12And he began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, and put a fence around it, and dug a trough for the winepress, and built a watchtower, and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey. ²And he sent a slave to the tenant farmers at the proper time, so that he could collect some of the fruit of the vineyard from the tenant farmers. ³And they seized him and^* beat him^* and sent him^* away empty-handed. ⁴And again he sent to them another slave, and that one they struck on the head and dishonored. ⁵And he sent another, and that one they killed. And he sent^* many others, some of whom they beat and some of whom they killed. ⁶He had one more, a beloved son. Last of all he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ ⁷But those tenant farmers said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours!’ ⁸And they seized and^* killed him and threw him out of the vineyard. ⁹What^a will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenant farmers and give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰Have you not read this scripture:

‘The stone which the builders rejected,

this has become the cornerstone.^b

¹¹This came about from the Lord,

and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”^c

¹²And they were seeking to arrest him, and they were afraid of the crowd, because they knew that he had told the parable with reference to them. And they left him and^* went away.

Paying Taxes to Caesar

¹³And they sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him so that they could catch him unawares in a statement. ¹⁴And when they^* came, they said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and you do not care what anyone thinks,^d because you do not regard the opinion of people^e but teach the way of God in truth. Is it permitted to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or should we not pay?” ¹⁵But because he^* knew their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius so that I can look at it!”^* ¹⁶So they brought one.^* And he said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” And they said to him, “Caesar’s.” ¹⁷And Jesus said to them, “Give to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God!” And they were utterly amazed at him.

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Footnotes

*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“seized”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*The words “he sent” are not in the Greek text, but are an implied repetition from earlier in the verse
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“seized”) has been translated as a finite verb
aSome manuscripts have “What then”
bLiterally “the head of the corner”
cA quotation from Ps 118:22–23
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“left”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came”) which is understood as temporal
dLiterally “it is not a care to you concerning anyone”
eLiterally “because you do not look at the face of men”
*Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“knew”) which is understood as causal
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation