Luke 20:15-25

15 And they ¹threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

16 ²He will ³come and destroy those tenants and ⁴give the vineyard to others." When they heard this, they said, "Surely not!"

17 But he ⁵looked directly at them and said, "What then is this that is written: ⁶"'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone'?^[a]

18 ⁷Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it falls ⁸on anyone, it will crush him."

Paying Taxes to Caesar

19 ⁹The scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

20 ¹⁰So they ¹¹watched him and sent spies, who ¹²pretended to be sincere, that they might ¹³catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of ¹⁴the governor.

21 So they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and ¹⁵show no partiality,^[b] but truly teach ¹⁶the way of God.

22 Is it lawful for us to give ¹⁷tribute to ¹⁸Caesar, or not?"

23 But he perceived their ¹⁹craftiness, and said to them,

24 "Show me ²⁰a denarius.^[c] Whose likeness and inscription does it have?" They said, "Caesar's."

25 He said to them, "Then ²¹render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."