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    Luke 20

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    Seven brothers marry one widow in succession, all die childless, and the woman dies last; the question waiting at the end is whose wife she will be.

    Authority turned back upon its questionersvv. 1–8

    Jesus is teaching in the temple courts when the chief priests, scribes, and elders arrive with a question about authority. He answers with one about John’s baptism, and the questioners promptly discover that either answer will trouble them: heaven will expose their unbelief, while men may stone them. They settle on not knowing, and Jesus declines to settle their original question either. A neat little exchange, with the trap snapping shut on its owners.

    The vineyard, the heir, and Caesar’s coinvv. 9–26

    The vineyard owner sends servant after servant for his share, and each is beaten, shamed, wounded, or emptied of fruit. After three such dispatches, he sends his beloved son with the hopeful thought, “Perhaps they will respect him.” The tenants instead identify the heir and kill him, which gives Jesus’ listeners a parable with remarkably little room for optimism. Then spies arrive with polished compliments and a question about taxes; Jesus asks for a denarius, points to Caesar’s image, and leaves the trap lying open on the pavement.

    Seven husbands, one widow, and a warningvv. 27–47

    The Sadducees bring Jesus an elaborate household puzzle: seven brothers successively marry the same childless widow, all seven die, and the woman dies last. Jesus answers that the age to come is not arranged by the marriages of this age, and invokes Moses naming the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as the God of the living. The scribes applaud, briefly, and no one dares continue the questioning. Jesus then asks how David can call the Christ “Lord” if the Christ is David’s son, before warning about scribes who enjoy robes, greetings, chief seats, and honour while defrauding widows and making a public performance of prayer. The long robes and the lengthy prayers make a particularly sharp pair of curtains for the scene.

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    1. Luke 20:1One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and scribes, together with the elders, came up to Him.

    2. Luke 20:2“Tell us,” they said, “by what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”

    3. Luke 20:3“I will also ask you a question,” Jesus replied. “Tell Me:

    4. Luke 20:4John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or from men?”

    5. Luke 20:5They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why did you not believe him?’

    6. Luke 20:6But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

    7. Luke 20:7So they answered that they did not know where it was from.

    8. Luke 20:8And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

    9. Luke 20:9Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.

    10. Luke 20:10At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.

    11. Luke 20:11So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.

    12. Luke 20:12Then he sent a third, but they wounded him and threw him out.

    13. Luke 20:13‘What shall I do?’ asked the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’

    14. Luke 20:14But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

    15. Luke 20:15So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

    16. Luke 20:16He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” And when the people heard this, they said, “May such a thing never happen!”

    17. Luke 20:17But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?

    18. Luke 20:18Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

    19. Luke 20:19When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.

    20. Luke 20:20So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.

    21. Luke 20:21“Teacher,” they inquired, “we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.

    22. Luke 20:22Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

    23. Luke 20:23But Jesus saw through their duplicity and said to them,

    24. Luke 20:24“Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.

    25. Luke 20:25So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

    26. Luke 20:26And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people. And amazed at His answer, they fell silent.

    27. Luke 20:27Then some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him.

    28. Luke 20:28“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

    29. Luke 20:29Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife but died childless.

    30. Luke 20:30Then the second

    31. Luke 20:31and the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.

    32. Luke 20:32And last of all, the woman died.

    33. Luke 20:33So then, in the resurrection, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”

    34. Luke 20:34Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.

    35. Luke 20:35But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.

    36. Luke 20:36In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.

    37. Luke 20:37Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

    38. Luke 20:38He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”

    39. Luke 20:39Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”

    40. Luke 20:40And they did not dare to question Him any further.

    41. Luke 20:41Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?

    42. Luke 20:42For David himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand

    43. Luke 20:43until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’

    44. Luke 20:44Thus David calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?”

    45. Luke 20:45In the hearing of all the people, Jesus said to His disciples,

    46. Luke 20:46“Beware of the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, and they love the greetings in the marketplaces, the chief seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.

    47. Luke 20:47They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”

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    • 17Psalms 118:22The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
    • 17Isaiah 28:16So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
    • 38John 11:25–26Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
    • 17Acts 4:11This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
    • 38Colossians 3:3–4For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
    • 42Psalms 110:1A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
    • 18Isaiah 8:14–15And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.
    • 352 Thessalonians 1:5All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.
    • 38Romans 6:10–11The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God.
    • 9Matthew 21:33–46Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
    • 27Acts 4:1–2While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
    • 28Deuteronomy 25:5–10When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.
    • 35John 5:29and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
    • 35Daniel 12:2–3And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
    • 47Mark 12:40They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
    • 17Matthew 21:42Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

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