A Question about Jesus' Authority
(Matthew 21.23-27Mark 11.27-33)1 One day, Jesus was teaching in the temple and telling the good news. So the chief priests, the teachers, and the nation's leaders 2 asked him, “What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”
3 Jesus replied, “I want to ask you a question. 4 Who gave John the right to baptize? Was it God in heaven or merely some human being?”
5 They talked this over and said to each other, “We can't say God gave John this right. Jesus will ask us why we didn't believe John. 6 And we can't say it was merely some human who gave John the right to baptize. The crowd will stone us to death, because they think John was a prophet.”
7 So they told Jesus, “We don't know who gave John the right to baptize.”
8 Jesus replied, “Then I won't tell you who gave me the right to do what I do.”
Renters of a Vineyard
(Matthew 21.33-46Mark 12.1-12)9 Jesus told the people this story:
A man once planted a vineyard and rented it out. Then he left the country for a long time. 10 When it was time to harvest the crop, he sent a servant to ask the renters for his share of the grapes. But they beat up the servant and sent him away without anything. 11 So the owner sent another servant. The renters also beat him up. They insulted him terribly and sent him away without a thing. 12 The owner sent a third servant. He was also beaten terribly and thrown out of the vineyard.
13 The owner then said to himself, “What am I going to do? I know what. I'll send my son, the one I love so much. They will surely respect him!”
14 When the renters saw the owner's son, they said to one another, “Someday he will own the vineyard. Let's kill him! Then we can have it all for ourselves.” 15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
Jesus asked, “What do you think the owner of the vineyard will do? 16 I'll tell you what. He will come and kill those renters and let someone else have his vineyard.”
When the people heard this, they said, “This must never happen!”
17 But Jesus looked straight at them and said, “Then what do the Scriptures mean when they say, ‘The stone the builders tossed aside is now the most important stone of all’? 18 Anyone who stumbles over this stone will get hurt, and anyone it falls on will be smashed to pieces.”
19 The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses knew that Jesus was talking about them when he was telling this story. They wanted to arrest him right then, but they were afraid of the people.
Paying Taxes
(Matthew 22.15-22Mark 12.13-17)20 Jesus' enemies kept watching him closely, because they wanted to hand him over to the Roman governor. So they sent some men who pretended to be good. But they were really spies trying to catch Jesus saying something wrong. 21 The spies said to him, “Teacher, we know you teach the truth about what God wants people to do. And you treat everyone with the same respect, no matter who they are. 22 Tell us, should we pay taxes to the Emperor or not?”
23 Jesus knew they were trying to trick him. So he told them, 24 “Show me a coin.” Then he asked, “Whose picture and name are on it?”
“The Emperor's,” they answered.
25 Then he told them, “Give the Emperor what belongs to him and give God what belongs to God.” 26 Jesus' enemies could not catch him saying anything wrong there in front of the people. They were amazed at his answer and kept quiet.
Life in the Future World
(Matthew 22.23-33Mark 12.18-27)27 The Sadducees did not believe that people would rise to life after death. So some of them came to Jesus 28 and said:
Teacher, Moses wrote that if a married man dies and has no children, his brother should marry the widow. Their first son would then be thought of as the son of the dead brother.
29 There were once seven brothers. The first one married, but died without having any children. 30 The second one married his brother's widow, and he also died without having any children. 31 The same thing happened to the third one. Finally, all seven brothers married this woman and died without having any children. 32 At last the woman died. 33 When God raises people from death, whose wife will this woman be? All seven brothers had married her.
34 Jesus answered:
The people in this world get married. 35 But in the future world no one who is worthy to rise from death will either marry 36 or die. They will be like the angels and will be God's children, because they have been raised to life.
37 In the story about the burning bush, Moses clearly shows that people will live again. He said, “The Lord is the God worshiped by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” 38 So the Lord isn't the God of the dead, but of the living. This means that everyone is alive as far as God is concerned.
39 Some of the teachers of the Law of Moses said, “Teacher, you have given a good answer!” 40 From then on, no one dared to ask Jesus any questions.
