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New Testament ,
The Holy Gospel Of Jesus Christ,
According To Luke Chapter 20
4 From whence John's Baptism was.
9 The wickedness of the Priests is noted by the
vineyard and the husbandmen.
21 To give tribute to Caesar.
27 He convinceth the Sadducees denying the
resurrection.
41 How Christ is the Son of David.
1 And (*) (1) it came to pass, that on one of
those days, as he taught the people in the
Temple, and preached the Gospel, the high
Priests and the Scribes came upon him, with the
Elders,
(*) Matthew 21:23; Mark 11:27 .
(1) The Pharisees being overcome with the truth
of Christ's doctrine, move a question about his
outward calling, and are overcome by the
witness of their own conscience.
2 And spake unto him, saying, Tell us by what
authority thou doest these things, or who is he
that hath given thee this authority?
3 And he answered, and said unto them, I also
will ask you one thing, tell me therefore:
4 The (*) baptism of John, was it from heaven,
or of men?
(*) By baptism he comprehendeth all John's
ministry, who bare witness to Christ.
5 And they reasoned within themselves, saying,
If we shall say, From heaven, he will say, Why
then believed ye him not?
6 But if we shall say, Of men, all the people will
stone us, for they be persuaded that John was a
Prophet.
7 Therefore they answered, that they could not
tell whence it was.
8 Then Jesus said unto them, (*) Neither tell I
you, by what authority I do these things.
(*) By this means he made them ashamed and
astonished.
9 ¶ (*) (2) Then began he to speak to the people
this parable, A certain man planted a () vineyard,
and () let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a
strange country, for a great time.
(*) Matthew 21:33; Mark 12:1; Isaiah 5:1;
Jeremiah 2:21 .
(2) It is no new thing to have them the chiefest
enemies of Christ and his servants, which are
conversant in the very Sanctuary of God's holy
place; but at length they shall not escape
unpunished.
() The Jews were as God's plants and his own
grafting.
() God committed his people to the Governors
and Priests.
10 And at the time convenient he sent a (*)
servant to the husbandmen, that they should give
him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the
husbandmen did beat him, and sent him away
empty.
(*) He raised up Prophets.
11 Again he sent yet another servant; and they
did beat him, and foul entreated him, and sent
him away empty.
12 Moreover he sent the third, and him they
wounded, and cast out.
13 Then said the Lord of the vineyard, What
shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it may be
that they will do reverence when they see him.
14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they
reasoned with themselves, saying, This is the
heir; come, let us kill him, that the inheritance
may be ours.
15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and
killed him. What shall the Lord of the vineyard
therefore do unto them?
16 He will come and destroy these husbandmen,
and will give out his vineyard to others. But
when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
17 ¶ And he beheld them, and said, What
meaneth this then that is written, (*) The stone
that the builders refused, that is made the head
() of the corner?
(*) Psalm 118:22; Isaiah 28:16; Acts 4:11;
Romans 9:33; 1 Peter 2:8 .
() For by it the building is joined together and
made strong.
18 (*) Whosoever shall fall upon that stone,
shall be broken; and on whomsoever it shall fall,
it will grind him to powder.
(*) They that stumble and fall on Christ, thinking
to oppress him, shall be overthrown themselves
and destroyed.
19 Then the high Priests, and the Scribes the
same hour went about to lay hands on him
(but they feared the people) for they perceived
that he had spoken this parable against them.
20 (*) (3) And they (a) () watched him, and
sent forth (b) spies, which should feign
themselves just men (c) to take him in his talk,
and to deliver him unto the power and (d)
authority of the governor.
(*) Matthew 22:16; Mark 12:13 .
(3) The last refuge that false prophets have to
destroy the true Prophets, is to lay sedition, and
treason to their charge.
(a) A fit time to take him in.
() They waited for a convenient time and place.
(b) Whom they had deceitfully hired.
(c) That they might take some hold in his talk
and thereby forge some false accusation
against him.
(d) To put him to death.
21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we
know that thou sayest, and teachest right,
neither doest thou accept (e) any man's person,
but teachest the way of God truly.
(e) Thou are not moved by favor of any; and by
person he meaneth outward circumstances,
which if a man have respect unto, he will not
judge alike of them that are indeed alike.
22 Is it (*) lawful for us to give Caesar tribute
or no?
