Gospel of Luke, Chapter 20

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Chapter 20 of Luke—New World Translation (NWT)

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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

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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; J^17,18,22(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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