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1 Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.
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And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.
2 At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.
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And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard.
3 But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
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And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
4 Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully.
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And again he sent unto them another servant; and him they wounded in the head, and handled shamefully.
5 He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed.
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And he sent another; and him they killed: and many others; beating some, and killing some.
6 “He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
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He had yet one, a beloved son: he sent him last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
7 “But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
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But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
8 So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
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And they took him, and killed him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard.
9 “What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.
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What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
10 Haven’t you read this passage of Scripture: “ ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;
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Have ye not read even this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;
11 the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”
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This was from the Lord, And it is marvellous in our eyes?
12 Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd; so they left him and went away.
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And they sought to lay hold on him; and they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spake the parable against them: and they left him, and went away.
13 Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words.
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And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they might catch him in talk.
14 They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay the imperial tax to Caesar or not?
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And when they were come, they say unto him, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and carest not for any one; for thou regardest not the person of men, but of a truth teachest the way of God: Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
15 Should we pay or shouldn’t we?” But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. “Why are you trying to trap me?” he asked. “Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.”
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Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why make ye trial of me? bring me a denarius, that I may see it.
16 They brought the coin, and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”“Caesar’s,” they replied.
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And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.
17 Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.”And they were amazed at him.
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And Jesus said unto them, Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's. And they marvelled greatly at him.
18 Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question.
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And there come unto him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
19 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.
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Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
20 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died without leaving any children.
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There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed;
21 The second one married the widow, but he also died, leaving no child. It was the same with the third.
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and the second took her, and died, leaving no seed behind him; and the third likewise:
22 In fact, none of the seven left any children. Last of all, the woman died too.
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and the seven left no seed. Last of all the woman also died.
23 At the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?”
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In the resurrection whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
24 Jesus replied, “Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
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Jesus said unto them, Is it not for this cause that ye err, that ye know not the scriptures, nor the power of God?
25 When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.
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For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels in heaven.
26 Now about the dead rising—have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the account of the burning bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
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But as touching the dead, that they are raised; have ye not read in the book of Moses, in [the place concerning] the Bush, how 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 of the living. You are badly mistaken!”
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He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err.
28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”
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And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all?
29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
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Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one:
30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
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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.
31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’There is no commandment greater than these.”
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The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
32 “Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him.
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And the scribe said unto him, Of a truth, Teacher, thou hast well said that he is one; and there is none other but he:
33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
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and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is much more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.
34 When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.
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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 While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he asked, “Why do the teachers of the law say that the Messiah is the son of David?
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And Jesus answered and said, as he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that the Christ is the son of David?
36 David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit, declared: “ ‘The Lord said to my Lord:“Sit at my right handuntil I put your enemiesunder your feet.” ’
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David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet.
37 David himself calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”The large crowd listened to him with delight.
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David himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he his son? And the common people heard him gladly.
38 As he taught, Jesus said, “Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted with respect in the marketplaces,
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And in his teaching he said, Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and [to have] salutations in the marketplaces,
39 and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.
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and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts:
40 They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”
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they that devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation.
41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts.
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And he sat down over against the treasury, and beheld how the multitude cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.
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And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.
43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.
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And he called unto him his disciples, and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow cast in more than all they that are casting into the treasury:
44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”
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for they all did cast in of their superfluity; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, [even] all her living.
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