1Christ silenceth those who questioned his authority. 9The parable of the vineyard let out to wicked husbandmen. 19The chief priests and scribes seek matter against him: his reply to their insidious question concerning paying tribute to Caesar. 27He proveth the Sadducees completely wrong concerning the resurrection: 41he offereth an unanswerable proposition concerning a difficulty relating to the character of Christ: 45he warneth his disciples against the ambition and hypocrisy of the scribes.
1AND ait came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, bthe chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders,
a Mat. 21.23-32. Mar. 11.27-33. b 1Ch. 24. Ex. 19.7. Nu. 11.16. Ru. 4.4. 1Sa. 15.30.
2And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, cby what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
c Ex. 2.14. Ac. 7.27; 4.7-10. Mat. 7.29.
3And he answered and said unto them, dI will also ask you one thing; and answer me:
d Mat. 10.16,17. Ep. 5.15. Job 5.12,13.
4eThe baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
e ch. 3.1-20; 7.29,30. Mar. 1.1-11. Mat. 3. Jn. 1.6-36; 5.32-35. Pr. 15.28; 26.4,5.
5And they reasoned with themselves, fsaying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?
f Mar. 11.31. Mat. 21.25,31,32. ch. 7.29,30.
6But and if we say, Of men; gall the people will stone us: hfor they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
g Mat. 21.26,46; 14.5. Mar. 11.32; 12.12. h Mat. 14.5. Mar. 6.20. Jn. 5.35. ch. 7.26-29.
7And they answered, ithat they could not tell whence it was.
i Ro. 1.18,21,22,28. 2Co. 2.15; 4.3,4. 2Th. 2.9,10.
8And Jesus said unto them, jNeither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
j Pr. 26.4. Job 5.13.
9Then began he to speak to the people this parable; kA certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to lhusbandmen, and went into ma far country for a long time.
k Mat. 21.33-46. Mar. 12.1-12. Is. 5.1-7. Ca. 8.11,12. Je. 2.21. Ps. 80.8-14. 1Co. 3.6-9. l Nu. 3; 4; 8. De. 1.15; 16.18; 17.9-15. m ch. 19.12. Ac. 1.11; 3.21. Ep. 6.20,21. 1Pe. 3.22. Ps. 110.1.
10And at the season he nsent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the ofruit of the vineyard: pbut the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.
n 2Ki. 17.13,14. 2Ch. 36.15,16. Ne. 9.29,30. Je. 44.4,5. Ho. 6.5. o Jn. 15.16. Ro. 7.4. p 1Ki. 22.24. 2Ch. 16.10; 23.19,21; 36.16. Je. 20; 26; 36-38. 1Th. 2.15. Ne. 9.26. He. 11.35-37. Mat. 23.31-37. Ac. 7.52.
11And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and *entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
*entreated-treated.
12And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.
13Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? qI will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.
q Is. 7.14; 9.6,7; 11.1. Je. 23.5,6. Eze. 34.23,29. Jn. 3.16; 1.14. Ro. 8.3. Ga. 4.4. He. 1.6. ch. 1-4. Mat. 1; 2; 4. Ps. 2.12.
14But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is rthe heir: come, slet us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
r Ro. 8.17. He. 1.2. Ps. 2.8; 89.27. s Mat. 2; 26; 27. Mar. 14; 15. ch. 22; 23. Jn. 5; 7; 8; 10; 18; 19. Ac. 2.23; 3.15. 1Co. 2.8. He. 13.12. 1Th. 2.15. Ge. 37.18. Jn. 11.50,53.
15So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. tWhat therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
t Mat. 21.41,43; 8.11,12. Ps. 21.8-12; 69.22-28. Pr. 1.24-32. Ro. 11.7-25. Ac. 13.46; 18.6. Mar. 16.15,16.
16uHe shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it , they said, God forbid.
u Ne. 9.36,37.
17And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, vThe stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
v Ps. 118.22. Ac. 4.11. Mar. 12.10. Mat. 21.42. Is. 28.16. Mat. 16.18. Ep. 2.14-22; 1.20-23. Phi. 2.9-11. 1Pe. 2.7.
18wWhosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
w Is. 8.14,15. Ro. 9.33. 1Pe. 2.7. Mat. 21.44. Zec. 12.3. Ps. 2.9. 1Th. 2.16. 2Co. 3.14; 4.3,4. Da. 2.34,35,44.
19¶xAnd the chief priests and the scribes the same hour ysought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
x 2Ti. 4.3. ch. 11.45,53,54. Mar. 12.12. Mat. 21.45,46. v.6. y ch. 19.47.