About David's Son
(Matthew 22.41-46Mark 12.35-37)41 Jesus asked, “Why do people say that the Messiah will be the son of King David? 42 In the book of Psalms, David himself says,
‘The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit at my right side
43 until I make your enemies
into a footstool for you.’
44 David spoke of the Messiah as his Lord, so how can the Messiah be his son?”
Jesus and the Teachers of the Law of Moses
(Matthew 23.1-36Mark 12.38-40Luke 11.37-54)45 While everyone was listening to Jesus, he said to his disciples:
46 Guard against the teachers of the Law of Moses! They love to walk around in long robes, and they like to be greeted in the market. They want the front seats in the synagogues and the best seats at banquets. 47 But they cheat widows out of their homes and then pray long prayers just to show off. These teachers will be punished most of all.
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Streids ar vērsinīkim.
1 Un nūtyka vīnu dīn, kad Jys svētneicā mōceja ļaudis un sludynōja Evangeliju, pīgōja klōt vērsgoreidznīki un Rokstim mōceitī reizē ar tautas vacōkajim 2 un vaicōja nu Jō saceidami: Soki mums, ar kaidom tīseibom Tu šytū dori, un kas Tev tōs tīseibas deve.
3 Jys tim atbiļdēja: Ari Es grybu jums likt prīškā vīnu jautōjumu. 4 Pasokit maņ: Vai Jōņa kristeiba pagōja nu dabasim vai nu ļaudim?
5 Jī pōrsprīde sovstarpeigi saceidami: Jo mes saceisim: ka nu dabasim, tad Jys var mums saceit: Kōpēc tad jyus jam naticējot? 6 Jo mēs saceisim: nu ļaudim, tod myusus visi ļaudis ar akminim nūmātōs. Jī tadei ir pōrlīcynōti, ka Jōņs ir pravīts. 7 Tai tad jī atbiļdēja, ka nazynūt nu kurīnes (paīt)—. 8 Jezus tim saceja: Ari Es jums nasaceišu, ar kaidom tīseibom Es tū doru.
Pīleidzeiba par ļaunajim dōrzkūpim.
9 Un Jys sōce ļaudim stōsteit nōkušū pīleidzeibu: Vīns cylvāks, īreikōjis veina dōrzu, atdeve jū dōrzkūpim uz rentes un uz garōka laika izceļōja. 10 Kad atgōja augļu laiks, jys nūsyuteja uz dōrzkūpim sovu kolpu, lai tī jam atdūtu veinūgu dōrza augļu daļu. Bet dōrzkūpi tū sasyta un palaide prūjom tukšā. 11 Ūtrreiz nūsyuteja cytu kolpu, bet ari šytū jī sasyta, izsmēja un aizsyuteja tukšā. 12 Tad jys nūsyuteja vēļ trešū; bet ari tū jī sakova un izmete ōrā.
13 Tad veina dōrza kungs saceja: Kū lai es doru? Es nūsyuteišu sovu nūmīļōtū dālu; tu tadei jī īvārōs. 14 Bet, īraudzejuši jū, dōrzkūpi sovstarpeigi pōrsprīde saceidami: Šytys ir mantinīks; mes jū nūnōvēsim un montōjums paliks mums. 15 Un izmatuši orā nu veina dōrza, jū nūnōvēja.
16 Kū tad veina dōrza kungs ar jim padareis? — Jys atgōjis iznycynōs tūs dōrzkūp’us un veina dōrzu atdūs citim. Jī, tū dzērdādami, saceja: Tys lai nanūteik.
17 Bet Jys, pasavēris uz tim, saceja: Kū tad nūzeimoj šitī Rokstu vōrdi:
Tys akmiņs, kū byuvātōji atmete, ir palicis par styura pamatakmini.
18 Ikvīns, kas uz šō akmiņa nūkriss, sadrups; bet uz kō jys uzkriss, tū satrīks.
19 Rokstim mōceitī un vērsgoreidznīki gribēja tamā pat stuņdē ceļt pret Jū rūkas, bet beidōs ļaužu; jī tadei nūprota, ka tei pīleidzeiba atsateic uz jim.
