Luke 20:17-47 ▼

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.

26 And they coulde not reproue his saying before the people: and they marueyled at his aunswere, & helde their peace.

27 Then came to hym certayne of the saducees, which denie that there is any resurrection, and they asked hym,

28 Saying: Maister, Moyses wrote vnto vs, yf any mans brother dye, hauyng a wyfe, and he dye without chyldren: that then his brother shoulde take his wyfe, & rayse vp seede vnto his brother.

29 There were therfore seuen brethren, and the first toke a wyfe, & dyed without chyldren.

30 And the seconde toke her, and he dyed chyldlesse.

31 And the thirde toke her, & in lykewise the residue of the seuen, and left no chyldren behynde them, and dyed.

32 Last of all, the woman dyed also.

33 Nowe in the resurrection, whose wife of them shall she be? For seuen had her to wyfe.

34 Iesus aunswered and saide vnto the: The chyldren of this worlde marrye wyues, and are marryed:

35 But they which shalbe counted worthy to enioy that worlde, and the resurrection from the dead, do not marrye wyues, neither are marryed,

36 Nor yet can dye any more: For they are equall vnto the angels, and are the sonnes of God, inasmuche as they are chyldren of the resurrection.

37 And that the dead shall ryse agayne, Moyses also sheweth besides the bushe, when he calleth the Lorde the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, & the God of Iacob.

38 For he is not a God of dead, but of lyuyng: For all lyue vnto hym.

39 Then certayne of the pharisees aunswered, and sayde? Maister, thou hast well sayde.

40 And after that, durst they not aske him any question at all.

41 And he sayde vnto them: Howe saye they that Christe is Dauids sonne:

42 And Dauid hym selfe sayeth in the booke of the psalmes: The Lord saide to my Lord, syt thou on my right hand,

43 Tyll I make thine enemies thy footestoole?

44 Dauid therfore calleth hym Lorde, & howe is he then his sonne?

45 Then in the audience of all the people, he saide vnto his disciples.

46 Beware of the scribes, whiche wyll go in long robes, and loue greetinges in the markets, and the hyest seates in the synagogues, and the chiefe rowmes at feastes:

47 Which deuour widowes howses vnder colour of longe prayers: The same shall receaue greater dampnation.