Chapter 12 And he began to speak unto them by parables.
And at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away
shamefully handled.
And again he sent another.
At him they killed, and many others, beating some and killing some.
Having yet therefore one son, his well-beloved, he sent him also last unto
them, saying, They will reverence my son.
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir.
Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do?
He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
And have ye not read this scripture?
The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.
This was the lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes.
And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people.
For they knew that he had spoken the parable against them.
And they left him, and went their way.
And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees, and of the Herodians,
to catch him in his words.
And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true,
and carest for no man.
For thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth.
Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?
Shall we give, or shall we not give?
But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
Bring me a penny, that I may see it.
And they brought it.
And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
And they said unto him, Caesar's.
And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are
Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.
And they marveled at him.
Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection.
And they asked him, saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother
die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother
should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Now there were seven brethren, and the first took a wife, and dine,
left no seed.
And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed, and the third
likewise.
And the seven had her, and left no seed.
Last of all, the woman died also.
In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she
be of them?
For the seven had her to wife.
And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know
not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in
marriage, but are as the angels which are in heaven, and as touching the dead,
that they rise.
Have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him,
saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob?
He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living.
Ye therefore do greatly err.
And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together,
and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first
commandment of all?
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel,
the Lord our God is one Lord, and 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.
And the second is like namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
There is none other commandment greater than these.
And the scribes said unto him, Well, master, thou hast said the truth,
for there is one God, and there is none other but he.
And 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 neighbour as
himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
And 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.
And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes
that Christ is the son of David?
For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my
right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
David therefore himself calleth him Lord, and whence is he then his son?
And the common people heard him gladly, and he said unto them in his doctrine,
Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the
marketplaces, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at
feasts, which devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers.
These shall receive greater damnation.
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into
the treasury, and many that were rich cast in much.
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a
farthing.
And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto
you, that this poor widow hath cast more in than all they which have cast into the
treasury.
For all they did cast in of their abundance, but she of her want did cast in
all that she had, even all her living.