Mark:12

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* And he began to speak to them in parables . A man planted a vineyard , and set up a hedge , and dug a winevat , and built a tower , and leased it to farmers , and went on a journey . * And at the season he sent forth a bondman to the farmers , so that he might receive by the farmers from the fruit of the vineyard . * And having seized him , they beat him , and sent him away empty . * And again he sent another bondman to them . And that man , having stoned , they wounded in the head , and sent him away shamefully treated . * And again he sent another , and that man they killed , and many others , beating some , and killing some . * Therefore , still having his one beloved son , he also sent him to them , last , saying , They will be made ashamed by my son . * But those farmers said among themselves , This is the heir . Come , let us kill him , and the inheritance will be ours . * And having taken him , they killed him , and cast him outside of the vineyard . * What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do ? He will come and destroy the farmers , and will give the vineyard to others . * And have ye not read this scripture : The stone that those who build rejected , this came to be into the head of the corner . * This happened from Lord , and it is marvelous in our eyes ? * And they sought to seize him . And they feared the multitude , for they knew that he spoke the parable against them . And having left him , they went away . * And they send some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him , so that they might catch him in talk . * And when they came , they say to him , Teacher , we have seen that thou are true , and it is not a care to thee about any man , for thou look not to a personage of men , but teach the way of God in truth . Is it permitted to give tribute * Should we give , or should we not give ? But Jesus , knowing their hypocrisy , said to them , Why do ye test me ? Bring me a denarius , so that I may see it . * And they brought it . And he says to them , Whose is this image and inscription ? And they said to him , Caesar 's . * And having answered , Jesus said to them , Render the things of Caesar to Caesar , and the things of God to God . And they marveled at him . * And Sadducees come to him , who say there is no resurrection . And they questioned him , saying , * Teacher , Moses wrote to us , If a man 's brother dies , and leaves behind a wife , and leaves no child , that his brother should take his wife , and raise up seed for his brother . * There were seven brothers . And the first took a wife , and dying left no seed . * And the second took her , and died , neither did he leave seed behind , and the third likewise . * And the seven took her , and left no seed . Last of all the woman also died . * In the resurrection when they rise , whose wife will she be of them ? For the seven had her as wife . * And having answered , Jesus said to them , Are ye not led astray because of this : not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God ? * For when they rise from the dead , they neither marry , nor are given in marriage , but are as agents in the heavens . * But about the dead , that they rise , have ye not read in the book of Moses , how God spoke to him at the bush , saying , I am the God of Abraham , and the God of Isaac , and the God of Jacob ? * He is not the God of the dead , but God of the living . Ye therefore are much misled . * And one of the scholars having come , having heard them disputing , knowing that he had answered them well , he questioned him , Which is the first commandment of all ? * And Jesus answered him , The first of all the commandments is , Hear , thou Israel , Lord our God is one Lord , * and thou shall love Lord thy God from thy whole heart , and from thy whole soul , and from thy whole mind , and from thy whole strength . This is the first commandment . * And this second is similar , Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself . There is no other commandment greater than these . * And the scholar said to him , Well , teacher . Thou spoke in truth that he is one , and there is no other but he . * And to love him from the whole heart , and from the whole understanding , and from the whole soul , and from the whole strength , and to love his neighbor as himself , is more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices . * And when Jesus saw him , that he answered wisely , he said to him , Thou are not far from the kingdom of God . And no man dared to question him any more . * And having responded as he taught in the temple , Jesus said , How do the scholars say that the Christ is the son of David ? * For David himself said by Holy Spirit , The Lord says to my Lord , Sit thou at my right hand until I may place thine enemies a footstool of thy feet . * David himself therefore calls him Lord , and in what way is he his son ? And the great multitude heard him gladly . * And in his teaching he said to them , Look away from the scholars , those who desire to go about in long robes , and salutations in the marketplaces , * and chief seats in the synagogues , and places of honor at the feasts , * those who devour widows ' houses , and praying long in pretence . These will receive greater condemnation . * And having sat down opposite the treasury , Jesus watched how the multitude cast money into the treasury , and many rich men cast in much . * And one poor widow having come , she cast in two mites , which are a quadrans . * And having summoned his disciples , he says to them , Truly I say to you , that this poor widow cast in more than all those who are casting into the treasury . * For they all cast in from that which is abundant to them , but she from her need cast in all , as many things she had , her whole living .

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