The Question about Jesus' Authority
(Matthew 21.23-27Mark 11.27-33)1 One day when Jesus was in the Temple teaching the people and preaching the Good News, the chief priests and the teachers of the Law, together with the elders, came 2 and said to him, “Tell us, what right do you have to do these things? Who gave you such right?”
3 Jesus answered them, “Now let me ask you a question. Tell me, 4 did John's right to baptize come from God or from human beings?”
5 They started to argue among themselves, “What shall we say? If we say, ‘From God,’ he will say, ‘Why, then, did you not believe John?’ 6 But if we say, ‘From human beings,’ this whole crowd here will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.” 7 So they answered, “We don't know where it came from.”
8 And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you, then, by what right I do these things.”
The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard
(Matthew 21.33-46Mark 12.1-12)9 Then Jesus told the people this parable: “There was once a man who planted a vineyard, rented it out to tenants, and then left home for a long time. 10 When the time came to gather the grapes, he sent a slave to the tenants to receive from them his share of the harvest. But the tenants beat the slave and sent him back without a thing. 11 So he sent another slave; but the tenants beat him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him back without a thing. 12 Then he sent a third slave; the tenants wounded him, too, and threw him out. 13 Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my own dear son; surely they will respect him!’ 14 But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another, ‘This is the owner's son. Let's kill him, and his property will be ours!’ 15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
“What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to the tenants?” Jesus asked. 16 “He will come and kill those men, and turn the vineyard over to other tenants.”
When the people heard this, they said, “Surely not!”
17 Jesus looked at them and asked, “What, then, does this scripture mean?
‘The stone which the builders rejected as worthless
turned out to be the most important of all.’
18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be cut to pieces; and if that stone falls on someone, that person will be crushed to dust.”
The Question about Paying Taxes
(Matthew 22.15-22Mark 12.13-17)19 The teachers of the Law and the chief priests tried to arrest Jesus on the spot, because they knew that he had told this parable against them; but they were afraid of the people. 20 So they looked for an opportunity. They bribed some men to pretend they were sincere, and they sent them to trap Jesus with questions, so that they could hand him over to the authority and power of the Roman Governor. 21 These spies said to Jesus, “Teacher, we know that what you say and teach is right. We know that you pay no attention to anyone's status, but teach the truth about God's will for people. 22 Tell us, is it against our Law for us to pay taxes to the Roman Emperor, or not?”
23 But Jesus saw through their trick and said to them, 24 “Show me a silver coin. Whose face and name are these on it?”
“The Emperor's,” they answered.
25 So Jesus said, “Well, then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and pay to God what belongs to God.”
26 There before the people they could not catch him in a thing, so they kept quiet, amazed at his answer.
The Question about Rising from Death
(Matthew 22.23-33Mark 12.18-27)27 Then some Sadducees, who say that people will not rise from death, came to Jesus and said, 28 “Teacher, Moses wrote this law for us: ‘If a man dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man's brother must marry the widow so that they can have children who will be considered the dead man's children.’ 29 Once there were seven brothers; the oldest got married and died without having children. 30 Then the second one married the woman, 31 and then the third. The same thing happened to all seven—they died without having children. 32 Last of all, the woman died. 33 Now, on the day when the dead rise to life, whose wife will she be? All seven of them had married her.”
34 Jesus answered them, “The men and women of this age marry, 35 but the men and women who are worthy to rise from death and live in the age to come will not then marry. 36 They will be like angels and cannot die. They are the children of God, because they have risen from death. 37 And Moses clearly proves that the dead are raised to life. In the passage about the burning bush he speaks of the Lord as ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ 38 He is the God of the living, not of the dead, for to him all are alive.”
39 Some of the teachers of the Law spoke up, “A good answer, Teacher!” 40 For they did not dare ask him any more questions.
The Question about the Messiah
(Matthew 22.41-46Mark 12.35-37)41 Jesus asked them, “How can it be said that the Messiah will be the descendant of David? 42 For David himself says in the book of Psalms,
‘The Lord said to my Lord:
Sit here at my right side
43 until I put your enemies as a footstool under your feet.’
44 David called him ‘Lord’; how, then, can the Messiah be David's descendant?”
Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law
(Matthew 23.1-36Mark 12.38-40)45 As all the people listened to him, Jesus said to his disciples, 46 “Be on your guard against the teachers of the Law, who like to walk around in their long robes and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplace; who choose the reserved seats in the synagogues and the best places at feasts; 47 who take advantage of widows and rob them of their homes, and then make a show of saying long prayers! Their punishment will be all the worse!”
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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.
