Luke 20:1-25 ▼

1 And it came to passe, that on one of those dayes, as he taught ye people in the temple, & preached the Gospell, the hie priestes and the scribes came vpo hym, with the elders.

2 And spake vnto him, saying: Tell vs by what aucthoritie doest thou these thynges? Eyther who is he that gaue thee this aucthoritie?

3 Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto them: I also wyll aske you one thyng, & aunswere me.

4 The baptisme of Iohn, was it from heauen, or of men?

5 And they reasoned within the selues, saying, Yf we say from heauen, he wyll say, why then beleued ye hym not?

6 But and yf we say of men, all the people wyll stone vs: For they be perswaded that Iohn is a prophete.

7 And they aunswered, that they coulde not tell whence it was.

8 And Iesus saide vnto them: Neither tell I you by what aucthoritie I do these thynges.

9 Then began he to put foorth to the people this parable. A certayne man planted a vineyarde, and let it foorth to husbande men, and went hym selfe into a straunge countrey for a great season.

10 And when the time was come, he sent a seruaunt to the husbande men, that they shoulde geue hym of the fruite of the vineyarde. And they beat hym, and sent hym away emptie.

11 And agayne, he sent yet another seruaunt: and hym they did beate, and entreated hym shamefully, and sent hym away emptie.

12 Agayne, he sent the thirde also: and hym they wounded, and cast hym out.

13 Then said the Lord of the vineyarde: What shal I do? I wyl send my deare sonne, it may be they wyll reuerence hym, when they see hym.

14 But when the husbande men sawe him, they reasoned within them selues, saying: This is the heyre, come, let vs kyll hym, that the inheritaunce may be ours.

15 And they cast him out of the vineyard, and kylled hym. What shall the Lorde of the vineyarde therfore do vnto them?

16 He shall come and destroye these husbande men, & shall let out his vineyarde to other. When they hearde this, they sayde, God forbyd.

17 And he behelde them, & sayde: What is this then that is written, The stone that the buylders refused, the same is become the head of the corner.

18 Whosoeuer doth stumble vppon that stone, shalbe broken: but on whosoeuer it falleth, it wyll grinde hym to powder.

19 And the hye priestes & the scribes, the same houre went about to laye handes on hym: and they feared the people. For they perceaued that he had spoken this similitude agaynst them.

20 And they watched hym, & sent foorth spyes, which shoulde fayne them selues ryghteous men, to take hym in his wordes, and to delyuer hym vnto the power and aucthoritie of the deputie.

21 And they asked him, saying: Maister, we knowe that thou sayest and teachest ryght, neither considerest thou the outwarde appearaunce of any man, but teachest the way of God truely:

22 Is is lawfull for vs to geue tribute vnto Caesar, or no?

23 He perceaued their craftynesse, & saide vnto them: why tempt ye me?

24 Shewe me a penie, whose image and superscription hath it? They aunswered and sayde, Caesars.

25 And he sayde vnto them: Geue then vnto Caesar, the thynges which belong vnto Caesar, and to God the thynges that perteyne vnto God.