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Luke 20:15 (NLT)

So they dragged him out of the vineyard and murdered him. “What do you suppose the owner of the vineyard will do to them?” Jesus asked.

Luke 20:16 (NLT)

“I’ll tell you—he will come and kill those farmers and lease the vineyard to others.” “How terrible that such a thing should ever happen,” his listeners protested.

Luke 20:17 (NLT)

Jesus looked at them and said, “Then what does this Scripture mean? ‘The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.’

Luke 20:18 (NLT)

Everyone who stumbles over that stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone it falls on.”

The teachers of religious law and the leading priests wanted to arrest Jesus immediately because they realized he was telling the story against them—they were the wicked farmers. But they were afraid of the people’s reaction.

Luke 20:20 (NLT)

Watching for their opportunity, the leaders sent spies pretending to be honest men. They tried to get Jesus to say something that could be reported to the Roman governor so he would arrest Jesus.

Luke 20:21 (NLT)

“Teacher,” they said, “we know that you speak and teach what is right and are not influenced by what others think. You teach the way of God truthfully.

Luke 20:22 (NLT)

Now tell us—is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

Luke 20:23 (NLT)

He saw through their trickery and said,

Luke 20:24 (NLT)

“Show me a Roman coin. Whose picture and title are stamped on it?” “Caesar’s,” they replied.

Luke 20:25 (NLT)

“Well then,” he said, “give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to God.”

Luke 20:26 (NLT)

So they failed to trap him by what he said in front of the people. Instead, they were amazed by his answer, and they became silent.

Luke 20:27 (NLT)

Then Jesus was approached by some Sadducees—religious leaders who say there is no resurrection from the dead.

Luke 20:28 (NLT)

They posed this question: “Teacher, Moses gave us a law that if a man dies, leaving a wife but no children, his brother should marry the widow and have a child who will carry on the brother’s name.

Luke 20:29 (NLT)

Well, suppose there were seven brothers. The oldest one married and then died without children.

Luke 20:30 (NLT)

So the second brother married the widow, but he also died.

Luke 20:31 (NLT)

Then the third brother married her. This continued with all seven of them, who died without children.

Luke 20:32 (NLT)

Finally, the woman also died.

Luke 20:33 (NLT)

So tell us, whose wife will she be in the resurrection? For all seven were married to her!”

Luke 20:34 (NLT)

Jesus replied, “Marriage is for people here on earth.

Luke 20:35 (NLT)

But in the age to come, those worthy of being raised from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.

Luke 20:36 (NLT)

And they will never die again. In this respect they will be like angels. They are children of God and children of the resurrection.

Luke 20:37 (NLT)

“But now, as to whether the dead will be raised—even Moses proved this when he wrote about the burning bush. Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, he referred to the Lord as ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

Luke 20:38 (NLT)

So he is the God of the living, not the dead, for they are all alive to him.”

Luke 20:39 (NLT)

“Well said, Teacher!” remarked some of the teachers of religious law who were standing there.