Mark:12

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* And he began to speak unto them by parables . A certain man planted a vineyard , and set an hedge about it , and digged a place for the winefat , and built a tower , and let it out to husbandmen , and went into a far country . * And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant , that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard . * And they caught him , and beat him , and sent him away empty . * And again he sent unto them another servant ; and at him they cast stones , and wounded him in the head , and sent him away shamefully handled . * And again he sent another ; and him they killed , and many others ; beating some , and killing some . * Having yet therefore one son , his wellbeloved , he sent him also last unto them , saying , They will reverence my son . * But those husbandmen said among themselves , This is the heir ; come , let us kill him , and the inheritance shall be ours . * And they took him , and killed him , and cast him out of the vineyard . * What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do ? he will come and destroy the husbandmen , and will give the vineyard unto others . * And have ye not read this scripture ; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner : * This was the Lord 's doing , and it is marvellous in our eyes ? * And they sought to lay hold on him , but feared the people : for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them : and they left him , and went their way . * And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians , to catch him in his words . * And when they were come , they say unto him , Master , we know that thou art true , and carest for no man : for thou regardest not the person of men , but teachest the way of God in truth : Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar , or not ? * Shall we give , or shall we not give ? But he , knowing their hypocrisy , said unto them , Why tempt ye me ? bring me a penny , that I may see it . * And they brought it . And he saith unto them , Whose is this image and superscription ? And they said unto him , Caesar 's . * And Jesus answering said unto them , Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar 's , and to God the things that are God 's . And they marvelled at him . * Then come unto him the Sadducees , which say there is no resurrection ; and they asked him , saying , * Master , Moses wrote unto us , If a man 's brother die , and leave his wife behind him , and leave no children , that his brother should take his wife , and raise up seed unto his brother . * Now there were seven brethren : and the first took a wife , and dying left no seed . * And the second took her , and died , neither left he any seed : and the third likewise . * And the seven had her , and left no seed : last of all the woman died also . * In the resurrection therefore , when they shall rise , whose wife shall she be of them ? for the seven had her to wife . * And Jesus answering said unto them , Do ye not therefore err , because ye know not the scriptures , neither the power of God ? * For when they shall rise from the dead , they neither marry , nor are given in marriage ; but are as the angels which are in heaven . * And as touching the dead , that they rise : have ye not read in the book of Moses , how in the bush God spake unto him , 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 the God of the living : ye therefore do greatly err . * And one of the scribes came , and having heard them reasoning together , and perceiving that he had answered them well , asked him , Which is the first commandment of all ? * And Jesus answered him , The first of all the commandments is , Hear , O Israel ; The Lord our God is one Lord : * 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 : this is the first commandment . * And the second is like , namely this , Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself . There is none other commandment greater than these . * And the scribe said unto him , Well , Master , thou hast said the truth : for there is one God ; and there is none other but he : * And to love him with all the heart , and with all the understanding , and with all the soul , and with all the strength , and to love his neighbour as himself , is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices . * 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 . * And Jesus answered and said , while he taught in the temple , How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David ? * For David himself said by the Holy Ghost , The LORD said to my Lord , Sit thou on my right hand , till I make thine enemies thy footstool . * David therefore himself calleth him Lord ; and whence is he then his son ? And the common people heard him gladly . * And he said unto them in his doctrine , Beware of the scribes , which love to go in long clothing , and love salutations in the marketplaces , * And the chief seats in the synagogues , and the uppermost rooms at feasts : * Which devour widows ' houses , and for a pretence make long prayers : these shall receive greater damnation . * And Jesus sat over against the treasury , and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury : and many that were rich cast in much . * And there came a certain poor widow , and she threw in two mites , which make a farthing . * And he called unto him his disciples , and saith unto them , Verily I say unto you , That this poor widow hath cast more in , than all they which have cast into the treasury : * For all they did cast in of their abundance ; but she of her want did cast in all that she had , even all her living .

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