D.
Passing through the final examinations
20:1—21:4
1.
Of the chief priests, scribes, and elders
20:1-19
Luke 20
:1
20:1
And on one of the days, as
1He was
ateaching the people in the
btemple and announcing the good news, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders
ccame upon
Him,
Luke 20
:2
20:2
And spoke, saying to Him, Tell us by what
aauthority you do these things, or who is the one who gave you this authority?
Luke 20
:3
20:3
And He answered and said to them, I also will ask you
one thing, and you tell Me:
Luke 20
:4
20:4
The abaptism of John, was it from
bheaven or from men?
Luke 20
:5
20:5
And they reasoned together among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, He will say, Why did you
anot believe him?
Luke 20
:6
20:6
But if we say, From men, all the people will stone us to death, for they are persuaded that John was a
aprophet.
Luke 20
:7
20:7
And they answered that they did not know where it was from.
Luke 20
:8
20:8
And Jesus said to them,
1Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
Luke 20
:9
20:9
1And He began to speak to the people this
aparable: A certain man
bplanted a
cvineyard and leased it out to
dvinedressers and went
eabroad for a considerable time.
Luke 20
:10
20:10
And at
the proper time he
asent a slave to the vinedressers so that they might give him some of the fruit of the vineyard; but the vinedressers
bbeat him and sent him away empty-handed.
Luke 20
:11
20:11
And he went on to send another slave, but they beat that one also, and dishonored
him, and sent
him away empty-handed.
Luke 20
:12
20:12
And he went on to send a third, but that one also they wounded and threw out.
Luke 20
:13
20:13
And the master of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my son, the
abeloved; they will
1probably respect this one.
Luke 20
:14
20:14
But when the vinedressers saw him, they reasoned with one another, saying, This is the
aheir; let us kill him that the inheritance may become ours.
Luke 20
:15
20:15
And they threw him
aout of the vineyard and
bkilled him. What then will the master of the vineyard do to them?
Luke 20
:16
20:16
He will come and
adestroy these vinedressers and will give the vineyard to
bothers. And when they heard
this, they said, May it never happen!
Luke 20
:17
20:17
But He looked at them, and said, What then is this that is written,
a"The stone which the builders rejected, this has become the head of the corner''?
Luke 20
:18
20:18
Everyone who falls on that
astone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it shall crush him to powder and scatter him like
bchaff.
Luke 20
:19
20:19
And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on Him in that hour; yet they feared the people, for they perceived that
it was with them in view
that He spoke this parable.
2.
Of the Pharisees and Herodians
20:20-26
Luke 20
:20
20:20
1And they
awatched Him closely and
bsent spies who
cfeigned themselves to be righteous, in order that they might lay hold on some
dword of His, so as to
edeliver Him up to the rule and authority of the
fgovernor.
Luke 20
:21
20:21
And they questioned Him, saying, Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly,
1and do not accept
man's aperson, but teach the
bway of God in truth.
Luke 20
:22
20:22
Is it lawful for us to pay
ataxes to
bCaesar, or not?
Luke 20
:23
20:23
But He perceived their
acraftiness and said to them,
Luke 20
:24
20:24
Show Me a
adenarius. Whose image and inscription does it have? And they said, Caesar's.
Luke 20
:25
20:25
And He said to them, Therefore
arender the things that are Caesar's to Caesar, and the things that are God's to God.
Luke 20
:26
20:26
And they were not able to lay hold of a
asaying of His in the presence of the people; and marveling at His answer, they kept silent.
3.
Of the Sadducees
20:27-38
Luke 20
:27
20:27
1And some of the
aSadducees, who say there is no
bresurrection, came to
Him and
cquestioned Him,
Luke 20
:28
20:28
Saying, Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If anyone's brother has a
awife and dies, and this one is childless, his brother should take the wife and raise up seed to his brother.
Luke 20
:29
20:29
There were then seven brothers. And the first took a wife and died childless;
Luke 20
:30
20:30
And the
1second;
Luke 20
:31
20:31
And the third took her; and similarly the seven also did not leave children and died.
Luke 20
:32
20:32
Finally the woman also died.
Luke 20
:33
20:33
In the resurrection, therefore, which one's wife does the woman become? For the seven had her as wife.
Luke 20
:34
20:34
And Jesus said to them, The
asons of this age
bmarry and are given in marriage,
Luke 20
:35
20:35
But those who are counted
aworthy to obtain that
1age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage;
Luke 20
:36
20:36
For neither can they
adie anymore, for they are equal to
bangels, and they are
csons of God, being sons of the
dresurrection.
Luke 20
:37
20:37
But that the dead are raised, even Moses disclosed
in the section concerning the
abush, when he calls the Lord the God of
bAbraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.
Luke 20
:38
20:38
Now He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all men are
aliving.
4.
Muzzling all the examiners
20:39-44
Luke 20
:39
20:39
And some of the scribes answered and said, Teacher, You have spoken
awell.
Luke 20
:40
20:40
For they
1ano longer dared to question Him about anything.
Luke 20
:41
20:41
1And He
asaid to them, How
is it that they say that the Christ is
bDavid's son?
Luke 20
:42
20:42
For David himself says in the book of Psalms,
a"The Lord said to my Lord,
bSit at My right hand,
Luke 20
:43
20:43
Until I set Your enemies as a footstool for Your feet.''
Luke 20
:44
20:44
David therefore calls Him Lord, and how is He
ahis 1son?
5.
Warning against the scribes
20:45-47
Luke 20
:45
20:45
And as all the people were listening, He
asaid to His disciples,
Luke 20
:46
20:46
1Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love
agreetings in the
bmarketplaces and chief seats in the synagogues and
cplaces of honor at the dinners,
Luke 20
:47
20:47
Who devour widows' houses, and for a
1pretense make long prayers. These shall receive
agreater 2judgment.
