1And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country. (诗80:8; 歌8:11; 赛5:1; 赛5:2; 太21:28; 太21:33; 太25:14; 可13:34; 路20:9)2When the season came, he sent a servant[1] to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.3And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. (代下24:19; 代下36:15; 尼9:26; 耶37:15; 耶38:6; 太5:12; 太22:6; 太23:34; 太23:37; 徒7:52; 林后11:24; 帖前2:15; 來11:36)4Again he sent to them another servant, and they struck him on the head and treated him shamefully. (太22:4; 可12:3; 徒5:41; 徒14:19)5And he sent another, and him they killed. And so with many others: some they beat, and some they killed. (可12:3)6He had still one other, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ (太3:17; 來1:1)7But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ (王上21:19; 约1:11; 羅8:17; 來1:2)8And they took him and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard. (來13:12)9What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others. (太8:11; 太21:43; 太24:50; 太25:19; 路19:27; 徒13:46; 徒18:6; 徒28:28)10Have you not read this Scripture: “‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;[2] (诗118:22; 太21:16; 路4:21; 徒4:11; 徒8:35; 彼前2:7)11this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”12And they were seeking to arrest him but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they left him and went away. (太22:22; 太26:4; 可11:18; 可11:32; 路19:47; 约7:25; 约7:30; 约7:44)
Paying Taxes to Caesar
13And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk. (太22:15; 可3:6; 可8:15; 路11:54; 路20:20)14And they came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are true and do not care about anyone’s opinion. For you are not swayed by appearances,[3] but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not?” (太17:25; 路2:1; 路3:1; 约3:2; 徒10:34; 徒13:10; 徒18:25)15But, knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why put me to the test? Bring me a denarius[4] and let me look at it.” (太18:28; 太23:28; 路12:1; 约8:6)16And they brought one. And he said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said to him, “Caesar’s.”17Jesus said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they marveled at him. (羅13:7)
The Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection
18And Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying, (太3:7; 太16:1; 太22:34; 徒4:1; 徒4:2; 徒5:17; 徒23:6; 徒23:8)19“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man[5] must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. (申25:5)20There were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and when he died left no offspring.21And the second took her, and died, leaving no offspring. And the third likewise.22And the seven left no offspring. Last of all the woman also died.23In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife.”24Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God? (约20:9; 林前6:14)25For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. (太24:38; 路17:27)26And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? (出3:1; 出3:6; 出3:17; 太21:16; 路3:4; 路20:42; 徒1:20; 徒7:32; 徒7:42)27He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are quite wrong.”
The Great Commandment
28And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” (太22:34; 太22:46; 路10:25)29Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. (申6:4; 太19:17; 太23:9; 路10:27; 羅3:30; 林前8:4; 林前8:6; 加3:20; 弗4:6; 提前1:17; 提前2:5; 雅2:19; 雅4:12; 犹1:25)30And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’31The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” (利19:18; 太19:19; 太23:23; 约一4:21)32And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that he is one, and there is no other besides him. (申4:35; 可12:29)33And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” (申4:6; 撒上15:22; 诗40:6; 何6:6; 弥6:6; 太9:13; 太12:7; 路2:47; 西1:9; 西2:2; 來10:6; 來10:8)34And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions. (路20:40)
Whose Son Is the Christ?
35And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? (太1:1; 太1:17; 太22:41; 太26:55; 路20:41)36David himself, in the Holy Spirit, declared, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.”’ (诗110:1; 路10:21; 徒2:34; 徒7:49; 林前12:3; 林前15:25; 來1:13; 來10:13)37David himself calls him Lord. So how is he his son?” And the great throng heard him gladly. (可6:20; 羅1:3)
Beware of the Scribes
38And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces (太23:1; 太23:5; 路11:43; 路20:45)39and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, (路14:7)40who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.” (太6:5; 太6:7; 路11:39; 路16:14)
The Widow’s Offering
41And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. (王下12:9; 太27:6; 路21:1; 约8:20)42And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny.[6] (路12:59)43And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. (林后8:2; 林后8:12)44For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.” (路8:43; 腓4:11)