Luke · King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Luke 20 King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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1 And it came to pass, [that] on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon [him] with the elders,
1 On one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Good News, the priests and scribes came to him with the elders.
2 And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
2 They asked him, “Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?”
3 And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me:
3 He answered them, “I also will ask you one question. Tell me:
4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
4 the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?”
5 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?
5 They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’
6 But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
6 But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”
7 And they answered, that they could not tell whence [it was].
7 They answered that they didn’t know where it was from.
8 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
8 Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
9 Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
9 He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.
10 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent [him] away empty.
10 At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty.
11 And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated [him] shamefully, and sent [him] away empty.
11 He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
12 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast [him] out.
12 He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him and threw him out.
13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence [him] when they see him.
13 The lord of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.’
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 ours.
14 “But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’
15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed [him]. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
15 Then they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?
16 He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard [it], they said, God forbid.
16 He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.” When they heard that, they said, “May that never be!”
17 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
17 But he looked at them and said, “Then what is this that is written, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the chief cornerstone’?
18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust.”
19 ¶ And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
19 The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.
20 And they watched [him], and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
20 They watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.
21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person [of any], but teachest the way of God truly:
21 They asked him, “Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.
22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cæsar, or no?
22 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, “Why do you test me?
24 Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Cæsar’s.
24 Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” They answered, “Caesar’s.”
25 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which be Cæsar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.
25 He said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
26 And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
26 They weren’t able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer and were silent.
27 ¶ Then came to [him] certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
27 Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.
28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
28 They asked him, “Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife and raise up children for his brother.
29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
29 There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless.
30 And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.
30 The second took her as wife, and he died childless.
31 And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.
31 The third took her, and likewise the seven all left no children, and died.
32 Last of all the woman died also.
32 Afterward the woman also died.
33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.
33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a wife.”
34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
34 Jesus said to them, “The children of this age marry and are given in marriage.
35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
35 But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.
36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
