1 In a parable of the vineyard let out to wicked husbandmen Christ foretells the reprobation of the Jews, and the calling of the Gentiles.
13 He avoids the snare of the Pharisees and Herodians about paying tribute to Caesar;
18 convicts the Sadducees of error, who denied the resurrection;
28 resolves the scribe, who questioned of the first commandment;
35 refutes the opinion that the scribes held of Christ;
38 bidding the people to beware of their ambition and hypocrisy;
41 and commends the poor widow for her two mites, above all.

he began. 4:2,11-13,33,34 Eze 20:49 Mt 13:10-15,34,35 21:28-33 22:1-14 Lu 8:10 22:9

A certain. Mt 21:33-40 Lu 20:9-15

planted. Ps 80:8-16 Isa 5:1-4 Jer 2:21 Lu 13:6-9 Joh 15:1-8 Ro 11:17-24

and set. Ne 9:13,14 Ps 78:68,69 147:19,20 Eze 20:11,12,18-20 Ac 7:38,46,47 Ro 3:1,2 9:4,5

and let. So 8:11,12 Isa 7:23

and went. 13:34 Mt 25:14 Lu 15:13 19:12

2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

at. Ps 1:3 Mt 21:34 Lu 20:10

a servant. Jud 6:8-10 2Ki 17:13 2Ch 36:15 Ezr 9:11 Jer 25:4,5 35:15 44:4 Mic 7:1 Zec 1:3-6 7:7 Lu 12:48 Joh 15:1-8 Heb 1:1

3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

they. 1Ki 18:4,13 19:10,14 22:27 2Ch 16:10 24:19-21 36:16 Ne 9:26 Jer 2:30 20:2 26:20-24 29:26 37:15,16 38:4-6 Mt 23:34-37 Lu 11:47-51 13:33,34 Ac 7:52 1Th 2:15 Heb 11:36,37

and sent. Jer 44:4,5,16 Da 9:10,11 Zec 7:9-13 Lu 20:10-12

4 And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.

5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.

and him. 9:13 Ne 9:30 Jer 7:25 *etc: Mt 5:12 21:35,36 22:6 23:37 Lu 6:22,23,36

6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

one. Ps 2:7 Mt 1:23 11:27 26:63 Joh 1:14,18,34,49 3:16-18 1Jo 4:9 5:11,12

his. 1:11 9:7 Ge 22:2,12 37:3,11-13 44:20 Isa 42:1 Mt 3:17 17:5 Lu 3:22 9:35 Joh 3:35 Heb 1:1,2

They. Ps 2:12 Joh 5:23 Heb 1:6 Re 5:9-13

7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our's.

This. 12 Ge 3:15 37:20 Ps 2:2,3 22:12-15 Isa 49:7 53:7,8 Mt 2:3-13,16 Joh 11:47-50 Ac 2:23 5:28 7:52 13:27,28

8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

cast. Mt 21:33,39 Lu 20:15 Heb 13:11-13

9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

shall. Mt 21:40,41

he will. Le 26:15-18,23,24,27,28 De 4:26,27 28:15 *etc: De 28:61 Jos 23:15 Pr 1:24-31 Isa 5:5-7 Da 9:26,27 Zec 13:7-9 Mt 3:9-12 12:45 Mt 22:7 23:34-38 Lu 19:27,41-44 20:15,16

and will. Isa 29:17 32:15,16 65:15 Jer 17:3 Mal 1:11 Mt 8:11-13 21:43 Ac 13:46-48 28:23-28 Ro 9:30-33 10:20,21 11:1 *etc:

10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:

have. 26 2:25 13:14 Mt 12:3 19:4 21:16 22:31 Lu 6:3

The stone. Ps 118:22,23 Isa 28:16 Mt 21:42 Lu 20:17,18 Ac 4:11,12 Ro 9:33 Eph 2:20-22 1Pe 2:7,8

11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

Nu 23:23 Hab 1:5 Ac 2:12,32-36 3:12-16 13:40,41 Eph 3:8-11 Col 1:27 1Ti 3:16

12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

feared. 11:18,32 Mt 21:26,45,46 Lu 20:6,19 Joh 7:25,30,44

knew. 2Sa 12:7 *etc: 1Ki 20:38-41 21:17-27

13 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.

they send. Ps 38:12 56:5,6 140:5 Isa 29:21 Jer 18:18 Mt 22:15,16 Lu 11:54 Lu 20:20 *etc:

Herodians. 3:6 8:15 Mt 16:6

14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

Master. 14:45 Ps 12:2-4 55:21 120:2 Pr 26:23-26 Jer 42:2,3,20

we know. Joh 7:18 2Co 2:2,17 4:1 5:11 1Th 2:4

carest. De 33:9,10 2Ch 18:13 Isa 50:7-9 Jer 15:19-21 Eze 2:6,7 Mic 3:8 2Co 5:16 Ga 1:10 2:6,11-14

for thou. Ex 23:2-6 De 16:19 2Ch 19:7

is it. Ezr 4:12,13 Ne 9:37 Mt 17:25-27 22:17 Lu 20:22 23:2 Ro 13:6

15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.

knowing. Mt 22:18 Lu 20:23 Joh 2:24,25 21:17 Heb 4:13 Re 2:23

Why. 10:2 Eze 17:2 Ac 5:9 1Co 10:9

a penny. 'Valuing of our money, sevenpence halfpenny, as Mat 18:28, marg.'

