Study Desk

Then they brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt, and had Jesus get on it.

As he approached the road leading down from the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen:

They will demolish you—you and your children within your walls—and they will not leave within you one stone on top of another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God."

When harvest time came, he sent a slave to the tenants so that they would give him his portion of the crop. However, the tenants beat his slave and sent him away empty-handed.

So he sent another slave. They beat this one too, treated him outrageously, and sent him away empty-handed.

So he sent still a third. They even wounded this one, and threw him out.

So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others." When the people heard this, they said, "May this never happen!"

Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

Then they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They wanted to take advantage of what he might say so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

Thus they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, and show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.

"Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?" They said, "Caesar's."

Thus they were unable in the presence of the people to trap him with his own words. And stunned by his answer, they fell silent.

They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies leaving a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother .

In fact, they can no longer die, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, since they are sons of the resurrection.

"Beware of the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes, and they love elaborate greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

They devour widows' property, and as a show make long prayers. They will receive a more severe punishment."

So they asked him, "Teacher, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that these things are about to take place?"

But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.

You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will have some of you put to death.