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Jesus’ Authority Questioned

1 Now ait happened on one of those days, as He taught the people in the temple and preached the gospel, that the chief priests and the scribes, together with the elders, confronted Him  
2 and spoke to Him, saying, “Tell us, aby what authority are You doing these things? Or who is he who gave You this authority?”  
3 But He answered and said to them, “I also will ask you one thing, and answer Me:
4 The abaptism of John—was it from heaven or from men?”  
5 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why1 then did you not believe him?’  
6 But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, afor they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”  
7 So they answered that they did not know where it was from.
8 And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

The Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers

9 Then He began to tell the people this parable: a“A certain man planted a vineyard, leased it to1 vinedressers, and went into a far country for a long time.  
10 Now at vintage-time he asent a servant to the vinedressers, that they might give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the vinedressers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.  
11 Again he sent another servant; and they beat him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.
12 And again he sent a third; and they wounded him also and cast him out.
13 “Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Probably they will respect him when they see him.’
14 But when the vinedressers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the aheir. Come, blet us kill him, that the inheritance may be cours.’  
15 So they cast him out of the vineyard and akilled him. Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?  
16 He will come and destroy those vinedressers and give the vineyard to aothers.” And when they heard it they said, “Certainly not!”  
17 Then He looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written:
a‘The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone’?  
18 Whoever falls on that stone will be abroken; but bon whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”  
19 And the chief priests and the scribes that very hour sought to lay hands on Him, but they1 feared the people —for they knew He had spoken this parable against them.  

The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?

20 aSo they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on His words, in order to deliver Him to the power and the authority of the governor.  
21 Then they asked Him, saying, a“Teacher, we know that You say and teach rightly, and You do not show personal favoritism, but teach the way of God in truth:  
22 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
23 But He perceived their craftiness, and said to them,1 “Why do you test Me?  
24 Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?” They answered and said, “Caesar’s.”
25 And He said to them, a“Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”  
26 But they could not catch Him in His words in the presence of the people. And they marveled at His answer and kept silent.

The Sadducees: What About the Resurrection?

27 aThen some of the Sadducees, bwho deny that there is a resurrection, came to Him and asked Him,  
28 saying: “Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife, and he dies without children, his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.
29 Now there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and died without children.
30 And the second took her as wife, and he died childless.  
31 Then the third took her, and in like manner the seven1 also; and they left no children, and died.  
32 Last of all the woman died also.
33 Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife does she become? For all seven had her as wife.”
34 Jesus answered and said to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.
35 But those who are acounted worthy to attain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;  
36 nor can they die anymore, for athey are equal to the angels and are sons of God, bbeing sons of the resurrection.  
37 But even Moses showed in the burning bush passage that the dead are raised, when he called the Lord a‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’  
38 For He is not the God of the dead but of the living, for aall live to Him.”  
39 Then some of the scribes answered and said, “Teacher, You have spoken well.”
40 But after that they dared not question Him anymore.

Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord?

41 And He said to them, a“How can they say that the Christ is the Son of David?  
42 Now David himself said in the Book of Psalms:
a‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand, 
43 Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” ’
44 Therefore David calls Him ‘Lord’; ahow is He then his Son?”  

Beware of the Scribes

45 aThen, in the hearing of all the people, He said to His disciples,  
46 a“Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes, blove greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts,  
47 awho devour widows’ houses, and for a bpretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.” 
Verse Comparison: Luke 20:2

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American Standard Version
and they spake, saying unto him, Tell us: By what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?

Amplified® Bible
And said to Him, Tell us by what [sort of] authority You are doing these things? Or who is it who gave You this authority?

Contemporary English Version
asked him, "What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?"

Darby English Version
and spoke to him saying, Tell us by what authority thou doest these things, or who is it who has given thee this authority?

Good News Bible
and said to him, "Tell us, what right do you have to do these things? Who gave you such right?"

International Standard Version
and asked him, "Tell us: By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

King James Version
And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?

New American Standard Bible
and they spoke, saying to Him, "Tell us by what authority You are doing these things, or who is the one who gave You this authority?"

New International Version
"Tell us by what authority you are doing these things," they said. "Who gave you this authority?"

New King James Version
and spoke to Him, saying, “Tell us, by what authority are You doing these things? Or who is he who gave You this authority?”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
and they spoke, saying to Him, "Tell us by what authority do You do these things, or who gave You this authority?"

Young's Literal Translation
and spake unto him, saying, `Tell us by what authority thou dost these things? or who is he that gave to thee this authority?'

New English Translation
and said to him,1 “Tell us: By what authority2 are you doing these things?3 Or who it is who gave you this authority?”


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