

The first married a woman and died, leaving no descendants.Ģ1So the second married her and died, leaving no descendants, and the third likewise.Ģ2And the seven left no descendants.

* 18Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and put this question to him,ġ9saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, ‘If someone’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother.’ g 20Now there were seven brothers. Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not? Should we pay or should we not pay?”ġ5Knowing their hypocrisy he said to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius to look at.”ġ6They brought one to him and he said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” They replied to him, “Caesar’s.”ġ7So Jesus said to them, “Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” They were utterly amazed at him. You do not regard a person’s status but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. * 14They came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you are not concerned with anyone’s opinion. 13 * They sent some Pharisees d and Herodians to him to ensnare him e in his speech. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ĨSo they seized him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.ĩWhat will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come, put the tenants to death, and give the vineyard to others.ġ0Have you not read this scripture passage: cġ2They were seeking to arrest him, but they feared the crowd, for they realized that he had addressed the parable to them. He sent him to them last of all, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’ħBut those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir.

So, too, many others some they beat, others they killed.ĦHe had one other to send, a beloved son. And that one they beat over the head and treated shamefully.ĥHe sent yet another whom they killed. b 2At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenants to obtain from them some of the produce of the vineyard.ģBut they seized him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.ĤAgain he sent them another servant. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and left on a journey. a “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press, and built a tower. * 1He began to speak to them in parables.
