1And it happened that, on one of the days when he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Gospel, the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, gathered together with the elders,

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Matthew 21:23, Matthew 21:27, Matthew 21:23, Matthew 21:27, 1 Chronicles 24:1

2and they spoke to him, saying: “Tell us, by what authority do you do these things? Or, who is it that has given you this authority?”

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John 2:18, Acts 7:27, Mark 11:28, Mark 11:33, Matthew 21:23

3And in response, Jesus said to them: “I will also question you about one word. Respond to me:

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Matthew 15:2, Matthew 15:3, Luke 22:68, Colossians 4:6, Matthew 15:2

4The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?”

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Luke 15:18, Matthew 11:7, Matthew 11:19, Luke 15:18, Matthew 11:7

5So they discussed it among themselves, saying: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’

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John 1:15, John 1:18, John 1:34, John 1:30, Acts 13:25

6But if we say, ‘Of men,’ the whole people will stone us. For they are certain that John was a prophet.”

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Matthew 21:26, Matthew 21:26, Matthew 11:9, Matthew 11:9, Matthew 14:5

7And so they responded that they did not know where it was from.

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Isaiah 42:19, Isaiah 42:20, Zechariah 11:15, Isaiah 44:18, Zechariah 11:17

8And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

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Mark 11:33, Matthew 15:14, Matthew 16:4, Proverbs 26:4, Proverbs 26:5

9Then he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, and he loaned it to settlers, and he was on a sojourn for a long time.

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Matthew 21:33, Matthew 21:46, Matthew 21:33, Matthew 21:46, Mark 12:1

10And in due time, he sent a servant to the farmers, so that they would give to him from the fruit of the vineyard. And they beat him and drove him away, empty-handed.

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Nehemiah 9:26, Nehemiah 9:26, 2 Chronicles 36:15, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Matthew 21:34

11And he continued to send another servant. But beating him and treating him with contempt, they likewise sent him away, empty-handed.

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Hosea 10:1, 1 Thessalonians 2:2, Matthew 23:30, Matthew 23:37, Acts 7:52

12And he continued to send a third. And wounding him also, they drove him away.

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13Then the lord of the vineyard said: ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps when they have seen him, they will respect him.’

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Matthew 3:17, Matthew 3:17, John 3:16, John 3:17, John 3:16

14And when the settlers had seen him, they discussed it among themselves, saying: ‘This one is the heir. Let us kill him, so that the inheritance will be ours.’

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Romans 8:17, Romans 8:17, Hebrews 1:2, Hebrews 1:2, Matthew 27:21

15And forcing him outside of the vineyard, they killed him. What, then, will the lord of the vineyard do to them?”

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Hebrews 13:12, Hebrews 13:12, Matthew 21:37, Matthew 21:40, Mark 12:6

16“He will come and destroy those settlers, and he will give the vineyard to others.” And upon hearing this, they said to him, “Let it not be.”

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Luke 19:27, Luke 19:27, Matthew 21:41, Acts 13:46, Matthew 21:41

17Then, gazing at them, he said: “Then what does this mean, which is written: ‘The stone which the builders have rejected, the same has become the head of the corner?’

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Psalms 118:22, Psalms 118:22, Isaiah 28:16, Isaiah 28:16, Acts 4:11

18Everyone who falls on that stone will be shattered. And anyone upon whom it falls will be crushed.”

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Isaiah 8:14, Isaiah 8:15, Isaiah 8:14, Isaiah 8:15, Daniel 2:44

19And the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, were seeking to lay hands on him in that same hour, but they feared the people. For they realized that he had spoken this parable about them.

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Luke 19:47, Luke 19:48, Luke 19:47, Luke 19:48, Luke 20:14

20And being attentive, they sent traitors, who would pretend that they were just, so that they might catch him in his words and then hand him over to the power and authority of the procurator.

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Luke 11:54, Luke 11:54, Matthew 22:15, Matthew 22:22, Matthew 22:15

21And they questioned him, saying: “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, and that you do not consider anyone’s status, but you teach the way of God in truth.

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Matthew 26:49, Matthew 26:50, 1 Thessalonians 2:4, 1 Thessalonians 2:5, Matthew 22:16

22Is it lawful for us to pay the tribute to Caesar, or not?”

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Nehemiah 9:37, Nehemiah 9:37, Ezra 4:19, Ezra 4:22, Nehemiah 5:4

23But realizing their deceitfulness, he said to them: “Why do you test me?

