1And it happened, on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and preaching the gospel, there came upon him the chief priests and the scribes with the elders; 2and they spoke, saying to him, Tell us: By what authority do you do these things? or who is he who gave you this authority? 3And he answered and said to them, I also will ask you a question; and tell me: 4The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? 5And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why did you not believe him? 6But if we shall say, From men; all the people will stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet. 7And they answered, that they did not know where it was from. 8And Yeshua said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. 9And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to vinedressers, and went into another country for a long time. 10And at the season he sent to the vinedressers a servant, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the vinedressers beat him, and sent him away empty. 11And he sent yet another servant: and him also they beat, and handled him shamefully, and sent him away empty. 12And he sent yet a third: and him also they wounded, and cast him out. 13And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it may be they will reverence him. 14But when the vinedressers saw him, they reasoned with one another, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. 15And they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them? 16He will come and destroy these vinedressers, and will give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid. 17But he looked upon them, and said, What then is this that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner? 18Everyone who falls on that stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust. 19And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he spoke this parable against them. 20And they watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might take hold of his speech, so as to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor. 21And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that you say and teach rightly, and do not accept the person of any, but truly teach the way of God: 22Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Cæsar, or not? 23But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, 24Show me a denarius. Whose image and superscription has it? And they said, Cæsar’s. 25And he said to them, Then render to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. 26And they were not able to take hold of the saying before the people: and they marveled at his answer, and were silent. 27And there came to him certain of the Sadducees, those who say that there is no resurrection; 28and they asked him, saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed to his brother. 29There were therefore seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and died childless; 30and the second: 31and the third took her; and likewise the seven also left no children, and died. 32Afterward the woman also died. 33In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven had her as wife. 34And Yeshua said to them, The sons of this world marry, and are given in marriage: 35but those who are counted worthy to attain to that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: 36for neither can they die any more: for they are equal to the angels; and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. 37But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the place concerning the Bush, when he calls Yehovah the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 38Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live to him. 39And certain of the scribes answering said, Teacher, you have well said. 40For they did not dare to ask him any question any more. 41And he said to them, How do they say that the Messiah is David’s son? 42For David himself says in the book of Psalms, Yehovah said to my lord, Sit on my right hand, 43Until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet. 44David therefore calls him Lord, and how is he his son? 45And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples, 46Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts; 47who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation.