路加福音 20

耶稣的权柄受到质问

（太21．23－27；可11．27－33）

1 有一天，耶稣在圣殿里教导百姓，宣讲福音的时候，祭司长、文士和长老上前来， 2 问他说：“你告诉我们，你仗着什么权柄做这些事？给你这权柄的是谁呢？” 3 耶稣回答他们：“我也要问你们一句话，你们告诉我。 4 约翰的洗礼是从天上来的，还是从人间来的呢？” 5 他们彼此商量说：“我们若说‘从天上来的’，他会说‘这样，你们为什么不信他呢？’ 6 我们若说‘从人间来的’，所有的百姓都会用石头打死我们，因为他们信约翰是先知。” 7 于是他们回答：“我们不知道是从哪里来的。” 8 耶稣对他们说：“我也不告诉你们，我仗着什么权柄做这些事。”

恶园户的比喻

（太21．33－46；可12．1－12）

9 耶稣用这个比喻对百姓说：“有人开垦了一个葡萄园，租给园户，就出外远行，去了许久。 10 到了时候，他打发一个仆人到园户那里去，叫他们把园中当纳的果子交给他；园户竟打了他，叫他空手回去。 11 园主又打发另一个仆人去，他们也打了他，并且侮辱他，叫他空手回去。 12 园主又打发第三个仆人去，他们也打伤了他，把他推出去了。 13 葡萄园主说：‘我要怎么做呢？我要打发我的爱子去，或许他们会尊敬他。’ 14 可是，园户看见他，彼此说：‘这是承受产业的。我们杀了他，产业就归我们了！’ 15 于是他们把他扔出葡萄园外，杀了。这样，葡萄园主要怎么处置他们呢？ 16 他要来除灭那些园户，将葡萄园转给别人。”听见的人说：“绝对不可！” 17 耶稣看着他们，说：“那么，经上记着： ‘匠人所丢弃的石头 已作了房角的头块石头。’ 这是什么意思呢？

18 凡跌在那石头上的，一定会跌得粉碎；那石头掉在谁的身上，就要把谁压得稀烂。” 19 文士和祭司长看出这比喻是指着他们说的，当时就想要下手拿他，只是惧怕百姓。

纳税给凯撒的问题

（太22．15－22；可12．13－17）

20 于是他们窥探耶稣，打发奸细装作好人，要在他的话上抓把柄，好把他交给总督处置。 21 奸细就问耶稣：“老师，我们知道你所讲所教的都很正确，也不看人的面子，而是诚诚实实传上帝的道。 22 我们纳税给凯撒合不合法？” 23 耶稣看出他们的诡诈，就对他们说： 24 “拿一个银币来给我看。这像和这名号是谁的？”他们说：“是凯撒的。” 25 耶稣对他们说：“这样，凯撒的归凯撒，上帝的归上帝。” 26 他们无法当着百姓在他的话上抓到把柄，又因他的对答而惊讶，就闭口不言了。

复活的问题

（太22．23－33；可12．18－27）

27 有些撒都该人来见耶稣。他们说没有复活这回事，于是问耶稣： 28 “老师，摩西为我们写下这话：‘某人的哥哥若死了，有妻无子，他该娶哥哥的妻子，为哥哥生子立后。’ 29 那么，有兄弟七人，第一个娶了妻，没有孩子死了。 30 第二个、 31 第三个也娶过她；同样地，七个人都娶过她，没有留下孩子就死了。 32 后来，那妇人也死了。 33 那么，在复活的时候，那妇人是哪一个的妻子呢？因为他们七个人都娶过她。” 34 耶稣对他们说：“这世代的人有娶有嫁， 35 惟有配得那要来的世代和从死人中复活的人不娶也不嫁。 36 因为他们不能再死，和天使一样；既然是复活的人，他们就是上帝的儿子。 37 至于死人复活，摩西在《荆棘篇》上就指明了，他称主是亚伯拉罕的上帝，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，因为对他来说，人都是活的。” 39 有几个文士说：“老师，你说得好。” 40 以后，他们不敢再问他什么了。

基督与大卫的关系

（太22．41－46；可12．35－37）

41 耶稣对他们说：“人们怎么说基督是大卫的后裔呢？ 42 《诗篇》上大卫自己说： “主对我主说： ‘你坐在我的右边，

43 等我使你的仇敌作你的脚凳。’

44  大卫既称他为主，他怎么又是大卫的后裔呢？”

谴责文士

（太23．1－36；可12．38－40）

45 众百姓听的时候，耶稣对他的门徒说： 46 “你们要防备文士。他们好穿长袍走来走去，喜欢人们在街市上向他们问安，又喜爱会堂里的高位，宴席上的首座。 47 他们侵吞寡妇的家产，假意作很长的祷告。这些人要受更重的惩罚！”

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.