Luke 20

4 Christ stoppeth his adversaries mouthes by another question. 9 Sheweth their destruction by a parable 22 The authority of princes. 27 The resurrection, and his divine power. 45 He reproveth the ambition of the Scribes.
1.And *it came to pass that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the Temple, and preached the Gospel, the high Priests and the Scribes came upon him with the Elders,
2.And spake unto him, saying, Tell us by what authority thou doest these things, or who is he that hath given thee this authority?
3.And he answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing: tell me therefore:
4.The abaptism of John was it from heaven, or of men?
5.And they reasoned within them selves, saying, If we shall say from heaven, he will say, Why then believed ye him not?
6.But if we shall say, Of men, all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a Prophet.
7.Therefore they answered, that they could not tell whence it
8.Then Jesus said unto them, bNeither tell I you, by what authority I do these things.
9.*Then began he to speak to the people this parable, *A certain man planted a cvineyard, and dlet it forth to husband men: and went into a strange country, for a great season.
10.And at a time he sent a eservant to the husband men, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard, but the husband men did beat him, and sent him a way empty.
11.Again he sent yet another servant: and they did beat him, and fowle entreated him, and sent him away empty.
12.Moreover, he sent the third, & him they wounded, & cast out.
13.Then said the Lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be that they will do reverence, when they see him.
14.But when the husband men saw him, they reasoned with them selves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
15.So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What shall the Lord of the vineyard therefore do unto them?
16.He will come and destroy these husband men, and will give out his vineyard to others. But when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
17.¶ And he beheld them, and said, What meaneth this then that is written, *The stone that the builders refused, that is made the head fof the corner?
18.gWhosoever shall fall upon that stone, shalbe broken: and on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
19.Then the high Priests and the Scribes the same hour went about to lay hands on him: (but they feared the people) for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
20.*And they hwatched him, and sent forth spies, which should fain them selves just men, to take him in his talk, and to deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
21.And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest, and teachest right, neither doest thou accept man’s person, but teachest the way of God truly.
22.Is it ilawful for us to give Cesar tribute or no?
23.But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
24.Shewe me a penie. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Cesar’s.
25.Then he said unto them, *kGive then unto Cesar the things which are Cesar’s, and to God those which are God’s.
26.And they could not reprove his saying before the people: but they marveled at his answer, and held their peace.
27.*Then came to him certain of the Sadduces (which deny that there is any resurrection) and they asked him,
28.Saying, Master, *Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
29.Now there were seven brethren, and the first took a wife, and he died without children.
30.And the second took the wife, and he died childless.
31.Then the third took her: and so likewise the seven died, and left no children.
32.And last of all, the woman died also.
33.Therefore at the resurrection, whose wife of them shall she be? for seven had her to wife.
34.Then Jesus answered, and said unto them, The lchildren of this world marry wives and are married.
35.But they which shalbe counted worthy to enjoy that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry wives, neither are married.
36.mFor they can die no more, forasmuch as they are equal unto the Angels, and are the Sons of God, nsince they are the children of the resurrection.
37.And that the dead shall rise again, even *Moses shewed it besides the bush, when he said, The Lord is the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
38.For he is not the God of the odead, but of them which live: pfor all live unto him.
39.Then certain of the Pharises answered and said, Master, thou hast well said.
40.And after that, durst they not ask him any thing at all.
41.*Then said he unto them, How say they that Christ is David’s son?
42.And David him self saith in the book of the Psalms, *The Lord said unto my Lord, sit at my right hand,
43.Till I shall make thine enemies thy footstool.
44.Seeing Davie calleth him Lord, how is he then his qson?
45.¶ Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples,
46.*Beware of the Scribes, which desire to go in long robes, and love salutations in the markets, and the highest seats in the Synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts:
47.Which devour widows’ houses, even under a colour of long praying: these shall receive greater damnation.

Notes

1-*.
Mt. 21.23, Mk. 11.27.
4-a.
By baptism he comprehends all John’s ministry, who bare witness to Christ.
8-b.
By this means he made them ashamed and astonished.
9-*.
Mt. 21.33, Mk. 12.1.
9-*-1.
Is. 5.1, Jer. 2.21.
9-c.
The Jews were as God’s plants and his own grafting.
9-d.
God committed his people to the Governors and Priests.
10-e.
He raised up Prophets.
17-P.
s. 118.22, Is. 28.16, Act. 4.11, Rom. 9.33, 1 Pet. 2.8.
17-f.
For by it the building is joined together and made strong.
18-g.
They that stumble and fall on Christ, thinking to oppress him, shall be overthrown themselves and destroyed.
20-*.
Mt. 22.15, Mk. 12.13.
20-h.
They waited for a convenient time and place.
22-i.
They thought it unlawful to pay to a prince being an infidel, that which they were wont to pay to God in his Temple.
25-*.
Rom. 13.7.
25-k.
The duty which we owe to princes, lets nothing that which is due unto God.
27-*.
Mt. 22.23, Mk. 12.18.
28-*.
Deu. 25.5.
34-l.
In this place he calls all them children of this world which remain in the same: or else matrimony should not seem to appertain to the children of God, as that wicked monster pope Cyricius (Siricius) taught against the manifest Scriptures.
36-m.
Since marriage is ordained to maintain and increase mankind, when we shall be immortal, it shall not be in any use.
36-n.
For although the wicked rise again, yet that life is but death and an eternal destruction.
37-*.
Ex. 3.6.
38-o.
Of them which are not, but of them which are.
38-p.
The immortality of the soul can not be separate from the resurrection of the body, whereof here Christ properly speaks.
41-*.
Mt. 22.44, Mk. 12.35.
42-*.
Ps. 110.1.
44-q.
For the son is not Lord of his father, and therefore it follows that Christ is God.
46-C.
h. 11.43, Mt. 23.6, Mk. 12.38.