, for all the mighty works they had seen,
19:38. Saying: Blessed be the king who cometh in the name of the Lord!
Peace in heaven and glory on high!
19:39. And some of the Pharisees, from amongst the multitude, said to
him: Master, rebuke thy disciples.
19:40. To whom he said: I say to you that if these shall hold their
peace, the stones will cry out.
19:41. And when he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it, saying:
19:42. If thou also hadst known, and that in this thy day, the things
that are to thy peace: but now they are hidden from thy eyes.
19:43. For the days shall come upon thee: and thy enemies shall cast a
trench about thee and compass thee round and straiten thee on every
side,
19:44. And beat thee flat to the ground, and thy children who are in
thee. And they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone: because
thou hast not known the time of thy visitation.
19:45. And entering into the temple, he began to cast out them that sold
therein and them that bought.
19:46. Saying to them: It is written: My house is the house of prayer.
But you have made it a den of thieves.
19:47. And he was teaching daily in the temple. And the chief priests
and the scribes and the rulers of the people sought to destroy him.
19:48. And they found not what to do to him: for all the people were
very attentive to hear him.
Luke Chapter 20
The parable of the husbandmen. Of paying tribute to Caesar and of the
resurrection of the dead.
20:1. And 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,
20:2. And spoke to him, saying: Tell us, by what authority dost thou
these things? Or, who is he that hath given thee this authority?
20:3. And Jesus answering, said to them: I will also ask you one thing.
Answer me:
20:4. The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
20:5. But they thought within themselves, saying: If we shall say, From
heaven: he will say: Why then did you not believe in him?
20:6. But if we say, of men: the whole people will stone us. For they
are persuaded that John was a prophet.
20:7. And they answered that they knew not whence it was.
20:8. And Jesus said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I
do these things.
20:9. And he began to speak to the people this parable: A certain man
planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandm
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