at, and treating him with indignity, sent
him away empty. (12)And he sent yet a third: and him they also wounded,
and cast out. (13)Then said the master of the vineyard, What shall I
do? I will send my beloved son: probably when they see him, they will
shew him respect. (14)But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned
among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that
the inheritance may be our own. (15)So casting him out of the vineyard,
they slew him. What then will the master of the vineyard do with these
men? (16)He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and give the
vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said God forbid.
(17)Then he looked on them, and said, What is this then which is
written[17], The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become
the head of the corner? (18)Every one who falleth upon this stone shall
be broken to pieces; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him
to powder. (19)And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay
hands on him at that time; and were afraid of the people: for they knew
that he had spoken this parable against them.

(20)And watching him, they sent men they had suborned, who pretended
that they were righteous persons, in order to lay hold of some word of
his, that they might deliver him to the power and authority of the
governor. (21)And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou
speakest and teachest rightly, and respectest no man's person, but
teachest the way of God in truth: (22)Is it lawful for us to pay
tribute to Caesar, or not? (23)Then he, aware of their crafty design,
said unto them, Why tempt ye me? (24)Shew me a denarius. Whose image
and inscription hath it? And they answering said, Caesar's. (25)Then
said he to them, Pay therefore to Caesar the things which are Caesar's,
and to God the things which are God's. (26)And they were unable to lay
hold of a single expression of his before the people: and marvelling at
his answer, they were silenced.

(27)Then certain of the Sadducees, who contend that there is no
resurrection, asked him, (28)saying, Master, Moses wrote for us[18], If
a man's brother die, having a wife, and he die childless, that his
brother should take the wife, and raise up seed for his brother.
(29)Now there were seven brothers: and the first taking a wife, died
childless. (30)And the second taking the wife, he also died childless.
(31)Then the third took her; and also all the seven in li