16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.

image. Mt 22:19-22 Lu 20:24-26 2Ti 2:19 Re 3:12

17 And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.

Render. Pr 24:21 Mt 17:25-27 Ro 13:7 1Pe 2:17

and to. 30 Pr 23:26 Ec 5:4,5 Mal 1:6 Ac 4:19,20 Ro 6:13 12:1 1Co 6:19,20 2Co 5:14,15

And they. Job 5:12,13 Mt 22:22,33,46 1Co 14:24,25

18 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

come. Mt 22:23 *etc: Lu 20:27 *etc:

say. Ac 4:1,2 23:6-9 1Co 15:13-18 2Ti 2:18

19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

If. Ge 38:8 De 25:5-10 Ru 4:5

that. Ru 1:11-13

20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

Mt 22:25-28 Lu 20:29-33

21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.

22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.

23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.

24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

Do. As the five books of Moses were the only scriptures which the Sadducees admitted as Divine, our Lord confutes them by an appeal to these books, and proves that they were ignorant of those very writings which they professed to hold sacred. He not only rectified their opinions, but so explained the doctrine as to overthrow the erroneous decision of the Pharisees, that if two brothers married one woman, she should be restored at the resurrection to the first.

Isa 8:20 Jer 8:7-9 Ho 6:6 8:12 Mt 22:29 Joh 5:39 20:9 Ac 17:11 Ro 15:4 2Ti 3:15-17

because. Job 19:25-27 Isa 25:8 26:19 Eze 37:1-14 Da 12:2 Ho 6:2 13:14

neither. 10:27 Ge 18:14 Jer 32:17 Lu 1:37 Eph 1:19 Php 3:21

25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

but. Mt 22:30 Lu 20:35,36 1Co 15:42-54 Heb 12:22,23 1Jo 3:2

26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

have. 10 Mt 22:31,32

in the book. Ex 3:2-6,16 Lu 20:37 Ac 7:30-32

I am. Ge 17:7,8 26:24 28:13 31:42 32:9 33:20 *marg: Isa 41:8-10

27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

is not. Ro 4:17 14:9 Heb 11:13-16

ye. 24 Pr 19:27 Heb 3:10

28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?

one. Mt 22:34-40

Which. Mt 5:19 19:18 23:23 Lu 11:42

29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

Hear. 32,33 De 6:4 10:12 30:6 Pr 23:26 Mt 10:37 Lu 10:27 1Ti 1:5

30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

Thou. Le 19:13 Mt 7:12 19:18,19 22:39 Lu 10:27,36,37 Ro 13:8,9 1Co 13:4-8 Ga 5:14 Jas 2:8-13 1Jo 3:17-19 4:7,8,21

32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:

for. De 4:39 5:7 6:4 Isa 44:8 45:5,6,14,18,21,22 46:9 Jer 10:10-12

33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

is more. 1Sa 15:22 Ps 50:8-15,23 Pr 21:3 Isa 1:11-17 58:5-7 Jer 7:21-23 Ho 6:6 Am 5:21-24 Mic 6:6-8 Mt 9:13 12:7 1Co 13:1-3

34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

Thou. Mt 12:20 Ro 3:20 7:9 Ga 2:19

And no. Job 32:15,16 Mt 22:46 Lu 20:40 Ro 3:19 Col 4:6 Tit 1:9-11

35 And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David?

while. 11:27 Lu 19:47 20:1 21:37 Joh 18:20

How. Mt 22:41,42 Lu 20:41-44 Joh 7:42

36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

by. 2Sa 23:2 Ne 9:30 Mt 22:43-45 Ac 1:16 28:25 2Ti 3:16 Heb 3:7,8 Heb 4:7 1Pe 1:11 2Pe 1:21

The Lord. Ps 110:1 Ac 2:34-36 1Co 15:25 Heb 1:13 10:12,13

37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.

and whence. Mt 1:23 Ro 1:3,4 9:5 1Ti 3:16 Re 22:16

And the. Mt 11:5,25 21:46 Lu 19:48 21:38 Joh 7:46-49 Jas 2:5

38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,

said. 4:2

Beware. Mt 10:17 23:1-7 Lu 20:45-47

which. Mt 6:5 Lu 11:43 14:7-11 3Jo 1:9

39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:

Jas 2:2,3

40 Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

devour. Eze 22:25 Mic 2:2 3:1-4 Mt 23:14 Lu 20:47 2Ti 3:6

long. Mt 6:7 11:22-24 23:33 Lu 12:47,48

41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

sat. Mt 27:6 Lu 21:2 *etc: Joh 8:20

money. 'A piece of brass money, see Mat. 10:9.'

the treasury. 2Ki 12:9

42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.

two mites. 'It is the seventh part of one piece of that brass money.'

42

43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:

That. Ex 35:21-29 Mt 10:42 Ac 11:29 2Co 8:2,12 9:6-8

44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.

cast in of. 14:8 1Ch 29:2-17 2Ch 24:10-14 31:5-10 35:7,8 Ezr 2:68,69 Ne 7:70-72 2Co 8:2,3 Php 4:10-17

all her. De 24:6 Lu 8:43 15:12,30 21:2-4 1Jo 3:17