 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.
 12:2  And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant,
that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the
vineyard.
 12:3  And they caught [him], and beat him, and sent [him] away
empty.
 12:4  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.
 12:5  And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many
others; beating some, and killing some.
 12:6  Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent
him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
 12:7  But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the
heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
 12:8  And they took him, and killed [him], and cast [him] out
of the vineyard.
 12:9  What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he
will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the
vineyard unto others.
 12:10  And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which
the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
 12:11  This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our
eyes?
 12:12  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.
 12:13  And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of
the Herodians, to catch him in [his] words.
 12:14  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?
 12:15  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].
 12:16  And they brought [it]. And he saith unto them, Whose
[is] this image and superscription? And they said unto him,
Caesar's.
 12:17  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.
 12:18  Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no
resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
 12:19  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.
 12:20  Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a
wife, and dying left no seed.
 12:21  And the second took her, and died, neither left he any
seed: and the third likewise.
 12:22  And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all
the woman died also.
 12:23  In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise,
whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
 12:24  And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore
err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of
God?
 12:25  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.
 12:26  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?
 12:27  He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the
living: ye therefore do greatly err.
 12:28  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?
 12:29  And Jesus answered him, The first of all the
commandments [is], Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one
Lord:
 12:30  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.
 12:31  And the second [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt
love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment
greater than these.
 12:32  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:
 12:33  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.
 12:34  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].
 12:35  And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the
temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David?
 12:36  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.
 12:37  David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is
he [then] his son? And the common people heard him gladly.
 12:38  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,
 12:39  And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the
uppermost rooms at feasts:
 12:40  Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make
long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
 12:41  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.
 12:42  And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in
two mites, which make a farthing.
 12:43  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:
 12:44  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.
