1 And he began to speak unto them by parables . A certain man planted a vineyard , and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat , and built a tower , and let it out to husbandmen , and went into a far country .
2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant , that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard .
3 And they caught him, and beat him , and sent him away empty .
4 And again he sent unto them another servant ; and at him they cast stones , and wounded him in the head , and sent him away shamefully handled .
5 And again he sent another ; and him they killed , and many others ; beating some , and killing some .
6 Having yet therefore one son , his wellbeloved , he sent him also last unto them , saying , They will reverence my son .
7 But those husbandmen said among themselves , This is the heir ; come , let us kill him , and the inheritance shall be ours .
8 And they took him , and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard .
9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do ? he will come and destroy the husbandmen , and will give the vineyard unto others .
10 And have ye not read this scripture ; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner :
11 This was the Lord's doing , and it is marvellous in our eyes ?
12 And they sought to lay hold on him , but feared the people : for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them : and they left him , and went their way .
13 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians , to catch him in his words .
14 And when they were come , they say unto him , Master , we know that thou art true , and carest for no man : for thou regardest not the person of men , but teachest the way of God in truth : Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar , or not ?
15 Shall we give , or shall we not give ? But he, knowing their hypocrisy , said unto them , Why tempt ye me ? bring me a penny , that I may see it.
16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them , Whose is this image and superscription ? And they said unto him , Caesar's .
17 And Jesus answering said unto them , Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's , and to God the things that are God's . And they marvelled at him .
18 Then come unto him the Sadducees , which say there is no resurrection ; and they asked him , saying ,
19 Master , Moses wrote unto us , If a man's brother die , and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children , that his brother should take his wife , and raise up seed unto his brother .
20 Now there were seven brethren : and the first took a wife , and dying left no seed .
21 And the second took her , and died , neither left he any seed : and the third likewise .
22 And the seven had her , and left no seed : last of all the woman died also .
23 In the resurrection therefore , when they shall rise , whose wife shall she be of them ? for the seven had her to wife .
24 And Jesus answering said unto them , Do ye not therefore err , because ye know not the scriptures , neither the power of God ?
25 For when they shall rise from the dead , they neither marry , nor are given in marriage ; but are as the angels which are in heaven .
26 And as touching the dead , that they rise : have ye not read in the book of Moses , how in the bush God spake unto him , saying , I am the God of Abraham , and the God of Isaac , and the God of Jacob ?
27 He is not the God of the dead , but the God of the living : ye therefore do greatly err .
28 And one of the scribes came , and having heard them reasoning together , and perceiving that he had answered them well , asked him , Which is the first commandment of all ?
29 And Jesus answered him , The first of all the commandments is, Hear , O Israel ; The Lord our God is one Lord :
30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart , and with all thy soul , and with all thy mind , and with all thy strength : this is the first commandment .
31 And the second is like , namely this , Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself . There is none other commandment greater than these .
32 And the scribe said unto him , Well , Master , thou hast said the truth : for there is one God ; and there is none other but he :
33 And to love him with all the heart , and with all the understanding , and with all the soul , and with all the strength , and to love his neighbour as himself , is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices .
34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly , he said unto him , Thou art not far from the kingdom of God . And no man after that durst ask him any question.
35 And Jesus answered and said , while he taught in the temple , How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David ?
36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost , The LORD said to my Lord , Sit thou on my right hand , till I make thine enemies thy footstool .
37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord ; and whence is he then his son ? And the common people heard him gladly .
38 And he said unto them in his doctrine , Beware of the scribes , which love to go in long clothing , and love salutations in the marketplaces ,
39 And the chief seats in the synagogues , and the uppermost rooms at feasts :
40 Which devour widows ' houses , and for a pretence make long prayers : these shall receive greater damnation .
41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury , and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury : and many that were rich cast in much .
42 And there came a certain poor widow , and she threw in two mites , which make a farthing .
43 And he called unto him his disciples , and saith unto them , Verily I say unto you , That this poor widow hath cast more in , than all they which have cast into the treasury :
44 For all they did cast in of their abundance ; but she of her want did cast in all that she had , even all her living .
