Jesus

And having entered into the temple, he began to cast forth those selling in it, and those buying,

And he was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy him--also the chiefs of the people--

and they were not finding what they shall do, for all the people were hanging on him, hearing him.

And it came to pass, on one of those days, as he is teaching the people in the temple, and proclaiming good news, the chief priests and the scribes, with the elders, came upon him ,

and spake unto him, saying, `Tell us by what authority thou dost these things? or who is he that gave to thee this authority?'

And he answering said unto them, `I will question you--I also--one thing, and tell me:

And they reasoned with themselves, saying--`If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

and Jesus said to them, `Neither do I say to you by what authority I do these things.'

And he began to speak unto the people this simile: `A certain man planted a vineyard, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time,

and he, having looked upon them, said, `What, then, is this that hath been written: A stone that the builders rejected--this became head of a corner?

And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that against them he spake this simile.

And, having watched him , they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor,

and they questioned him, saying, `Teacher, we have known that thou dost say and teach rightly, and dost not accept a person, but in truth the way of God dost teach;

And he, having perceived their craftiness, said unto them, `Why me do ye tempt?

shew me a denary; of whom hath it an image and superscription?' and they answering said, `Of Caesar:'

and he said to them, `Give back, therefore, the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;'

and they were not able to take hold on his saying before the people, and having wondered at his answer, they were silent.

And certain of the Sadducees, who are denying that there is a rising again, having come near, questioned him,

And Jesus answering said to them, `The sons of this age do marry and are given in marriage,

`And that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the Bush, since he doth call the Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;

and He is not a God of dead men, but of living, for all live to Him.'

And certain of the scribes answering said, `Teacher, thou didst say well;'

and no more durst they question him anything.

And he said unto them, `How do they say the Christ to be son of David,

and David himself saith in the Book of Psalms, The Lord said to my lord, Sit thou on my right hand,