^aAnd He began to speak to them in parables: “^bA man ^cplanted a vineyard and put a ¹fence around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower, and leased it to ²vine-growers and went on a journey. 2 And at the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, in order to receive his share of the produce of the vineyard from the vine-growers. 3 And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. 4 And again he sent them another slave, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully. 5 And he sent another, and that one they killed; and so with many others, beating some and killing others. 6 He had one more man to send, a beloved son; he sent him to them last of all, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 7 But those vine-growers said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’ 8 And they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. 9 What will the ¹owner of the vineyard do? He will come and put the vine-growers to death, and give the vineyard to others. 10 Have you not even read this Scripture:‘^aA STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED,THIS HAS BECOME THE ¹CHIEF CORNERSTONE;

12 ^aAnd they were seeking to seize Him, and yet they feared the ¹people, for they understood that He told the parable against them. And so ^bthey left Him and went away.

13 ^aThen they *sent some of the Pharisees and ^bHerodians to Him in order to ^ctrap Him in a statement. 14 They came and *said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and ¹do not care what anyone thinks; for You ²are not partial to anyone, but You teach the way of God in truth. Is it ³permissible to pay a ⁴poll-tax to Caesar, or not? 15 Are we to pay, or not pay?” But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a ¹denarius to look at.” 16 And they brought one. And He *said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” And they said to Him, “Caesar’s.” 17 And Jesus said to them, “^aPay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they were utterly amazed at Him.

18 ^aSome Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) *came to ¹Jesus, and began questioning Him, saying, 19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that ^aif a man’s brother dies and leaves behind a wife and does not leave a child, his brother is to ¹marry the wife and raise up ²children for his brother. 20 There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died leaving no children. 21 The second one ¹married her, and died leaving behind no children; and the third likewise; 22 and so the seven together left no children. Last of all the woman also died. 23 In the resurrection, which one’s wife will she be? For each of the seven had her as his wife.” 24 Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are mistaken, that you do not ¹understand the Scriptures nor the power of God? 25 For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 26 But ¹regarding the fact that the dead rise, have you not read in the book of Moses, ^ain the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘^bI AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB’? 27 ^aHe is not the God ¹of the dead, but of the living; you are greatly mistaken.”

28 ^aOne of the scribes came up and heard them arguing, and ^brecognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him, “What commandment is the ¹foremost of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The ¹foremost is, ‘^aHEAR, ISRAEL! THE LORD IS OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE; 30 ^aAND 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.’ 31 The second is this: ‘^aYOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” 32 And the scribe said to Him, “Well said, Teacher; You have truly stated that ^aHE IS ONE, AND THERE IS NO OTHER BESIDES HIM; 33 ^aand 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, ^bis much more than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.” 34 When Jesus saw that he had answered intelligently, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” ^aAnd then, no one dared any longer to question Him.

35 ^aAnd Jesus responded and began saying, as He ^btaught in the temple area, “How is it that the scribes say that the ¹Christ is the ^cson of David? 36 David himself said ¹in the Holy Spirit,‘^aTHE LORD SAID TO MY LORD,“SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,UNTIL I PUT YOUR ENEMIES UNDER YOUR FEET.”’ 37 David himself calls Him ‘Lord’; so in what sense is He his son?” And ^athe large crowd ¹enjoyed listening to Him.

38 ^aAnd in His teaching He was saying: “Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes, and like ^bpersonal greetings in the marketplaces, 39 and seats of honor in the synagogues, and places of honor at banquets, 40 ^awho devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers. These will receive all the more condemnation.”

41 ^aAnd Jesus sat down opposite ^bthe treasury, and began watching how the ¹people were ^cputting ²money into the treasury; and many rich people were putting in large amounts. 42 And a poor widow came and put in two ¹lepta coins, which amount to a ²quadrans. 43 Calling His disciples to Him, He said to them, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all ¹the contributors to the treasury; 44 for they all put in out of their ¹surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she owned, ²all she had ^ato live on.”