36 For they can’t die any more, for they are like the angels and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.
37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord ‘The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
38 Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him.”
39 ¶ Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.
39 Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you speak well.”
40 And after that they durst not ask him any [question at all].
40 They didn’t dare to ask him any more questions.
41 And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David’s son?
41 He said to them, “Why do they say that the Christ is David’s son?
42 And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
42 David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand,
43 Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
43 until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.”’
44 David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?
44 “David therefore calls him Lord, so how is he his son?”
45 ¶ Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples,
45 In the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples,
46 Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
46 “Beware of those scribes who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;
47 Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
47 who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”
Cross references (44)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Matthew 21:23–27; Luke 8:1; Acts 6:12; Luke 19:47–48; Acts 4:1
- 2 John 2:18; Acts 7:27; Matthew 21:23–27; Mark 11:28–33; Exodus 2:14
- 3 Colossians 4:6; Luke 22:68; Matthew 15:2–3
- 4 Matthew 11:7–19; Daniel 4:25–26; Luke 15:18; Matthew 17:11–12; John 1:19–28
- 5 Acts 13:25; John 1:34; John 5:33–35; John 1:30; John 3:36
- 6 Matthew 21:26; Matthew 11:9; Luke 1:76; Mark 12:12; John 10:41
- 7 Isaiah 41:28; Isaiah 42:19–20; John 3:19–20; Jeremiah 8:7–9; 2 Peter 3:3
- 8 Matthew 16:4; Matthew 21:27; Mark 11:33; Proverbs 26:4–5; Job 5:12–13
- 9 Matthew 21:33–46; Mark 12:1–12; Jeremiah 2:21; Isaiah 5:1–7; Psalm 80:8–14
- 10 Nehemiah 9:26; 2 Chronicles 36:15–16; Nehemiah 9:30; 2 Kings 17:13; Matthew 21:34–36
- 11 Acts 7:52; 1 Thessalonians 2:2; Matthew 23:30–37; Hebrews 11:36–37; Hosea 10:1
- 13 Matthew 3:17; John 3:16–17; John 1:34; 1 John 4:9–15; John 3:35–36
- 14 Hebrews 1:2; Romans 8:17; Psalm 2:1–6; Matthew 27:21–25; Matthew 2:2–16
- 15 Hebrews 13:12; Mark 12:6–9; Matthew 21:37–40
- 16 Luke 19:27; Acts 13:46; Matthew 21:41; Psalm 2:8–9; Matthew 22:7
- 17 Psalm 118:22; Isaiah 28:16; Acts 4:11; Matthew 21:42; 1 Peter 2:7–8
- 18 Isaiah 8:14–15; Daniel 2:44–45; Daniel 2:34–35; Zechariah 12:3; Matthew 21:44
- 19 Luke 19:47–48; Matthew 26:3–4; Luke 20:14; Matthew 21:45–46; Mark 12:12
- 20 Luke 11:54; Matthew 22:15–22; Psalm 81:15; Jeremiah 11:19; Luke 20:26
- 21 1 Thessalonians 2:4–5; Matthew 22:16; Matthew 26:49–50; 2 Corinthians 2:17; Psalm 55:21
- 22 Nehemiah 9:37; Matthew 22:17–21; Ezra 4:19–22; Acts 5:37; Deuteronomy 17:15
- 23 Luke 5:22; 1 Corinthians 3:19; Matthew 22:18; 1 Corinthians 10:9; Luke 11:16–17
- 24 Matthew 18:28; Luke 23:2; Acts 11:28; Luke 2:1; Philippians 4:22
- 25 Romans 13:6–7; 1 Peter 2:13–17; Mark 12:17; Acts 5:29; Matthew 17:27
- 26 Luke 20:20; Matthew 22:22; Matthew 22:12; Luke 20:39–40; Luke 13:17
- 27 Acts 4:1–2; 1 Corinthians 15:12; Mark 12:18–27; Matthew 22:23–33; Acts 23:6–8
- 28 Deuteronomy 25:5–10; Genesis 38:8; Genesis 38:11; Genesis 38:26; Ruth 1:11–12
- 29 Jeremiah 22:30; Leviticus 20:20
- 32 Ecclesiastes 9:5; Ecclesiastes 1:4; Judges 2:10; Hebrews 9:27
- 33 Matthew 22:24–28; Mark 12:19–23
- 34 Luke 16:8; Hebrews 13:4; Luke 17:27; 1 Corinthians 7:2–16; Ephesians 5:31
- 35 2 Thessalonians 1:5; Daniel 12:2–3; John 5:29; Matthew 12:32; Acts 24:15
- 36 Philippians 3:21; Revelation 21:4; Matthew 22:30; 1 Corinthians 15:42; Revelation 20:6
- 37 Exodus 3:2–6; Mark 12:26–27; Acts 7:30–32; Genesis 17:7; Genesis 32:9
- 38 John 11:25–26; Colossians 3:3–4; Romans 6:10–11; John 14:19; Romans 14:7–9
- 39 Mark 12:28–34; Matthew 22:34–40; Acts 23:9
- 40 Matthew 22:46; Mark 12:34; Proverbs 26:5
- 41 Mark 12:35–37; Jeremiah 23:5–6; Matthew 1:1; Isaiah 11:1–2; Matthew 22:41–45
- 42 Psalm 110:1; Acts 2:34–35; Hebrews 1:13; Mark 12:36–37; Matthew 22:43–45
- 43 Luke 19:27; Psalm 110:1; Revelation 19:14–21; Psalm 110:5–6; Psalm 2:1–9
- 44 Revelation 22:16; Luke 2:11; Matthew 1:23; Romans 9:5; Galatians 4:4
- 45 1 Timothy 5:20; Matthew 15:10; Matthew 23:1–2; Matthew 23:5–7; Mark 12:38–39
- 46 Mark 12:38–39; Luke 11:43; Luke 14:7; Luke 12:1; Matthew 16:6
- 47 Mark 12:40; James 3:1; Luke 12:1; Titus 1:16; Luke 12:47–48
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… 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)
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)
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)
"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)
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)