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* One day when he was teaching the people in the temple , and preaching the good news he saw the chief priests , scribes and elders . * They said to him : »Tell us by what authority do you do these things ? Who gave you this authority ?« * Jesus responded : »I also will ask you a question . Tell me , * »The baptism of John was it from heaven or from men ?« * They reasoned among themselves , »If we say from heaven ; he will say why did you not believe him ? * »If we say from men all the people will stone us . They are persuaded that John was a prophet .« * So they answered : »We do not know .« * Jesus said : »Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things .« * He told the people an illustration : »A man planted a vineyard . He rented it to tenants and went to another country for a long time . * »At harvest time he sent a servant to the renters to collect fruit of the vineyard . The renters beat him , and sent him away empty . * »He sent another servant who was also treated shamefully , beaten and sent away empty . * »A third servant was sent . They wounded him and threw him out . * »The owner of the vineyard said , what should I do ? I will send my beloved son . Maybe they will respect him . * »When the renters saw him they reasoned that this is the heir , let us kill him , that the inheritance may be ours . * »They threw him out of the vineyard and killed him . What will the owner of the vineyard do to them ? * He will come and destroy the renters and will give the vineyard to others . When they heard it , they said , God forbid ! * »He looked at them and asked what does the scripture mean : The stone that the builders rejected the same was made the head of the corner ? * »Every one that falls on that stone shall be broken to pieces . Every one the stone falls on will be scattered as dust .« * The scribes and the chief priests attempted to capture him in that very hour . They feared the people . They perceived that he spoke this illustration against them . * They watched him and sent out spies , who pretended to be righteous . The spies listened for something in his speech to deliver him up to the authority of the governor . * »Teacher ,« they said , »we know that you are right in what you say and teach . You are not partial and do not play favorites . Rather you teach the way of God truthfully .« * »Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not ?« * He perceived their craftiness , and replied : * »Show me a denarius . Whose image and superscription does it have ?« They said , »Caesar ’s .« * He said to them : »Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar ’s , and to God the things that are God ’s .« * They were not able to apprehend him in front of the people . They were amazed by his answer and kept quiet . * Some Sadducees came to him . They believe there is no resurrection . * They asked him : »Teacher , Moses wrote if a man ’s brother dies and he is childless , his brother should take the wife , and raise up seed for his brother . * »There were seven brothers . The first took a wife , and died childless . * »The same for the second . * »The third married her . The remaining of the seven also married her , left no children and died . * »Afterward the woman also died . * »In the resurrection whose wife shall she be ? All seven married her .« * Jesus said , »The sons of this age marry , and are given in marriage . * »Those accounted worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead , neither marry , nor are given in marriage . * »They cannot die anymore for they are equal to the angels . They are sons of God , being sons of the resurrection . * »Even Moses showed that the dead are raised when he was near the bush and he called Jehovah the God of Abraham , Isaac and Jacob . (Exodus strkjv @3:6-14 ) * He is not the God of the dead , but of the living : for all live for him .« * Some of the scribes answered , »Teacher you have said well .« * They did not dare to ask any more questions . * He asked them a question : »How is it that they say the Christ is David ’s son ? * »For David said in the book of Psalms : Jehovah said to my Lord , Sit at my right hand . * »Till I make your enemies a footstool for your feet . (Psalm strkjv @110:1 ) * »David therefore called him Lord , and how is he his son ?« * He spoke to the disciples while all the people listened : * »Beware of the scribes for they walk around in long robes . They love greetings in the marketplaces . They sit in the chief seats in the synagogues and the head tables at feasts . * »They devour widows ’ houses . They offer long prayers to show off in front of others . They shall receive great condemnation .«

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