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          DASV: Mark 12    

1 Then Jesus began speaking to them in parables. "A man planted
a vineyard, and built a fence around it, dug a pit for the
winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to
tenant farmers, and went into another country.
2 At harvest he sent a servant to the tenants, so that he
might collect the rent from the tenants from the crops of
the vineyard.
3 But they took him, beat him, and sent him away empty.
4 Again he sent to them another servant. This one they hit
in the head and abused.
5 He sent another and they killed him. He sent many others,
and they beat some and killed others.
6 He had one left, a beloved son. He sent him last to them,
saying, 'They will respect my son.'
7 But those tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir.
Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
8 So they took him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
9 What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come
and destroy the tenants, and will rent out the vineyard to others.
10 Have you never read this scripture: 'The stone the builders
rejected has become the chief cornerstone.
11 This was from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?"
12 Then they tried to arrest him; but they feared the crowd,
for they realized that he spoke the parable against them. Then
they left him and went away.

13 Then some of the Pharisees and Herodians were sent to him,
that they might trap him in what he said.
14 When they arrived, they said to him, "Teacher, we know that you
are true, and do not show favoritism; for you do not regard the
status of a person, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful
to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
15 Shall we pay it or not?" But he, knowing their hypocrisy,
said to them, "Why are you trying to trap me? Bring me a denarius,
that I may see it."
16 So they brought it. He said to them, "Whose image and inscription
is this?" They replied, "Caesar's."
17 Then Jesus said to them, "Render to Caesar the things that are
Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." They were
absolutely amazed by him.

18 Then the Sadducees came to him. They claim that there is no
resurrection. They asked him, saying,
19 "Teacher, Moses wrote to us, 'If a man's brother die, and he
leaves a wife behind, yet leaves no child, that his brother
should marry his wife, and have children in honor of his brother.
20 There were seven brothers, and the first married a wife,
and dying left no children.
21 The second married her, and died, leaving no children behind
him; and similarly, the third.
22 Finally, all seven left with no children. Last of all, the
woman died also.
23 In the resurrection whose wife will she be? For all seven had
been married to her."
24 Jesus said to them, "Is it not for this reason that you err,
because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
25 For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor
are given in marriage; but are like the angels in heaven.
26 Now in regard to the dead, whether they are raised; have
you never read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the
bush, how 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 of the living. You have
made a big mistake."

28 Then one of the scribes came, and heard their group questioning,
and realizing that he had answered them well, asked him, "What
commandment is the most important of all?"
29 Jesus answered, "The most important is, 'Hear, O Israel;
The Lord our God, the Lord is one:
30 and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and
with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your
strength.'
31 The second most important is this, 'You shall love your
neighbor as yourself.' There are no other commandments greater
than these."
32 The scribe said to him, "It is true, Teacher, you have answered
well, God is one; and there is none other but he,
33 and to love him with all your heart, and with all your
understanding, and with all your strength, and to love one's
neighbor as oneself, is much more than all the burnt offerings
and sacrifices."
34 When Jesus saw that he answered insightfully, he said to
him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." No one after
that dared ask him any further questions.

35 Jesus, as he taught in the temple, said, "How is it the
scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
36 David himself said by the Holy Spirit, 'The Lord said to
my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under
your feet.'
37 If David himself called him Lord; how can he be his son?"
The common people heard him gladly.
38 In his teaching Jesus said, "Beware of the scribes.
They enjoy walking around in long robes, and to be respectfully
greeted in the marketplaces,
39 and to be seated in the honored seats of the synagogues
and chief places at feasts.
40 Yet they devour widows' property, and for show make
ostentatious prayers. These will receive greater condemnation."

41 He sat down across from the offering box, and watched
how the crowd put money into the offering box. Many
who were rich put in much.
42 Then a poor widow came and she put in two small coins
totaling about a penny.
43 Then he called his disciples, and said to them, "Truly
I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all those
who are putting into the offering box.
44 For they all gave from their abundance; but she from
her poverty put in everything she had, even what she had
to live on."

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