51. ^ Re 21:4
  52. ^ Mt 22:30; Mr 12:25; Jn 5:29
  53. ^ Ex 3:2
  54. ^ Ex 3:6; 6:3
  55. ^ Mt 22:32
  56. ^ Mt 22:42; Mr 12:35
  57. ^ Ps 110:1; Ac 2:34
  58. ^ Mt 23:1; Mr 12:38
  59. ^ Mt 23:6; Mr 12:39
  60. ^ Is 10:2; 2Ti 3:6
  61. ^ Mr 12:40

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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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