Luke:20

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* One day Jesus was teaching the people in the temple . He was telling them Gods good news . The chief priests and the scribes came to him with the leaders . * They said to him , Tell us what right you have to do these things . Who gave you the right to do them ? * He answered , I will ask you a question also . Tell me this . * Who gave John the right to baptise people ? Did God or did men give it to him ? * They talked it over together . They said , If we say , "God gave John the right to do it ," he will say , "Then why did you not believe him ?" * But if we say , "Men gave him the right to do it ," then the people will kill us with stones . They believe that John was a prophet of God . * So they answered Jesus , We do not know who gave him the right to do it . * Then Jesus said to them , Neither will I tell you what right I have to do these things . * Then Jesus began to tell the people this story . A man planted a farm . He let some men use the farm . They paid him money for the rent . Then he went to a country far away and stayed a long time . * At harvest time the owner sent one of his servants to the men who used the farm . He wanted to have some fruit from the farm . But the men beat the servant and sent him away without any fruit . * So he sent another servant . They beat this one also , and did wrong things to him . And they sent him away without any fruit . * He sent a servant the third time . They hurt this one also and threw him out of the farm . * Then the man who owned the farm said , "What shall I do ? I will send my dear son . Maybe they will respect him ." * But when the men saw him they said to each other , "This is the one who will have everything when his father dies . Let us kill him . Then everything will belong to us ." * They dragged him off the farm and killed him . What will the man who owned the farm do to them ? * He will come back and kill those men . And he will give the farm to other men to use . When the chief priests and scribes heard this , they said , May it not be so ! * But Jesus looked right at them . He said , What about this writing then ? "The stone which the builders would not use is now the chief corner stone ." * Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces . But if that stone falls on anyone , it will crush him . * The scribes and the chief priests wanted to catch Jesus right then but they feared the people . They understood that he had told this story against them . * So they watched for a chance to catch him . And they sent men to spy on him . These men acted as if they were good men . They did this because they wanted to catch him in something that he said . They wanted to give him over to the ruler who would judge and punish him . * So they asked Jesus , Teacher , we know that you talk and teach what is right . You do not fear any person . But you teach the true way of God . * Is it right to pay money as taxes to Caesar or is it not ? * He knew they were trying to get him into trouble . * So he said , Show me a piece of money . Whose picture and name are on it ? They said , Caesars * Then he said to them , So give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar , and give to God what belongs to God . * They were not able to catch him in anything he said in front of the people . They were surprised at his answer and they could not say anything . * Some of the Sadducees came to Jesus . (They say that people do not rise from death .) * They came to ask Jesus a question . Teacher , they said , Moses gave us this law : "If a man dies and leaves a wife but no children , then his brother must marry the wife and raise a family for his brother ." * There were seven brothers . The first one married . He died and left no children . * The second one married the wife . * Then the third one married her . All seven brothers married her . They all had no children and they died . * Last of all , the woman died also . * Now then , when people rise from death , whose wife will she be ? All seven of them had married her . * Jesus said to them , Men and women in this world marry . * But men and women who are good enough to have a place in the next world and to be raised from death do not marry . * They cannot die again . They are like angels . They are Gods children because they have been raised from death . * Even Moses showed that people do rise from death . It is in his book where we read about the small tree which burned . Moses says that the Lord is the God of Abraham , the God of Isaac , and the God of Jacob . * He is not the God of dead people , but of living people . All people are alive to him . * Some of the scribes said to him , Teacher , what you say is right . * After that , people were afraid to ask him any more questions . * But Jesus asked them , How can people say that Christ is Davids son ? bwe @Luke:20:42 @, fehlt /missing * David himself says in the book of the Psalms , "The LORD said to my Lord , sit beside me until I make you master over your enemies ." * So David calls Christ his Lord . How can Christ be Davids son ? * Then Jesus talked to his disciples while all the people could hear him . * He said , Take care . Do not let the scribes fool you . They like to walk about dressed in long gowns . They want people to greet them in the market . They want to have the front seats in the meeting houses . They want to sit in the best places at feasts . * They take away the homes of women whose husbands are dead . They cover up their wrong ways by talking to God a long time . They will be punished more !

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