路加福音 20

耶穌的權柄受到質問

（太21．23－27；可11．27－33）

1 有一天，耶穌在聖殿裏教導百姓，宣講福音的時候，祭司長、文士和長老上前來， 2 問他說：「你告訴我們，你仗著甚麼權柄做這些事？給你這權柄的是誰呢？」 3 耶穌回答他們：「我也要問你們一句話，你們告訴我。 4 約翰的洗禮是從天上來的，還是從人間來的呢？」 5 他們彼此商量說：「我們若說『從天上來的』，他會說『這樣，你們為甚麼不信他呢？』 6 我們若說『從人間來的』，所有的百姓都會用石頭打死我們，因為他們信約翰是先知。」 7 於是他們回答：「我們不知道是從哪裏來的。」 8 耶穌對他們說：「我也不告訴你們，我仗著甚麼權柄做這些事。」

惡園戶的比喻

（太21．33－46；可12．1－12）

9 耶穌用這個比喻對百姓說：「有人開墾了一個葡萄園，租給園戶，就出外遠行，去了許久。 10 到了時候，他打發一個僕人到園戶那裏去，叫他們把園中當納的果子交給他；園戶竟打了他，叫他空手回去。 11 園主又打發另一個僕人去，他們也打了他，並且侮辱他，叫他空手回去。 12 園主又打發第三個僕人去，他們也打傷了他，把他推出去了。 13 葡萄園主說：『我要怎麼做呢？我要打發我的愛子去，或許他們會尊敬他。』 14 可是，園戶看見他，彼此說：『這是承受產業的。我們殺了他，產業就歸我們了！』 15 於是他們把他扔出葡萄園外，殺了。這樣，葡萄園主要怎麼處置他們呢？ 16 他要來除滅那些園戶，將葡萄園轉給別人。」聽見的人說：「絕對不可！」 17 耶穌看著他們，說：「那麼，經上記著： 『匠人所丟棄的石頭 已作了房角的頭塊石頭。』 這是甚麼意思呢？

18 凡跌在那石頭上的，一定會跌得粉碎；那石頭掉在誰的身上，就要把誰壓得稀爛。」 19 文士和祭司長看出這比喻是指著他們說的，當時就想要下手拿他，只是懼怕百姓。

納稅給凱撒的問題

（太22．15－22；可12．13－17）

20 於是他們窺探耶穌，打發奸細裝作好人，要在他的話上抓把柄，好把他交給總督處置。 21 奸細就問耶穌：「老師，我們知道你所講所教的都很正確，也不看人的面子，而是誠誠實實傳上帝的道。 22 我們納稅給凱撒合不合法？」 23 耶穌看出他們的詭詐，就對他們說： 24 「拿一個銀幣來給我看。這像和這名號是誰的？」他們說：「是凱撒的。」 25 耶穌對他們說：「這樣，凱撒的歸凱撒，上帝的歸上帝。」 26 他們無法當著百姓在他的話上抓到把柄，又因他的對答而驚訝，就閉口不言了。

復活的問題

（太22．23－33；可12．18－27）

27 有些撒都該人來見耶穌。他們說沒有復活這回事，於是問耶穌： 28 「老師，摩西為我們寫下這話：『某人的哥哥若死了，有妻無子，他該娶哥哥的妻子，為哥哥生子立後。』 29 那麼，有兄弟七人，第一個娶了妻，沒有孩子死了。 30 第二個、 31 第三個也娶過她；同樣地，七個人都娶過她，沒有留下孩子就死了。 32 後來，那婦人也死了。 33 那麼，在復活的時候，那婦人是哪一個的妻子呢？因為他們七個人都娶過她。」 34 耶穌對他們說：「這世代的人有娶有嫁， 35 惟有配得那要來的世代和從死人中復活的人不娶也不嫁。 36 因為他們不能再死，和天使一樣；既然是復活的人，他們就是上帝的兒子。 37 至於死人復活，摩西在《荊棘篇》上就指明了，他稱主是亞伯拉罕的上帝，以撒的上帝，雅各的上帝。 38 上帝不是死人的上帝，而是活人的上帝，因為對他來說，人都是活的。」 39 有幾個文士說：「老師，你說得好。」 40 以後，他們不敢再問他甚麼了。

基督與大衛的關係

（太22．41－46；可12．35－37）

41 耶穌對他們說：「人們怎麼說基督是大衛的後裔呢？ 42 《詩篇》上大衛自己說： 「主對我主說： 『你坐在我的右邊，

43 等我使你的仇敵作你的腳凳。』

44  大衛既稱他為主，他怎麼又是大衛的後裔呢？」

譴責文士

（太23．1－36；可12．38－40）

45 眾百姓聽的時候，耶穌對他的門徒說： 46 「你們要防備文士。他們好穿長袍走來走去，喜歡人們在街市上向他們問安，又喜愛會堂裏的高位，宴席上的首座。 47 他們侵吞寡婦的家產，假意作很長的禱告。這些人要受更重的懲罰！」

LUKE 20

A Question //about Jesus' Authority

(Matthew 21.23-27; Mark 11.27-33)

1 One day, Jesus was teaching in the temple and telling the good news. So the chief priests, the teachers, and the nation's leaders

2 asked him, “What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”
3 Jesus replied, “I want to ask you a question.

