Luk 20 | ESV | STEP | One day , as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel , the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up

1 ^aOne day, ^bas Jesus ^{▼▼Greek he} was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, ^dthe chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up 2 and said to him, “Tell us ^eby what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority.” 3 He answered them, “I also will ask you a question. Now tell me, 4 was the baptism of John ^ffrom heaven or from man?” 5 And they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ^g‘Why did you not believe him?’ 6 But if we say, ‘From man,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was ^ha prophet.” 7 So they answered that they did not know where it came from. 8 And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

The Parable of the Wicked Tenants

9 ⁱAnd he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted ^ja vineyard and ^klet it out to tenants and ^lwent into another country for a long while. 10 When the time came, he sent a servant ^{▼▼Greek bondservant; also verse 11} to the tenants, so that ⁿthey would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. ^oBut the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 11 ^pAnd ^qhe sent another servant. But they also beat and ^rtreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. 12 ^sAnd he sent yet a third. This one also they wounded and cast out. 13 Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my ^tbeloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’ 14 But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, ^u‘This is the heir. ^vLet us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.’ 15 And they ^wthrew him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? 16 ^xHe will ^ycome and destroy those tenants and ^zgive the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “Surely not!” 17 But he ^aalooked directly at them and said, “What then is this that is written:

^ab“‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone’? ^{▼▼Greek the head of the corner}

18 ^adEveryone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it falls ^aeon anyone, it will crush him.”

Paying Taxes to Caesar

19 ^afThe scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people. 20 ^agSo they ^ahwatched him and sent spies, who ^aipretended to be sincere, that they might ^ajcatch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of ^akthe governor. 21 So they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and ^alshow no partiality, ^{▼▼Greek and do not receive a face} but truly teach ^anthe way of God. 22 Is it lawful for us to give ^aotribute to ^apCaesar, or not?” 23 But he perceived their ^aqcraftiness, and said to them, 24 “Show me ^ara denarius. ^{▼▼A denarius was a day’s wage for a laborer} Whose likeness and inscription does it have?” They said, “Caesar’s.” 25 He said to them, “Then ^atrender to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” 26 And they were not able in the presence of the people ^auto catch him in what he said, but marveling at his answer they became silent.

Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection

27 There came to him ^avsome Sadducees, ^awthose who deny that there is a resurrection, 28 and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us ^axthat if a man’s brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man ^{▼▼Greek his brother} must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. 29 Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died without children. 30 And the second 31 and the third took her, and likewise all seven left no children and died. 32 Afterward the woman also died. 33 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had her as wife.”

34 And Jesus said to them, ^az“The sons of this age ^bamarry and ^bbare given in marriage, 35 but those who are ^bcconsidered worthy to attain to ^bdthat age and to the resurrection from the dead ^beneither marry ^bfnor are given in marriage, 36 for ^bgthey cannot die anymore, because they are ^bhequal to angels and ^biare ^bjsons of God, being ^bksons ^{▼▼Greek huioi; see Preface} of the resurrection. 37 But that the dead are raised, ^bmeven Moses showed, in ^bnthe passage about the bush, where he calls ^bothe Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. 38 Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all ^bplive to him.” 39 Then some of the scribes ^bqanswered, “Teacher, you have spoken well.” 40 For ^brthey no longer dared to ask him any question.

Whose Son Is the Christ?

41 ^bsBut he said to them, “How can they say that ^btthe Christ is ^buDavid’s son? 42 For David himself says in the Book of Psalms,

^bv“‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
43 until I make your enemies ^bwyour footstool.”’

44 David thus calls him Lord, so ^bxhow is he his son?”

Beware of the Scribes

45 ^byAnd in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples, 46 “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and ^bzthe places of honor at feasts, 47 ^cawho devour widows’ houses and ^cbfor a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”