1And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and dug a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

2And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

3But they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

4And 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.

5And again he sent another; and him they killed: and many others; beating some, and killing some.

6Having yet therefore one son, his well-beloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

7But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.

8And they took him, and killed him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard.

9What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

10Have ye not read even this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected,
The same was made the head of the corner;

11This was from the Lord,
And it is marvelous in our eyes?

12And they sought to lay hold on him; and they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spake the parable against them: and they left him, and went away.

13And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they might catch him in talk.

14And when they were come, they say unto him, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and carest not for anyone; for thou regardest not the person of men, but of a truth teachest the way of God: Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?

15Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why make ye trial of me? bring me a denarius, that I may see it.

16And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar’s.

17And Jesus answered and said unto them, Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s. And they marveled at him.

18And there come unto him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

19Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

20There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed;

21and the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed; and the third likewise:

22and the seven took her, and left no seed. Last of all the woman also died.

23In the resurrection, when they shall rise again, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.

24And Jesus answered and said unto them, Is it not for this cause that ye err, that ye know not the scriptures, nor the power of God?

25For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels that are in heaven.

26But as touching the dead, that they are raised; have ye not read in the book of Moses, in the place concerning the Bush, how God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

27He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

28And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?

29And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one:

30and 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.

31And a second like it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

32And the scribe said unto him, Of a truth, Teacher, thou hast well said that he is one; and there is none other but he:

33and 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 neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

34And 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.

35And Jesus answered and said, as he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that the Christ is the son of David?

36for David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord saith unto my Lord,
Sit thou on my right hand,
Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet.

37David himself therefore calleth him Lord; and whence is he his son? And the common people heard him gladly.

38And he said unto them in his teaching, Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and to have salutations in the marketplaces,

39and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts:

40they that devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation.

41And Jesus sat down over against the treasury, and beheld how the multitude cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

42And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a penny.

43And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow hath cast in more than all they that are casting into the treasury:

44for they all did cast in of their superfluity; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.