Nūdūkļu jautōjums.
20 Jī stipri skatejōs pēc Jō un izsyuteja izlyukus, lai tī, izalykdami par taisneigim, sagyutu Jū kaidā vōrdā. Tad jī Jū nūdūtu vērseibai, apgobola pōrvaļdnīka varai. 21 Jī vaicōja saceidami: Mōceitōj, mes zynom, ka labi runoj un mōci, ka nasaskot uz cylvāka vaiga, bet gon pēc patīseibas mōci Dīva ceļus. 22 Vai pīnōkās keizaram moksōt nūdūkļus, vai nē?
23 Bet Jys, radzādams cauri jūs viļteibu, saceja: (kōpēc Mani kārdynojit?) 24 Parōdit Maņ denaru. Kō ir šei zeime un vērsroksts? Jī atbiļdēja: keizara. 25 Tad Jys saceja: Tai tad, tū, kas keizaram pīdar, atdūdit keizaram, bet kas Dīvam pīdar — Dīvam.
26 Un jī, navarādami Jō ļaužu prīškā sagyut pi vōrda, nūsabreinōja un nūklusa.
Augšamceļšonōs jautōjums.
27 Tad atgōja daži sadduceji, kas nūlīdz augšamceļšonūs, un vaicōja 28 saceidami: Mōceitōj, Moizešs mums pavēlēja: Jo mērst pracāts brōļs, naatstōjis bārnu, tad lai jō sīvu precej jō brōļs un izsauc sovam brōļam pēcnōcējus. 29 Beja septeni brōli; pyrmais apsaprecējis nūmyra bez bārnim. 30 Tad pajēme jū ūtrais sev par sīvu, bet ari nūmyra bez bārnim; 31 tad pajēme jū trešais. Un tai visi septeni nūmyra, napamatūt pēcnōcēju. 32 Golā nūmyra ari tei sīvīte. 33 Kam tad jei pīdarēs augšamceļšonā? Jei tadei visim septenim beja par sīvu.
34 Jezus tim atbiļdēja: Šō pasauļa bārni precejās un īt pi veira. 35 Bet tī, kas byus atzeiti par cīneigim dēļ viņa pasauļa un augšamceļšonōs, ni precēsīs, ni pi veira īs. 36 Jī pat nūmērt vairs navarēs. Jī tadei ir Dīva bārni, leidzeigi eņgelim, jo jī ir augšamceļšonōs bārni. 37 Tū, ka myrūni ceļsīs augšam, pat Moizešs nūrōda vītā par ēršku kryumu, kur jys Kungu sauc par Abraama Dīvu, Izaaka Dīvu un Jākuba Dīvu. 38 Jys tadei navā myrušūs, bet gon dzeivūs Dīvs, jo visi Jam dzeivoj.
39 Daži nu mōceitim atsasauce: Mōceitōj, tu labi pasaceji. 40 Un jī naīsadrūšynōja vairs kaut kō nu Jō vaicōt.
Davida dāls.
41 Tad Jys nu tim jautōja: Kai tad var saceit, ka Kristus ir Davida Dāls? 42 Davids tadei pats psaļmu grōmotā soka:
Kungs saceja munam kungam,
sēstīs pa munai lobai rūkai,
43 koleidz nūlikšu tovus īnaidnīkus
tovom kōjom par pamēsli.
44 Tai tad Davids Jū sauc par Kungu, un kai tad Jys var byut jō dāls?
45 Kad visi ļaudis klausejōs, Jys saceja sovim mōceklim: 46 Sorgojitēs nu Rokstim mōceitim. Jī mīļoj staigōt garōs drēbēs; jī grib uz atklōtim laukumim byut sveicynōti un ījimt pyrmōs vītas synagogōs un pyrmōs vītas pi maļteites golda. 47 Jī aprej atraitņu montu un taisnojās ar sovom garajom lyugšonom. Jī sajims borgōku tīsas sprīdumu.
