Lukas 20

1 Og det begav sig paa een af de Dage, der han lærte Folket i Templet og prædikede Evangelium, kom med eet de Ypperstepræster og Skriftkloge tilligemed de Ældste.2 Og de talede til ham og sagde: siig os: af hvad Magt gjør du disse Ting? eller hvo er den, som har givet dig denne Magt?3 Men han svarede og sagde til dem: ogsaa jeg vil spørge Eder om een Sag, siger mig og det:4 Johannes'Daab, var den af Himmelen eller af Mennesker?5 Men de overveiede ved sig selv og sagde: sige vi: af Himmelen, da siger han: hvorfor troede I ham da ikke?6 Men sige vi: af Mennesker, da stener alt Folket os; thi det er fast i den Mening, at Johannes var en Prophet.7 Og de svarede, at de vidste ikke hvorfra.8 Og Jesus sagde til dem: saa siger jeg Eder ikke heller, af hvad Magt jeg gjør disse Ting.9 Men han begyndte at sige til Folket denne Lignelse: et Menneske plantede en Viingaard og leiede den til Viingaardsmænd og drog udenlands en Tid lang.10 Og der Tiden kom, sendte han en Tjener til Viingaardsmændene, at de skulle give ham af Viingaardens Frugt; men Viingaardsmændene sloge ham og lode ham tomhændet fra sig.11 Og han blev ved og sendte en anden Tjener; men de sloge ogsaa denne og forhaanede ham og lode ham tomhændet fra sig.12 Og han blev ved og sendte den tredie; men ogsaa denne saarede de og udstødte ham.13 Men Viingaardens Herre sagde: hvad skal jeg gjøre? jeg vil sende min Søn den Elskelige, maaskee, naar de see ham, skulle de undsee sig.14 Men der Viingaardsmændene saae ham, beraadte de sig indbyrdes og sagde: denne er Arvingen, kommer, lader os slaae ham ihjel, at Arven maa blive vores.15 Og de stødte ham udenfor Viingaarden og sloge ham ihjel. Hvad skal nu Viingaardens Herre gjøre ved dem?16 Han skal komme og udrydde disse Viingaardsmænd og leie Viingaarden til andre. Men der de det hørte, sagde de: det skee aldrig!17 Men han saae paa dem og sagde: hvad er da dette, som er skrevet: den Steen, som Bygningsmændene forstøde den er bleven til en Hovedhjørnesteen?18 Hver, som falder paa denne Steen, bliver sønderstødt; men hvem den falder paa, ham skal den knuse.19 Og de Ypperstepræster og Skriftkloge søgte at lægge Haand paa ham i den samme Time, men de frygtede for Folket; thi de forstode, at han havde sagt denne Ligngelse imod dem.20 Og de toge vare paa ham, og udsendte Lurere, der anstillede sig, som om de vare retfærdige, for at fange ham i Talen, paa det de kunde overantvorde ham til Øvrigheden og Landshøvdingens Magt.21 Og de spurgte ham og sagde: Mester! vi vide, at du taler og lærer rettelig og ikke anseer nogen Person, men lærer Guds Vei i Sandhed.22 Er det os tilladt at give Keiseren Skat, eller ei?23 Men da han mærkede deres Trædskhed, sagde han til dem: hvi friste I mig?24 Viser mig en Penning; hvis Billede og Overskrift har den? Men de svarede og sagde: Keiserens.25 Men han sagde til dem: saa giver da Keiseren det, Keiserens er, og Gud, det, Guds er.26 Og de kunde ikke fange ham i Ord i Folkets Paahør, og de forundrede sig over hans Svar og taug.27 Men nogle af Sadducæerne, hvilke nægte, at der er Opstandelse, gik til ham og spurgte ham og sagde:28 Mester! Moses har foreskrevet os: dersom Nogen har en Broder, som er gift, og samme døer barnløs, da skal dennes Broder tage Hustruen og opreise sin Broder Sæd.29 Nu vare her syv Brødre; og den første tog en Hustru og døde barnløs.30 Og den anden tog Hustruen; ogsaa han døde barnløs.31 Og den tredie tog hende, og saaledes alle syv; og de døde uden at efterlade Børn.32 Men sidst af dem alle døde ogsaa Kvinden.33 I Opstandelsen nu, hvis Hustru af disse skal hun være? thi de have alle syv havt hende til Hustru.34 Og Jesus svarede og sagde til dem: denne Verdens Børn tage til Ægte og bortgiftes.35 Men de, som agtes værdige til at faae Deel i hiin Verden og i Opstandelsen fra de Døde, tage hverken til Ægte eller bortgiftes.36 De kunne jo ikke mere døe; thi de ere Engle lige og ere Guds Børn, efterdi de ere Opstandelsens Børn.37 Men at de Døde opvækkes, har og Moses givet tilkjende i Stedet om Tornebusken, der han kalder Herren: Abrahams Gud og Isaaks Gud og Jakobs Gud.38 Men han er ikke de Dødes Gud, men de Levendes; thi ham leve de alle.39 Men nogle af de Skriftkloge svarede og sagde: Mester! du talede vel.40 Og de turde ikke ydermere spørge ham om Noget.41 Men han sagde til dem: hvorledes siger man Christus at være Davids Søn?42 da dog David siger i Psalmernes Bog: Herren sagde til min Herre: sid hos min høire Haand,43 indtil jeg lægger dine Fjender til dine Fødders Skammel.44 Altsaa kalder David ham en Herre; hvorledes er han da hans Søn.45 Men i alt Folkets Paahør sagde han til sine Disciple:46 vogter Eder for de Skriftkloge, som gjerne gaae omkring i lange Klæder og lade sig gjerne hilse paa Torvene og ville gjerne have de fornemste Sæder i Synagogerne og sidde øverst tilbords ved Nadverne,47 dem, som opæde Enkers Huse og paa Skrømt bede længe; disse skulle faae des haardere Dom.

