Luke 20 Berean Standard Bible

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1 One 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.

1 Y ACONTECIÓ un día, que enseñando él al pueblo en el templo, y anunciando el evangelio, llegáronse los príncipes de los sacerdotes y los escribas, con los ancianos;

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

2 Y le hablaron, diciendo: Dinos: ¿con qué potestad haces estas cosas? ¿ó quién es el que te ha dado esta potestad?

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

3 Respondiendo entonces Jesús, les dijo: Os preguntaré yo también una palabra; respondedme:

4 John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or from men?”

4 El bautismo de Juan, ¿era del cielo, ó de los hombres?

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

5 Mas ellos pensaban dentro de sí, diciendo: Si dijéremos, del cielo, dirá: ¿Por qué, pues, no le creísteis?

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

6 Y si dijéremos, de los hombres, todo el pueblo nos apedreará: porque están ciertos que Juan era profeta.

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

7 Y respondieron que no sabían de dónde.

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

8 Entonces Jesús les dijo: Ni yo os digo con qué potestad hago estas cosas.

9 Then 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.

9 Y comenzó á decir al pueblo esta parábola: Un hombre plantó una viña, y arrendóla á labradores, y se ausentó por mucho tiempo.

10 At 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.

10 Y al tiempo, envió un siervo á los labradores, para que le diesen del fruto de la viña; mas los labradores le hirieron, y enviaron vacío.

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

11 Y volvió á enviar otro siervo; mas ellos á éste también, herido y afrentado, le enviaron vacío.

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

12 Y volvió á enviar al tercer siervo; mas ellos también á éste echaron herido.

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

13 Entonces el señor de la viña dijo: ¿Qué haré? Enviaré mi hijo amado: quizás cuando á éste vieren, tendrán respeto.

14 But 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.’

14 Mas los labradores, viéndole, pensaron entre sí, diciendo: Este es el heredero; venid, matémosle para que la heredad sea nuestra.

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

15 Y echáronle fuera de la viña, y le mataron. ¿Qué pues, les hará el señor de la viña?

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

16 Vendrá, y destruirá á estos labradores, y dará su viña á otros. Y como ellos lo oyeron, dijeron: ¡Dios nos libre!

17 But 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’?

17 Mas él mirándolos, dice: ¿Qué pues es lo que está escrito: La piedra que condenaron los edificadores, ésta fué por cabeza de esquina?

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

18 Cualquiera que cayere sobre aquella piedra, será quebrantado; mas sobre el que la piedra cayere, le desmenuzará.

19 When 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.

19 Y procuraban los príncipes de los sacerdotes y los escribas echarle mano en aquella hora, porque entendieron que contra ellos había dicho esta parábola: mas temieron al pueblo.

20 So 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.

20 Y acechándole enviaron espías que se simulasen justos, para sorprenderle en palabras, para que le entregasen al principado y á la potestad del presidente.

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.

21 Los cuales le preguntaron, diciendo: Maestro, sabemos que dices y enseñas bien, y que no tienes respeto á persona; antes enseñas el camino de Dios con verdad.

22 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

22 ¿Nos es lícito dar tributo á César, ó no?

23 But Jesus saw through their duplicity and said to them,

23 Mas él, entendiendo la astucia de ellos, les dijo: ¿Por qué me tentáis?

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

24 Mostradme la moneda. ¿De quién tiene la imagen y la inscripción? Y respondiendo dijeron: De César.

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

25 Entonces les dijo: Pues dad á César lo que es de César; y lo que es de Dios, á Dios.

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

26 Y no pudieron reprender sus palabras delante del pueblo: antes maravillados de su respuesta, callaron.

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

27 Y llegándose unos de los Saduceos, los cuales niegan haber resurrección, le preguntaron,

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.

28 Diciendo: Maestro, Moisés nos escribió: Si el hermano de alguno muriere teniendo mujer, y muriere sin hijos, que su hermano tome la mujer, y levante simiente á su hermano.

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

29 Fueron, pues, siete hermanos: y el primero tomó mujer, y murió sin hijos.

30 Then the second

30 Y la tomó el segundo, el cual también murió sin hijos.

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

31 Y la tomó el tercero: asimismo también todos siete: y murieron sin dejar prole.

32 And last of all, the woman died.

32 Y á la postre de todos murió también la mujer.

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

33 En la resurrección, pues, ¿mujer de cuál de ellos será? porque los siete la tuvieron por mujer.

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

34 Entonces respondiendo Jesús, les dijo: Los hijos de este siglo se casan, y son dados en casamiento:

35 But 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.

35 Mas los que fueren tenidos por dignos de aquel siglo y de la resurrección de los muertos, ni se casan, ni son dados en casamiento:

36 In 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.

36 Porque no pueden ya más morir: porque son iguales á los ángeles, y son hijos de Dios, cuando son hijos de la resurrección.

37 Even 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.’

37 Y que los muertos hayan de resucitar, aun Moisés lo enseñó en el [pasaje de] la zarza, cuando llama al Señor: Dios de Abraham, y Dios de Isaac, y Dios de Jacob.

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

38 Porque Dios no es [Dios] de muertos, mas de vivos: porque todos viven á él.

39 Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”

39 Y respondiéndole unos de los escribas, dijeron: Maestro, bien has dicho.

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

40 Y no osaron más preguntarle algo.

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

41 Y él les dijo: ¿Cómo dicen que el Cristo es hijo de David?

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

42 Y el mismo David dice en el libro de los Salmos: Dijo el Señor á mi Señor: Siéntate á mi diestra,

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

43 Entre tanto que pongo tus enemigos por estrado de tus pies.

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

44 Así que David le llama Señor: ¿cómo pues es su hijo?

45 In the hearing of all the people, Jesus said to His disciples,

45 Y oyéndole todo el pueblo, dijo á sus discípulos:

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.

46 Guardaos de los escribas, que quieren andar con ropas largas, y aman las salutaciones en las plazas, y las primeras sillas en las sinagogas, y los primeros asientos en las cenas;

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

47 Que devoran las casas de las viudas, poniendo por pretexto la larga oración: éstos recibirán mayor condenación.

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Quotes verse 20:34 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XIV, Chapters 20–22)
… complete this most blessed city would have been as great though no one had sinned, as it is now that the grace of God gathers its citizens out of the multitude of sinners, so long as the children of this world generate and are generated. And therefore that marriage, worthy of the happiness of Paradise, should have had desirable fruit …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Quotes verse 20:17 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily LXVIII)
The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner; and every one that falleth upon it shall be broken." But Matthew, that they themselves delivered the sentence.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Quotes verse 20:35 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XV, Chapters 17–19)
But Enos means man in so restricted a sense, that Hebrew linguists tell us it cannot be applied to woman: it is the equivalent of the "child of the resurrection," when they neither marry nor are given in marriage. For there shall be no generation in that place to which regeneration shall have brought us.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Quotes verse 20:36 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily LXX)
"For in the resurrection," saith He, "they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels of God in Heaven." But Luke saith, "As Sons of God." If then they marry not, the question is vain.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Quotes verse 20:2–8 Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John (Chapter I — 6-14)
And the Lord says to them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things." And they were confounded by means of John; and in them were the words fulfilled, "I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)

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