(*) They thought it unlawful to pay to a prince
being an infidel, that which they were wont to
pay to God in his Temple.
23 But he perceived their (f) craftiness, and
said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
(f) Craftiness is a certain diligence and witness
to do evil, gotten by much use and great
practice in matters.
24 Shew me a penny. Whose image and
superscription hath it? They answered, and said,
Caesar's.
25 Then he said unto them, (*) () Give then unto
Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to
God those which are God's.
(*) Romans 13:7 .
() The duty which we owe to princes, letteth
nothing that which is due unto God.
26 And they could not reprove his saying before
the people; but they marveled at his answer, and
held their peace.
27 (*) (4) Then came to him certain of the
Sadducees (which deny that there is any
resurrection) and they asked him,
(*) Matthew 22:23; Mark 12:18 .
(4) The resurrection of the flesh is avouched
against the Sadducees.
28 Saying, Master, (*) Moses wrote unto us, If
any man's brother die having a wife, and he die
without children, that his brother should take his
wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
(*) Deuteronomy 25:5 .
29 Now there were seven brethren, and the
first took a wife, and he died without children.
30 And the second took the wife, and he died
childless.
31 Then the third took her; and so likewise the
seven died, and left no children.
32 And last of all, the woman died also.
33 Therefore at the resurrection, whose wife of
them shall she be? For seven had her to wife.
34 Then Jesus answered, and said unto them,
The (g) (*) children of this world marry wives,
and are married.
(g) They are called here in this place, the
children of this world, which live in this world;
and not they, that wholly are given to the world,
Luke 16:8; which are contrary to the children of
light.
(*) In this place he calleth all them children of
this world which remain in the same; or else
matrimony should not seem to appertain to the
children of God, as that wicked monster Pope
that taught against the manifest Scriptures.
35 But they which shall be counted worthy to
enjoy that world, and the resurrection from the
dead, neither marry wives, neither are married.
36 (*) For they can die no more, forasmuch as
they are equal unto the Angels, and are the sons
of God, () since they are the (h) children of the
resurrection.
(*) Since marriage is ordained to maintain and
increase mankind, when we shall be immortal, it
shall not be in any use.
() For although the wicked rise again, yet that
life is but death and a eternal destruction.
(h) That is, men partakers of the resurrection,
for as we say truly, that they shall live indeed,
which shall enjoy everlasting bliss, so do they
rise indeed, which rise to life, though if this word
resurrection, be taken generally, it belongeth also
to the wicked which shall rise to condemnation,
which is not properly life, but death.
37 And that the dead shall rise again, even (*)
Moses shewed it besides the bush, when he
said, The Lord is the God of Abraham, and the
God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
(*) Exodus 3:6 .
38 For he is not the God of the (*) dead, but of
them which live, () for all (i) live unto him.
(*) Of them which are not, but of them which
are.
() The immortality of the soul cannot be
separate from the resurrection of the body,
whereof here Christ properly speaketh.
(i) That is, before him, a notable saying, the
godly do not die, though they die here on earth.
39 Then certain of the Scribes answered, and
said, Master, thou hast well said.
40 And after that, durst they not ask him
anything at all.
41 ¶ (*) (5) Then said he unto them, How say
they that Christ is David's son?
(*) Matthew 22:44; Mark 12:35 .
(5) Christ is so the son of David according to
the flesh, that he is also his Lord (because he is
the everlasting son of God) according to the
spirit.
42 And David himself saith in the book of the
Psalms, (*) The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit at
my right hand,
(*) Psalm 110:1 .
43 Till I shall make thine enemies thy footstool.
44 Seeing David calleth him Lord, how is he
then his (*) son?
(*) For the son is not Lord of his father, and
therefore it followeth that Christ is God.
45 ¶ Then in the audience of all the people, he
said unto his disciples,
46 (*) (6) Beware of the Scribes, which desire
to go in long robes, and love salutations in the
markets, and the highest seats in the
Synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
(*) Luke 11:43; Matthew 23:6; Mark 12:38 .
(6) We must avoid the example of the
ambitious and covetous pastors.
47 Which devour widows' (k) houses, and in
shew make long prayers; These shall receive
greater damnation.
(k) This is spoken by the figure Metonymy,
houses, for the goods and substance.
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