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1 Corinthians 3:19, 1 Corinthians 3:19, Matthew 22:18, Luke 11:16, Luke 11:17

24Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?” In response, they said to him, “Caesar’s.”

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Matthew 18:28, Matthew 18:28, Luke 20:22, Acts 25:8, Acts 25:12

25And so, he said to them: “Then repay the things that are Caesar’s, to Caesar, and the things that are God’s, to God.”

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Romans 13:6, Romans 13:7, Romans 13:6, Romans 13:7, Acts 4:19

26And they were not able to contradict his word before the people. And being amazed at his answer, they were silent.

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Luke 20:20, Luke 20:20, Job 5:12, Job 5:13, 2 Timothy 3:8

27Now some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, approached him. And they questioned him,

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Acts 4:1, Acts 4:2, Acts 4:1, Acts 4:2, 1 Corinthians 15:12

28saying: “Teacher, Moses wrote for us: If any man’s brother will have died, having a wife, and if he does not have any children, then his brother should take her as his wife, and he should raise up offspring for his brother.

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Deuteronomy 25:5, Deuteronomy 25:10, Deuteronomy 25:5, Deuteronomy 25:10, Genesis 38:8

29And so there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and he died without sons.

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Jeremiah 22:30, Leviticus 20:20, Jeremiah 22:30, Leviticus 20:20

30And the next one married her, and he also died without a son.

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31And the third married her, and similarly all seven, and none of them left behind any offspring, and they each died.

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32Last of all, the woman also died.

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Ecclesiastes 9:5, Ecclesiastes 1:4, Ecclesiastes 9:5, Ecclesiastes 1:4, Hebrews 9:27

33In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be? For certainly all seven had her as a wife.”

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Matthew 22:24, Matthew 22:28, Matthew 22:24, Matthew 22:28, Mark 12:19

34And so, Jesus said to them: “The children of this age marry and are given in marriage.

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Luke 16:8, Luke 16:8, Luke 17:27, Luke 17:27, Hebrews 13:4

35Yet truly, those who shall be held worthy of that age, and of the resurrection from the dead, will neither be married, nor take wives.

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2 Thessalonians 1:5, 2 Thessalonians 1:5, Daniel 12:2, Daniel 12:3, John 5:29

36For they can no longer die. For they are equal to the Angels, and they are children of God, since they are children of the resurrection.

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Philippians 3:21, Revelation 21:4, Philippians 3:21, Revelation 21:4, Matthew 22:30

37For in truth, the dead do rise again, as Moses also showed beside the bush, when he called the Lord: ‘The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

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Exodus 3:2, Exodus 3:6, Exodus 3:2, Exodus 3:6, Mark 12:26

38And so he is not the God of the dead, but of the living. For all are alive to him.”

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John 11:25, John 11:26, John 11:25, John 11:26, Colossians 3:3

39Then some of the scribes, in response, said to him, “Teacher, you have spoken well.”

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Mark 12:28, Mark 12:34, Matthew 22:34, Matthew 22:40, Acts 23:9

40And they no longer dared to question him about anything.

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Matthew 22:46, Matthew 22:46, Mark 12:34, Mark 12:34, Proverbs 26:5

41But he said to them: “How can they say that the Christ is the son of David?

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Mark 12:35, Mark 12:37, Mark 12:35, Mark 12:37, Matthew 1:1

42Even David himself says, in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand,

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Psalms 110:1, Psalms 110:1, Acts 2:34, Acts 2:35, Acts 2:34

43until I set your enemies as your footstool.’

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Psalms 110:1, Luke 19:27, Psalms 110:1, Luke 19:27, Revelation 19:14

44Therefore, David calls him Lord. So how can he be his son?”

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Revelation 22:16, Revelation 22:16, Romans 9:5, Galatians 4:4, Isaiah 7:14

45Now in the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples:

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Mark 12:38, Mark 12:39, Matthew 23:5, Matthew 23:7, Mark 8:34

46“Be cautious of the scribes, who choose to walk in long robes, and who love greetings in the marketplace, and the first chairs in the synagogues, and the first places at table during feasts,

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Mark 12:38, Mark 12:39, Luke 11:43, Mark 12:38, Mark 12:39

47who devour the houses of widows, feigning long prayers. These will receive the greater damnation.”

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Mark 12:40, Mark 12:40, James 3:1, James 3:1, Luke 12:1