4 Who gave John the right to baptize? Was it God in heaven or merely some human being?”
5 They talked this over and said to each other, “We can't say God gave John this right. Jesus will ask us why we didn't believe John.

6 And we can't say it was merely some human who gave John the right to baptize. The crowd will stone us to death, because they think John was a prophet.”

7 So they told Jesus, “We don't know who gave John the right to baptize.”

8 Jesus replied, “Then I won't tell you who gave me the right to do what I do.”

Renters of a Vineyard

(Matthew 21.33-46; Mark 12.1-12)

9  t Jesus told the people this story:
A man once planted a vineyard and rented it out. Then he left the country for a long time. 10 When it was time to harvest the crop, he sent a servant to ask the renters for his share of the grapes. But they beat up the servant and sent him away without anything. 11 So the owner sent another servant. The renters also beat him up. They insulted him terribly and sent him away without a thing.

12 The owner sent a third servant. He was also beaten terribly and thrown out of the vineyard.

13 The owner then said to himself, “What am I going to do? I know what. I'll send my son, the one I love so much. They will surely respect him!”
14 When the renters saw the owner's son, they said to one another, “Someday he will own the vineyard. Let's kill him! Then we can have it all for ourselves.”

15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
Jesus asked, “What do you think the owner of the vineyard will do?

16 I'll tell you what. He will come and kill those renters and let someone else have his vineyard.”
When the people heard this, they said, “This must never happen!”
17  t But Jesus looked straight at them and said, “Then what do the Scriptures mean when they say, ‘The stone the builders tossed aside is now the most important stone of all’?

18 Anyone who stumbles over this stone will get hurt, and anyone it falls on will be smashed to pieces.”

19 The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses knew that Jesus was talking about them when he was telling this story. They wanted to arrest him right then, but they were afraid of the people.

Paying Taxes

(Matthew 22.15-22; Mark 12.13-17)

20 Jesus' enemies kept watching him closely, because they wanted to hand him over to the Roman governor. So they sent some men who pretended to be good. But they were really spies trying to catch Jesus saying something wrong. 21 The spies said to him, “Teacher, we know you teach the truth about what God wants people to do. And you treat everyone with the same respect, no matter who they are.

22 Tell us, should we pay taxes to the Emperor or not?”
23 Jesus knew they were trying to trick him. So he told them,

24 “Show me a coin.” Then he asked, “Whose picture and name are on it?”
“The Emperor's,” they answered.
25 Then he told them, “Give the Emperor what belongs to him and give God what belongs to God.”

26 Jesus' enemies could not catch him saying anything wrong there in front of the people. They were amazed at his answer and kept quiet.

Life in the Future World

(Matthew 22.23-33; Mark 12.18-27)

27  t The Sadducees did not believe that people would rise to life after death. So some of them came to Jesus

28 t and said:
Teacher, Moses wrote that if a married man dies and has no children, his brother should marry the widow. Their first son would then be thought of as the son of the dead brother.
29 There were once seven brothers. The first one married, but died without having any children. 30 The second one married his brother's widow, and he also died without having any children. 31 The same thing happened to the third one. Finally, all seven brothers married this woman and died without having any children. 32 At last the woman died.

33 When God raises people from death, whose wife will this woman be? All seven brothers had married her.

34 Jesus answered:
The people in this world get married. 35 But in the future world no one who is worthy to rise from death will either marry

36 or die. They will be like the angels and will be God's children, because they have been raised to life.
37  t In the story about the burning bush, Moses clearly shows that people will live again. He said, “The Lord is the God worshiped by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”t

38 So the Lord isn't the God of the dead, but of the living. This means that everyone is alive as far as God is concerned.
39 Some of the teachers of the Law of Moses said, “Teacher, you have given a good answer!”

40 From then on, no one dared to ask Jesus any questions.

About David's Son

(Matthew 22.41-46; Mark 12.35-37)

41 Jesus asked, “Why do people say that the Messiah will be the son of King David?t

42 t In the book of Psalms, David himself says,
‘The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit at my right sidet

43 until I make your enemies
into a footstool for you.’

44 David spoke of the Messiah as his Lord, so how can the Messiah be his son?”

Jesus and the Teachers //of the Law of Moses

(Matthew 23.1-36; Mark 12.38-40; Luke 11.37-54)

45 While everyone was listening to Jesus, he said to his disciples:
46 Guard against the teachers of the Law of Moses! They love to walk around in long robes, and they like to be greeted in the market. They want the front seats in the synagogues and the best seats at banquets. 47 But they cheat widows out of their homes and then pray long prayers just to show off. These teachers will be punished most of all.