Mark 12
1 - And he began to speak unto them by parables. A [certain] man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about [it], and digged [a place for] the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
2 - And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
3 - And they caught [him], and beat him, and sent [him] away empty.
4 - And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded [him] in the head, and sent [him] away shamefully handled.
5 - And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
6 - Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
7 - But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
8 - And they took him, and killed [him], and cast [him] out of the vineyard.
9 - What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
10 - And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
11 - This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
12 - And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.
13 - And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in [his] words.
14 - And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
15 - Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see [it].
16 - And they brought [it]. And he saith unto them, Whose [is] this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.
17 - And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.
18 - Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
19 - Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave [his] wife [behind him], and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
20 - Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
21 - And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.
22 - And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.
23 - In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
24 - And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
25 - For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
26 - And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I [am] the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
27 - He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
28 - And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
29 - And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments [is], Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
30 - And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment.
31 - And the second [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
32 - And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
33 - And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love [his] neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
34 - And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him [any question].
35 - And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?
36 - For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
37 - David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he [then] his son? And the common people heard him gladly.
38 - And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and [love] salutations in the marketplaces,
39 - And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
40 - Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
41 - And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
42 - And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
43 - And he called [unto him] his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
44 - For all [they] did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, [even] all her living.
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