Luke 20 Catholic Public Domain Version

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Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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1 And it happened that, on one of the days when he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Gospel, the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, gathered together with the elders,

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 and they spoke to him, saying: “Tell us, by what authority do you do these things? Or, who is it that has given 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 And in response, Jesus said to them: “I will also question you about one word. Respond to me:

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

4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?”

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

5 So they discussed it among themselves, saying: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Then 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, ‘Of men,’ the whole people will stone us. For they are certain 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 And so they responded that they did not know where it was from.

7 Y respondieron que no sabían de dónde.

8 And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

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

9 Then he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, and he loaned it to settlers, and he was on a sojourn 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 And in due time, he sent a servant to the farmers, so that they would give to him from the fruit of the vineyard. And they beat him and drove 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 And he continued to send another servant. But beating him and treating him with contempt, they likewise sent him away, empty-handed.

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

12 And he continued to send a third. And wounding him also, they drove him away.

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

13 Then the lord of the vineyard said: ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps when they have seen him, 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 And when the settlers had seen him, they discussed it among themselves, saying: ‘This one is the heir. Let us kill him, so that 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 And forcing him outside of the vineyard, they killed him. What, then, will the lord 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 destroy those settlers, and he will give the vineyard to others.” And upon hearing this, they said to him, “Let it not be.”

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

17 Then, gazing at them, he said: “Then what does this mean, which is written: ‘The stone which the builders have rejected, the same has become the head of the corner?’

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 that stone will be shattered. And anyone upon 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 And the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, were seeking to lay hands on him in that same hour, but they feared the people. For they realized that he had spoken this parable about them.

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 And being attentive, they sent traitors, who would pretend that they were just, so that they might catch him in his words and then hand him over to the power and authority of the procurator.

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 And they questioned him, saying: “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, and that you do not consider anyone’s status, but you teach the way of God in 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 the tribute to Caesar, or not?”

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

23 But realizing their deceitfulness, he said to them: “Why do you test me?

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

24 Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?” In response, they said to him, “Caesar’s.”

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

25 And so, he said to them: “Then repay the things that are Caesar’s, to Caesar, and the things that are God’s, to God.”

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 not able to contradict his word before the people. And being amazed at his answer, they were silent.

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

27 Now some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, approached him. And they questioned him,

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

28 saying: “Teacher, Moses wrote for us: If any man’s brother will have died, having a wife, and if he does not have any children, then his brother should take her as his wife, and he should raise up offspring for his brother.

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 And so there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and he died without sons.

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

30 And the next one married her, and he also died without a son.

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

31 And the third married her, and similarly all seven, and none of them left behind any offspring, and they each died.

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

32 Last of all, the woman also died.

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

33 In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be? For certainly all seven had her as a wife.”

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

34 And so, Jesus said to them: “The children 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 Yet truly, those who shall be held worthy of that age, and of the resurrection from the dead, will neither be married, nor take wives.

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 For they can no longer die. For they are equal to the Angels, and they are children of God, since they are children of the resurrection.

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 For in truth, the dead do rise again, as Moses also showed beside the bush, when he called the Lord: ‘The God of Abraham, and 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 And so he is not the God of the dead, but of the living. For all are alive to him.”

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

39 Then some of the scribes, in response, said to him, “Teacher, you have spoken well.”

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

40 And they no longer dared to question him about anything.

40 Y no osaron más preguntarle algo.

41 But he said to them: “How can they say that the Christ is the son of David?

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

42 Even 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 set your enemies as your footstool.’

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

44 Therefore, David calls him Lord. So how can he be his son?”

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

45 Now in the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples:

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

46 “Be cautious of the scribes, who choose to walk in long robes, and who love greetings in the marketplace, and the first chairs in the synagogues, and the first places at table during feasts,

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 who devour the houses of widows, feigning long prayers. These will receive the greater damnation.”

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 …
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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.
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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.
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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.
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