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When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants, to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.
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And they took him and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
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Again he sent to them another servant, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully.
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And he sent another, and him they killed; and so with many others, some they beat and some they killed.
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He had still one other, a beloved son; finally he sent him to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
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But those tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
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And they took him and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
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What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants, and give the vineyard to others.
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Have you not read this scripture: 'The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner;
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this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?"
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And they tried to arrest him, but feared the multitude, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them; so they left him and went away.
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And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Hero'di-ans, to entrap him in his talk.
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And they came and said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are true, and care for no man; for you do not regard the position of men, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
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Should we pay them, or should we not?" But knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, "Why put me to the test? Bring me a coin, and let me look at it."
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And they brought one. And he said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" They said to him, "Caesar's."
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Jesus said to them, "Render 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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And Sad'ducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him a question, saying,
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"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the wife, and raise up children for his brother.
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There were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and when he died left no children;
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and the second took her, and died, leaving no children; and the third likewise;
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and the seven left no children. Last of all the woman also died.