Luke 20 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Et factum est in una dierum, docente illo populum in templo, et evangelizante, convenerunt principes sacerdotum, et scribæ cum senioribus,
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 et aiunt dicentes ad illum: Dic nobis in qua potestate hæc facis? aut quis est qui dedit tibi hanc potestatem?
2 They asked him, “Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?”
3 Respondens autem Jesus, dixit ad illos: Interrogabo vos et ego unum verbum. Respondete mihi:
3 He answered them, “I also will ask you one question. Tell me:
4 baptismus Joannis de cælo erat, an ex hominibus?
4 the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?”
5 At illi cogitabant intra se, dicentes: Quia si dixerimus: De cælo, dicet: Quare ergo non credidistis illi?
5 They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’
6 Si autem dixerimus: Ex hominibus, plebs universa lapidabit nos: certi sunt enim Joannem prophetam esse.
6 But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”
7 Et responderunt se nescire unde esset.
7 They answered that they didn’t know where it was from.
8 Et Jesus ait illis: Neque ego dico vobis in qua potestate hæc facio.
8 Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
9 Cœpit autem dicere ad plebem parabolam hanc: Homo plantavit vineam, et locavit eam colonis: et ipse peregre fuit multis temporibus.
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 Et in tempore misit ad cultores servum, ut de fructu vineæ darent illi. Qui cæsum dimiserunt eum inanem.
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 Et addidit alterum servum mittere. Illi autem hunc quoque cædentes, et afficientes contumelia, dimiserunt inanem.
11 He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
12 Et addidit tertium mittere: qui et illum vulnerantes ejecerunt.
12 He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him and threw him out.
13 Dixit autem dominus vineæ: Quid faciam? Mittam filium meum dilectum: forsitan, cum hunc viderint, verebuntur.
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 Quem cum vidissent coloni, cogitaverunt intra se, dicentes: Hic est hæres, occidamus illum, ut nostra fiat hæreditas.
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 Et ejectum illum extra vineam, occiderunt. Quid ergo faciet illis dominus vineæ?
15 Then they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?
16 veniet, et perdet colonos istos, et dabit vineam aliis. Quo audito, dixerunt illi: Absit.
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 Ille autem aspiciens eos, ait: Quid est ergo hoc quod scriptum est: Lapidem quem reprobaverunt ædificantes, hic factus est in caput anguli?
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 Omnis qui ceciderit super illum lapidem, conquassabitur: super quem autem ceciderit, comminuet illum.
18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust.”
19 Et quærebant principes sacerdotum et scribæ mittere in illum manus illa hora, et timuerunt populum: cognoverunt enim quod ad ipsos dixerit similitudinem hanc.
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 Et observantes miserunt insidiatores, qui se justos simularent, ut caperent eum in sermone, ut traderent illum principatui, et potestati præsidis.
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 Et interrogaverunt eum, dicentes: Magister, scimus quia recte dicis et doces: et non accipis personam, sed viam Dei in veritate doces.
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 Licet nobis tributum dare Cæsari, an non?
22 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
23 Considerans autem dolum illorum, dixit ad eos: Quid me tentatis?
23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, “Why do you test me?
24 ostendite mihi denarium. Cujus habet imaginem et inscriptionem? Respondentes dixerunt ei: Cæsaris.
24 Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” They answered, “Caesar’s.”
25 Et ait illis: Reddite ergo quæ sunt Cæsaris, Cæsari: et quæ sunt Dei, Deo.
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 Et non potuerunt verbum ejus reprehendere coram plebe: et mirati in responso ejus, tacuerunt.
26 They weren’t able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer and were silent.
27 Accesserunt autem quidam sadducæorum, qui negant esse resurrectionem, et interrogaverunt eum,
27 Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.
28 dicentes: Magister, Moyses scripsit nobis: Si frater alicujus mortuus fuerit habens uxorem, et hic sine liberis fuerit, ut accipiat eam frater ejus uxorem, et suscitet semen fratri suo.
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 Septem ergo fratres erant: et primus accepit uxorem, et mortuus est sine filiis.
29 There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless.
30 Et sequens accepit illam, et ipse mortuus est sine filio.
30 The second took her as wife, and he died childless.
31 Et tertius accepit illam. Similiter et omnes septem, et non reliquerunt semen, et mortui sunt.
31 The third took her, and likewise the seven all left no children, and died.
32 Novissime omnium mortua est et mulier.
32 Afterward the woman also died.
33 In resurrectione ergo, cujus eorum erit uxor? siquidem septem habuerunt eam uxorem.
33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a wife.”
34 Et ait illis Jesus: Filii hujus sæculi nubunt, et traduntur ad nuptias:
34 Jesus said to them, “The children of this age marry and are given in marriage.
35 illi vero qui digni habebuntur sæculo illo, et resurrectione ex mortuis, neque nubent, neque ducent uxores:
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 neque enim ultra mori potuerunt: æquales enim angelis sunt, et filii sunt Dei, cum sint filii resurrectionis.
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 Quia vero resurgant mortui, et Moyses ostendit secus rubum, sicut dicit Dominum, Deum Abraham, et Deum Isaac, et Deum 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 Deus autem non est mortuorum, sed vivorum: omnes enim vivunt ei.
38 Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him.”
39 Respondentes autem quidam scribarum, dixerunt ei: Magister, bene dixisti.
39 Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you speak well.”
40 Et amplius non audebant eum quidquam interrogare.
40 They didn’t dare to ask him any more questions.
41 Dixit autem ad illos: Quomodo dicunt Christum filium esse David?
41 He said to them, “Why do they say that the Christ is David’s son?
42 et ipse David dicit in libro Psalmorum: Dixit Dominus Domino meo: sede a dextris meis,
42 David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand,
43 donec ponam inimicos tuos scabellum pedum tuorum.
43 until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.”’
44 David ergo Dominum illum vocat: et quomodo filius ejus est?
44 “David therefore calls him Lord, so how is he his son?”
45 Audiente autem omni populo, dixit discipulis suis:
45 In the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples,
46 Attendite a scribis, qui volunt ambulare in stolis, et amant salutationes in foro, et primas cathedras in synagogis, et primos discubitus in conviviis,
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 qui devorant domos viduarum, simulantes longam orationem: hi accipient damnationem majorem.
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
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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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… 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)