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"What will the owner of the vineyarddo? He will come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others.
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"Have you not evenreadthisScripture:'1THE STONEWHICH THE BUILDERSREJECTED,THISBECAME THE CHIEFCORNER stone;
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2THISCAME ABOUT FROM THE LORD,AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES '?"
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3And they were seeking to seize Him, and yet they feared the people, for they understood that He spoke the parableagainst them. And so 4they left Him and wentaway.
Jesus Answers the Pharisees, Sadducees and Scribes
135Then they sentsome of the Pharisees and 6Herodians to Him in order to 7trap Him in a statement.
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They came and said to Him, "Teacher, we know that You are truthful and defer to noone; for You are not partial* to any, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?
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"Shall we payor shall we not pay?" But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to look at."
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They brought one. And He said to them, "Whoselikeness and inscription is this?" And they said to Him, "Caesar's."
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And Jesussaid to them, "8Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they were amazed at Him.
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9Some Sadducees (whosay that there is noresurrection ) came to Jesus, and began questioning Him, saying,
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"Teacher, Moseswrote for us that 10IF A MAN'SBROTHERDIES and leavesbehind a wife AND LEAVESNOCHILD, HIS BROTHER SHOULD MARRY THE WIFE AND RAISE UP CHILDREN TO HIS BROTHER.