14. When they saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the owner’s son. This vineyard will be his. If we kill him, then it will be ours!’
15. So the farmers threw the son out of the vineyard and killed him.“What will the owner of this vineyard do?
16. He will come and kill those farmers! Then he will give the vineyard to other farmers.”The people heard this story. They said, “No! Let this never happen!”
17. But Jesus looked at them and said, “Then what does this verse mean:‘The stone that the builders did not wantbecame the cornerstone’? Psalm 118:22
18. Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken. If that stone falls on you, it will crush you!”
19. The teachers of the law and the priests heard this story that Jesus told. They knew the story was about them. So they wanted to arrest Jesus at once. But they were afraid of what the people would do.
20. So they waited for the right time to get Jesus. They sent some spies who acted as if they were good men. They wanted to trap Jesus in what he said so they could hand him over to the authority and power of the governor.
21. So the spies asked Jesus, “Teacher, we know that what you say and teach is true. You teach the same to all people. You always teach the truth about God’s way.
22. Tell us, is it right that we pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
23. But Jesus knew that these men were trying to trick him. He said,
24. “Show me a coin. Whose name is on the coin? And whose picture is on it?”They said, “Caesar’s.”
25. Jesus said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s. And give to God the things that are God’s.”
26. The men were amazed at his answer. They could say nothing. They were not able to trap Jesus in anything he said before the people.
27. Some Sadducees came to Jesus. (Sadducees believe that people will not rise from death.) They asked,
28. “Teacher, Moses wrote that a man’s brother might die. He leaves a wife but no children. Then that man must marry the widow and have children for his dead brother.
29. One time there were seven brothers. The first brother married, but died. He had no children.
30. Then the second brother married the widow, and he died.
31. And the third brother married the widow, and he died. The same thing happened with all the other brothers. They all died and had no children.
32. The woman was the last to die.