Mark 12 Then He began to speak to them in parables. "A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, dug a place for the wine vat, and built a tower; and he leased it to vinedressers, and went into a far country.

TKJU⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Then He began to speak to them in parables. "A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, dug a place for the wine vat, and built a tower; and he leased it to vinedressers, and went into a far country. ² And when the season came he sent a servant to the vinedressers, that he might receive some of the fruit of the vineyard from the vinedressers. ³ And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty handed. ⁴ Yet again he sent another servant to them; and they cast stones at him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated. ⁵ And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. ⁶ Therefore still having one son, his well-beloved, he also sent him to them last, saying, 'They will reverence my son.' ⁷ But those vinedressers said among themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.' ⁸ Then they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. ⁹ Therefore what shall the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vinedressers, and will give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰ And have you not read this scripture; 'The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner: ¹¹ This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'? " ¹² And they sought to lay hold of Him, but feared the people: For they knew that He had spoken the parable against them: And they left Him, and went their way. ¹³ Then they sent to Him certain ones of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch Him in His words. ¹⁴ Moreover when they had come, they said to Him, "Master, we know that You are true, and revere no man; for You do not regard the person of men, but teach the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? ¹⁵ Should we give, or should we not give?" But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why do you tempt Me? Bring Me a silver coin, that I may see it." ¹⁶ And they brought it. And He said to them, "Whose image and inscription is this?" They said to Him, "Caesar's." ¹⁷ And Jesus answering said to them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they marveled at Him. ¹⁸ Then the Sadducees came to Him, who say there is no resurrection; and they asked Him, saying, ¹⁹ "Master, Moses wrote to us that if any man's brother dies, and leaves his wife behind, and leaves no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother. ²⁰ Now there were seven brothers: And the first took a wife; and dying left no seed. ²¹ And the second took her, and died, and he did not leave any seed either: And the third likewise. ²² Even all seven had her, and left no seed: Last of all the woman died also. ²³ Therefore, in the resurrection when they rise, whose wife shall she be of them? For all seven had her as wife." ²⁴ Jesus answering said to them, "Are you not therefore in error, because you do not know the scriptures, nor the power of God? ²⁵ For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. ²⁶ And concerning the dead, that they rise: Have you not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? ²⁷ He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: Therefore you error greatly." ²⁸ Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, "Which is the first commandment of all?" ²⁹ And Jesus answered him, "The first of all the commandments is, 'Hear, O Israel; the LORD our God is one LORD: ³⁰ And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength': This is the first commandment. ³¹ And the second is alike, namely this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." ³² Therefore the scribe said to Him, "Well said, Master, You have spoken the truth: For there is one God; and there is no other but He: ³³ And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." ³⁴ Then when Jesus saw that he answered prudently, He said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And after that no man dared ask Him any question. ³⁵ Then Jesus answered, while He taught in the temple, and said, "How come the scribes say that Christ is the Son of David? ³⁶ For David himself said by the Holy Spirit, 'The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, until I make Your enemies Your footstool." ' ³⁷ Therefore David himself calls Him 'Lord'; how then is He his Son?" And the common people heard Him gladly. ³⁸ Then He said to them in His doctrine, "Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, love salutations in the marketplaces, ³⁹ the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: ⁴⁰ Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: These shall receive greater damnation." ⁴¹ And Jesus sat before the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: And many who were rich cast in much. ⁴² Then a certain poor widow came, and she threw in two small bronze coins, which make half a silver coin.two small bronze coins: In KJV, two mites; which were each equivalent to 1/8'th of an assarius "as" coin during Roman times.half a silver coin: In KJV, farthing; which was equivalent to 1/4 of an English/British penny. ⁴³ Then He called His disciples to Him, and said to them, "Truly I say to you, That this poor widow has cast more in, than all those who have cast into the treasury: ⁴⁴ For they all cast in out of their abundance; but she out of her need cast in all that she had, even all her means of living."