Luke 20

The Authority of Jesus

1 Now onet day, as Jesust was teaching the people in the temple courtst and proclaimingt the gospel, the chief priests and the experts in the lawt with the elders came ups2 and said to him,t “Tell us: By what authorityt are you doing these things?s Or who it is who gave you this authority?”3 He answered them,t “I will also ask you a question, and you tell me:4 John’s baptisms – was it from heaven or from people?”ts5 Sot they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’6 But if we say, ‘From people,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”7 Sot they replied that they did not knows where it came from.

8 Thent Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell yous by whose authorityt I do these things.”

The Parable of the Tenants

9 Thent he began to tell the people this parable: “A mans planted a vineyard,s leased it to tenant farmers,s and went on a journey for a long time.10 When harvest time came, he sent a slaves to the tenants so that they would gives him his portion of the crop.t However, the tenants beat his slavets and sent him away empty-handed.11 Sot he sent another slave. They beat this one too, treated him outrageously, and sent him away empty-handed.s12 Sot he sent still a third. They even wounded this one, and threw him out.13 Thent the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I will send my one dear son;ts perhaps they will respect him.’14 But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir; let’s kill him so the inheritance will be ours!’15 Sot they threw him out of the vineyard and killeds him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?16 He will come and destroys those tenants and give the vineyard to others.”s When the peoplet heard this, they said, “May this never happen!”s17 But Jesust looked straight at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?ts18 Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces,t and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.”ts

19 Thent the experts in the lawt and the chief priests wanted to arrestt him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. Butt they were afraid of the people.

Paying Taxes to Caesar

20 Thent they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere.t They wanted to take advantage of what he might sayt so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdictiont of the governor.21 Thust they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly,t and show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.s22 Is it rightt for us to pay the tribute taxt to Caesart or not?”23 But Jesust perceived their deceitt and said to them,24 “Show me a denarius.ts Whose imagets and inscription are on it?”t They said, “Caesar’s.”25 Sot he said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”s

26 Thust they were unable in the presence of the people to trapt him with his own words.t And stunnedt by his answer, they fell silent.

Marriage and the Resurrection

27 Now some Sadduceess (who contend that there is no resurrection)s came to him.28 They asked him,t “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies leaving a wife but no children, that mantmust marrytthe widow and father childrentfor his brother.s29 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a womant and died without children.30 The seconds31 and then the third married her, and in this same way all seven died, leaving no children.32 Finally the woman died too.

33 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be?s For all seven had married her.”t
34 Sot Jesus said to them, “The people of this aget marry and are given in marriage.35 But those who are regarded as worthy to share int that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.s36 In fact, they can no longer die, because they are equal to angelss and are sons of God, since they aret sonst of the resurrection.37 But even Moses revealed that the dead are raisedt in the passage about the bush,s where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.s38 Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living,s for all live before him.”t39 Thent some of the experts in the lawt answered, “Teacher, you have spoken well!”s

40 For they did not dare any longer to asks him anything.

The Messiah: David’s Son and Lord

41 Buts he said to them, “How is it that they say that the Christts is David’s son?s

42 For David himself says in the book of Psalms,
‘The Lord said to myslord,
“Sit at my right hand,

43 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’s

44 If David then calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”t

Jesus Warns the Disciples against Pride

45 Ast all the people were listening, Jesust said to his disciples,46 “Bewaret of the experts in the law.t Theyt like walking around in long robes, and they love elaborate greetingss in the marketplaces and the best seatss in the synagoguess and the places of honor at banquets.

47 Theyt devours widows’ property,t and as a show make long prayers. They will receive a more severe punishment.”