1 And it happened, on one of those days, as He {Iesous, Public Temple Teacher} was teaching the people in the temple {hiero: sacred precinct} and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the scribes, along with the elders, came up to Him.
2 And they said to Him {Iesous, Questioned Teacher}, “Tell us, by what authority {exousia: official jurisdiction} You do these things, or who is it that has given You this authority?”
3 And He {Iesous, Discerning Examiner} answered them, “I will also ask you a question {logon: focused challenge}; now tell me.”
4 Was the baptism {baptisma: ritual immersion} of John from heaven or from men {anthropon: human origin}?
5 But they reasoned {synelogisanto: deliberated internally} among themselves, saying, “If we should say, ‘From heaven,’ He {Iesous, Probing Questioner} will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’”
6 But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, for they are convinced {pepeismenos: fully persuaded} that John is a prophet {prophetes: mouthpiece of God}.
7 And they answered {apekrithesan: verbal reply} that they did not know whence {pothen: point of origin} it was.
8 And Jesus {Iesous, Discerning Questioner} said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority {exousia: rightful commission} I do these things.”
9 And He {Iesous, Parable Teacher} began to speak this parable to the people: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to farmers, and went abroad for a considerable time {chronos: extended period}.”
10 At the appointed time {kairo: proper season} he sent a servant to the farmers to receive some of the vineyard’s fruit {karpos: produce portion}. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty.
11 And he added {prosetheto: additional effort} to send another servant, but they also, after beating him and dishonoring him, sent him away empty {kenos: without anything}.
12 And he added a third {triton: next in order} to send; but they also wounded this one {traumatisantes: violently attacked} and cast him out.
13 Then the lord of the vineyard said, “What shall I do? I will send my beloved {agapetos: specially cherished} son; perhaps they will respect {entraphesontai: show respectful shame} him.”
14 But when the farmers saw him, they discussed with one another, saying, “This is the heir {kleronomos: rightful successor}; let us kill him, so that the inheritance may become ours {kleronomia: legal portion}.”
15 And after they had cast {ekbalontes: forcefully expelled} him out of the vineyard, they killed him. What, therefore, will the lord {kyrios: ruling landholder} of the vineyard do to them?
16 “He {Kyrios, Righteous Owner} will come and destroy these vinedressers and give the vineyard {ampelona: vineyard estate} to others.” When they heard this, they said, “May it never be!”
17 But after looking intently at them, He {Iesous, Prophetic Judge} said, “What then is this that is written {gegrammenon: sacred text}, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, this one has become the head of the corner?’”
18 Everyone who falls upon that stone {lithon: stumbling block} will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it may fall, it will crush him {likmesei: utterly destroy}.
19 And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on Him {Iesous, Righteous Accuser} at that very hour, and they feared the people; for they perceived that He had spoken this parable {parabolen: pointed comparison} against them.
20 And having watched Him {Iesous, Galilean Rabbi} closely, they sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order that they might seize on His word, so as to deliver Him to the rule and the jurisdiction of the governor {hegemon: Roman provincial ruler}.
21 And they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that you speak rightly and teach, and you do not show partiality {prosopon: favoritism}, but in truth you teach the way of God {Theos, Source of Truth}.”
22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute {phoron: compulsory levy} to Caesar {Kaisar: Roman emperor}, or not?
23 But having perceived their craftiness {panourgian: cunning deception}, He {Iesous, Perceptive Judge} said to them,
24 Show me a denarius {denarion: silver currency}. Whose image and inscription {epigraphen: official marking} does it have? They answered, “Caesar’s.”
25 But He said to them, “Therefore give back {apodote: fulfill obligation} to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God {Theos, Sovereign Owner} the things that are God’s.”
26 And they were not able {ischysan: lacked strength} to seize the word before the people, and, being amazed at His {Iesous: Wise Teacher} answer {apokrisei: formal response}, they became silent.
27 But some of the Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection {anastasis: bodily rising again}, approached and questioned Him {Iesous, Challenged Teacher}.
28 They said, “Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife and he is childless {ateknos: without offspring}, then his brother should take the wife and raise up seed {sperma: family line} for his brother.”
29 There were therefore seven brothers. The first {protos: foremost in order}, having taken a wife, died childless {ateknos: without offspring}.
30 And {kai: linking sequence} the second {deuteros: next in order}.
31 And the third took her; and in the same manner the seven also left no offspring {tekna: biological heirs} and died {apethanon: ceased living}.
32 Afterward, the woman {gyne: adult female} also died {apethanen: passed away}.
33 Therefore, that woman, in the resurrection {anastasei: future rising}, whose wife does she become among them? For the seven {hepta: full number} had her as a wife.
34 And Jesus {Iesous, Resurrection Teacher} said to them, “The sons of this age {aion: present world order} marry and are given in marriage.”
35 But those considered worthy {kataxiothentes: divinely approved} to attain that age and the resurrection {anastasis: final bodily rising} from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.
36 For they are not able to die any more, for they are equal to angels and are sons of God {Theos, Adopting Father}, being sons of the resurrection {anastasis: raised to new life}.
37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses declared at the bush {batos: burning shrub} as he calls the Lord {kyrios, Covenant Lord} the God {theos, God Of Patriarchs} of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.
38 But He is not God {Theos, Lord Of Life} of the dead but of the living; for all live {zosin: possess true life} to Him.
39 But some of the scribes {grammateon: legal expert} answered and said, “Teacher {Didaskale: authoritative instructor}, you have spoken well.”
40 For they no longer dared to ask Him {Iesous, Unassailable Teacher} anything {ouden: complete negation}.
41 But He said to them, “How do they say that the Christ {Christos, Davidic Messiah} is David’s son {huios: legal male descendant}?”
42 For David himself says in the book of Psalms, “The Lord {Kyrios, Divine Speaker} said to my Lord, ‘Sit at my right hand {dexion: place of honor}.’”
43 Until I {Kyrios, Sovereign Speaker} make Your enemies a footstool {hypopodion: royal foot rest} for Your feet.
44 Therefore David {dauid: royal psalmist} calls Him Lord {Kyrios, Sovereign King}, and how is He his son?
45 While all the people were listening, He {Iesous, Public Instructor} said to the disciples {mathetais: Devoted Students}.
46 Watch out for the scribes {grammateus: Law Experts} who desire to walk in long robes and love greetings {aspasmos: Formal Salutations} in the marketplaces, and the chief seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.
47 Those who devour the houses of widows and, for a pretense {prophasei: hypocritical show}, make long prayers—these will receive greater judgment {krima: judicial condemnation}.