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Then again he sent a third; and this one also they wounded and drove away.

"But when the vine-dressers saw him, they discussed the matter with one another, and said, "`This is the heir: let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'

"So they turned him out of the vineyard and murdered him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

At this the Scribes and the High Priests wanted to lay hands on Him, then and there; only they were afraid of the people. For they saw that in this parable He had referred to them.

So, after impatiently watching their opportunity, they sent spies who were to act the part of good and honest men, that they might fasten on some expression of His, so as to hand Him over to the ruling power and the Governor's authority.

So they put a question to Him. "Rabbi," they said, "we know that you say and teach what is right and that you make no distinctions between one man and another, but teach God's way truly.

"Show me a shilling; whose likeness and inscription does it bear?" "Caesar's," they said.

There was nothing here that they could lay hold of before the people, and marvelling at His answer they said no more.

Next some of the Sadducees came forward (who deny that there is a Resurrection), and they asked Him,

and all seven, having done the same, left no children when they died.

For indeed they cannot die again; they are like angels, and are sons of God through being sons of the Resurrection.

who swallow up the property of widows and mask their wickedness by making long prayers. They will be punished far more severely than others."

"Rabbi, when will this be?" they asked Him, "and what will be the token given when these things are about to take place?"

"But before all these things happen they will lay hands on you and persecute you. They will deliver you up to synagogues and to prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my sake.

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

They will fall by the sword, or be carried off into slavery among all the Gentiles. And Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles, till the appointed times of the Gentiles have expired.

And then will they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with great power and glory.

and the High Priests and the Scribes were contriving how to destroy Him. But they feared the people.

This gave them great pleasure, and they agreed to pay him.

So they went and found all as He had told them; and they got the Passover ready.