20zAnd they watched him , and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so athey might deliver him unto the power and authority of bthe governor.
z Mat. 22.15-26. Mar. 12.13-17. Ps. 38.12. Je. 18.18,22. 1Ti. 4.2,3. a Mat. 20.19; 27.1,2. Jn. 18.28-32; 11.50. b ch. 3.1.
21And they asked him, saying, cMaster, we know that thou dsayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any , but teachest the way of God 1truly:
1Or, of a truth.
c Mat. 22.16. Mar. 12.15. Ps. 12.2; 55.21. Mat. 26.49,50. d 2Co. 2.17. 1Th. 2.4. Ga. 1.10. Ac. 10.34,35. Is. 11.4.
22eIs it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?
e Mat. 22.17-21. Ezr. 4.13. Ac. 5.37. Je. 42.2,3.
23fBut he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why g*tempt ye me?
*tempt-test, try.
f ch. 5.22; 6.8; 11.17. g v.20. ch. 11.16,53,54. Mat. 12.38; 16.1; 19.3. Ps. 95.9.
24Shew me ha penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, iCaesar's.
h Mat. 18.28; 20.2; 22.19,20. i ch. 2.1; 3.1; 23.1.
25And he said unto them, jRender therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.
j Mat. 22.21; 17.25. Ro. 13.7. Pr. 24.21. 1Pe. 2.17.
26And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they kmarvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
k Mat. 22.21,33,46. Tit. 1.10,11. 1Co. 1.19,20. Job 5.12,13. v.39,40.
27¶lThen came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
l Mat. 22.23-33. Mar. 12.18-27. Ac. 23.6,8. 1Co. 15.12. 2Ti. 2.17.
28Saying, Master, mMoses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
m De. 25.5-8. Ge. 38.8,26. Job 1.2; 42.13.
29There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
30And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.
31And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.
32Last of all the woman died also.
33Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.
34And Jesus answering said unto them, nThe children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
n ch. 17.27. 1Co. 7. 1Ti. 4.3; 5.14. He. 13.4.
35But they which oshall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
o ch. 21.36. 2Th. 1.5. Re. 3.4. Ja. 2.5. 1Co. 7.29. Ac. 5.41.
36pNeither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
p Re. 21.4. 1Co. 15.26,52-55,42,49. 1Jn. 3.2. Ro. 8.17,23. Col. 3.4. Ps. 17.15; 16.10,11. 2Ti. 2.12.
37Now that the dead are raised, qeven Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
q Ex. 3.2-6. Ge. 17.7; 28.21; 32.9. Le. 26.12. Ac. 7.32. He. 11.16. Mar. 12.26. Mat. 22.32.
38rFor he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for sall live unto him.
r Ro. 4.17; 14.8,9. Col. 3.3,4. Is. 26.19. Jn. 11.25; 4.14; 6.40,54; 14.19. Ec. 12.7. s Ro. 6.10,11. Ga. 2.19.
39¶Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.
40And after that tthey durst not ask him any question at all.
t Mat. 22.33,34,36,46. Mar. 12.34.
41And he said unto them, uHow say they that Christ is David's son?
u Mat. 22.41-46. Mar. 12.35-37.
42And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, vThe LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
v Ps. 110.1. Ac. 2.34. 1Co. 15.25. He. 1.3,13; 8.1; 10.13. Ep. 1.20-23. 1Pe. 3.22. Ps. 21.8-12; 110.5,6; 69.22-28.
43Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
44David therefore calleth him Lord, whow is he then his son?
w Is. 7.14; 9.6. Jn. 1.14. Ro. 1.3,4; 9.5. Re. 22.16. 1Ti. 3.16. Ga. 4.4. 2Ti. 2.8. ch. 1.35.
45¶Then xin the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples,
x Mat. 23.1. 1Ti. 5.20. Is. 58.1. Ps. 40.9,10. ch. 12.1.
46yBeware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief *rooms at feasts;
*rooms-places at the table.
y Mat. 23.3,5-7. Mar. 12.38-40. ch. 11.43; 14.7. 3Jn. 9. Pr. 16.18; 18.12; 29.23. Hab. 2.4.
47zWhich devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: athe same shall receive greater damnation.
z Is. 10.2. Mat. 23.14. Mar. 12.40. ch. 11.43. 2Ti. 3.5,6. Ga. 4.17. 1Th. 2.5. Eze. 20.25. a Mat. 11.22,24. ch. 10.12,14; 12.47,48. Ja. 3.1.