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Luke 20 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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Jesus’ Authority Questioned

(Mat 21:23–27; Mar 11:27–33 )

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On one of the days, as Jesus was instructing the people in the temple [area] and preaching the good news (gospel), [fn]the chief priests and the scribes along with the elders confronted Him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:2 - and said to Him, “Tell us by what kind of authority You are doing these things? Or who is the one who gave You this authority?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:3 - Jesus replied, “I will also ask you a question. You tell Me:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:4 - “The baptism of John [the Baptist]—was it from heaven [that is, ordained by God] or from men?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:5 - They discussed and debated it among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:6 - “But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are firmly convinced that John was a prophet.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:7 - So they replied that they did not know from where it came.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:8 - Then Jesus said to them, “Nor am I telling you by what [kind of] authority I do these things.”

Parable of the Vineyard Owner

(Mat 21:33–46; Mar 12:1–12 )

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Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time [to another country].

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:10 - “At harvest time he sent a servant [as his representative] to the tenants, so that they would give him his share of the fruit of the vineyard; but the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:11 - “So he again sent another servant; they also beat him and dishonored and treated him disgracefully and sent him away empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:12 - “And he sent yet a third; and this one too they wounded and threw out [of the vineyard].

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:13 - “Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will have respect for him.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:14 - “But when the tenants saw him, they discussed it among themselves, saying, ‘This [man] is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:15 - “So they threw the son out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:16 - “He will come and put these tenants to death and will give the vineyard to others.” When the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders heard this, they said, “May it never be!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:17 - But Jesus looked at them and said, “What then is [the meaning of] this that is written:

‘THE [very] STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED,

THIS BECAME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE’?

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“Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken and shattered in pieces; and on whomever it falls, it will crush him.”

Tribute to Caesar

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The scribes and the chief priests tried to [find a way to] arrest Him at that very hour, but they were afraid of the people; because they understood that He spoke this parable against them.

(Mat 22:15–22; Mar 12:13–17 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:20 - So they watched [for a chance to trap] Him. They sent spies who pretended to be upright and sincere, in order that they might catch Him in some statement [that they could distort and use against Him], so that they could turn Him over to the control and authority of [Pilate] the governor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:21 - They asked Him, “Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and that You show no partiality to anyone, but teach the way of God truthfully.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:22 - “Is it lawful [according to Jewish law and tradition] for us to pay taxes (tribute money) to [fn]Caesar or not?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:23 - But He saw through their trickery and said to them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:24 - “Show Me a [Roman] denarius. Whose image and inscription does the coin have?” They answered, “[the Emperor Tiberius] Caesar’s.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:25 - He said to them, “Then pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:26 - They were not able to seize on anything He said in the presence of the people; and being unnerved at His reply, they were silent.

Is There a Resurrection?

(Mat 22:23–33; Mar 12:18–27 )

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Now some of the Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) came to Him

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:28 - and they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us [a law that] IF A MAN’S BROTHER DIES, leaving a wife AND NO CHILDREN, HIS BROTHER SHOULD [fn]MARRY THE WIFE AND RAISE CHILDREN FOR HIS BROTHER.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:29 - “Now there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died childless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:30 - “And the second,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:31 - and the third married her, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:32 - “Finally the woman also died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:33 - “So in the [life after] resurrection, whose wife does she become? For all seven had married her.”

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Jesus said to them, “The sons of this [world and present] age marry and [the women] are given in marriage;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:35 - but those who are considered worthy to gain that [other world and that future] age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:36 - and they cannot die again, because they are [immortal] like the angels (equal to, angel-like). And they are [fn]children of God, being [fn]participants in the resurrection.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:37 - “But [as for the fact] that the dead are raised [from death], even Moses showed, in the passage about the burning bush, when he calls the Lord THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:38 - “Now He is not the God of the dead, but of the living [so these forefathers will be among the resurrected]; for all live [in a definite relationship] to Him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:39 - Some of the scribes replied, “Teacher, you have spoken well [so that there is no room for blame].”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:40 - And they did not dare to question Him further about anything [because of the wisdom He displayed in His answers].
(Mat 22:41–46; Mar 12:35–37 )

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Then He said to them, “How is it that people say that the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) is David’s son?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:42 - “For David himself says in the book of Psalms,

‘THE LORD (the Father) SAID TO MY LORD (the Son, the Messiah),

“SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,

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UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET.”’

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“[fn]So David calls Him (the Son) ‘Lord,’ and how then is He David’s son?”

(Mat 23:1–7; Mar 12:38–40 )

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And with all the people listening, He said to His disciples,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:46 - “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes [displaying their prominence], and love respectful greetings in the [crowded] market places, and [fn]chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:47 - “These [men] who confiscate and devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense [to appear devout] offer long prayers. These [men] will receive the greater [sentence of] condemnation.”
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I.e. various members of the Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court.
See note Matt 22:17.
The purpose of this was to carry on the family line and keep property within the family.
Lit sons.
Lit sons of.
By calling his descendant “Lord,” David, Israel’s greatest king, recognized that his descendant was greater than he.
These seats were located near the scrolls of the Law, facing the congregation in the synagogue.
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