1And it came to pass that on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes, with the ancients, met together,

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

2And spoke to him, saying: Tell us, by what authority dost thou these things? Or, who is he that hath given thee this authority?

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

3And Jesus answering, said to them: I will also ask you one thing. Answer 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

5But they thought within themselves, saying: If we shall say, From heaven: he will say: Why then did you not believe in 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 persuaded 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 they answered that they knew not whence it was.

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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 do 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

9And he began to speak to the people this parable: A certain man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen: and he was abroad for a long time.

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

10And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard. Who, beating him, sent him away empty.

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

11And again he sent another servant. But they beat him also and, treating him reproachfully, sent him away empty.

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

12And again he sent the third: and they wounded him also and cast him out.

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13Then the lord of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be, when they see him, they will reverence him.

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

14Whom, when the husbandmen saw, they thought within themselves, saying: This is the heir. Let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

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

15So casting him out of the vineyard, they killed him. What therefore 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

16He will come and will destroy these husbandmen and will give the vineyard to others. Which they hearing, said to him: God forbid.

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

17But he looking on them, said: What is this then that is written, The stone, which the builders rejected, the same is 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

18Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be bruised: and upon whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

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

19And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him the same hour: but they feared the people, for they knew that he spoke this parable to them.

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

20And being upon the watch, they sent spies, who should feign themselves just, that they might take hold of him in his words, that they might deliver him up to the authority and power of the governor.

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

21And they asked him, saying: Master, we know that thou speakest and teachest rightly: and thou dost not respect any person, but teachest 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 give tribute to Caesar, or no?

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

23But he, considering their guile, said to them: Why tempt you me?

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

24Shew me a penny. Whose image and inscription hath it? They answering, 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 he said to them: Render therefore to Caesar the things, that are Caesar's: and to God the things that are God's.

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

26And they could not reprehend his word before the people: and wondering at his answer, they held their peace.

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

27And there came to him some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection: and they asked him,

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

28Saying: Master, Moses wrote unto us: If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he leave no children, that his brother should take her to wife and raise up seed unto his brother.

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

29There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife and died without children.

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

30And the next took her to wife: and he also died childless.

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31And the third took her. And in like manner, all the seven: and they left no children and died.

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32Last of all the woman died also.

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

33In the resurrection therefore, whose wife of them shall she be? For all the seven had her to wife.

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

34And Jesus said to them: The children of this world 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

35But they that shall be accounted worthy of that world and of the resurrection from the dead shall 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

36Neither can they die any more for they are equal to the angels and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

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

37Now that the dead rise again, Moses also shewed at 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

38For he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live to him.

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

39And some of the scribes answering, said to him: Master, thou hast said well.

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

40And after that they durst not ask him any more questions.

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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 say they that 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

42And David himself saith in the book of Psalms: The Lord said to my Lord, sit thou on my right hand,

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

43Till I make thy enemies thy footstool.

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

44David then calleth him Lord. And how is he his son?

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

45And 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

46Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes and love salutations in the market place and the first chairs in the synagogues and the chief rooms at 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 prayer. These shall receive greater damnation.

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