En dag mens han underviste folket i tempelet og forkynte det glade budskap,

And it came about on one of those days, when he was teaching the people in the Temple and preaching the good news,

kom yppersteprestene, de skriftlærde og folkets ledere til ham og sa: Fortell oss med hvilken autoritet du gjør disse tingene, og hvem som har gitt deg denne autoriteten.

That the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people came to him and said, Make clear to us by what authority you do these things and who gave you this authority.

Han svarte dem: Jeg skal stille dere et spørsmål, og dere gir meg svaret:

And in answer he said to them, I will put a question to you, and do you give me an answer:

Dåpen fra Johannes, var den fra himmelen eller fra mennesker?

The baptism of John, was it from heaven or of men?

De diskuterte seg imellom og sa: Hvis vi sier fra himmelen, vil han spørre, Hvorfor trodde dere ikke på ham?

And they said among themselves, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why did you not have faith in him?

Men hvis vi sier fra mennesker, vil folket steine oss, for de er overbevist om at Johannes var en profet.

But if we say, Of men; we will be stoned by the people, for they are certain that John was a prophet.

Og de svarte at de ikke visste hvor den kom fra.

And they made answer that they had no idea where it came from.

Da sa Jesus: Da vil heller ikke jeg fortelle dere med hvilken autoritet jeg gjør disse tingene.

And Jesus said, And I will not make clear to you by what authority I do these things.

Og han ga folket denne lignelsen: En mann plantet en vingård og leide den ut til noen arbeidere før han dro til utlandet en lang tid.

And he gave the people this story: A man made a vine-garden and gave the use of it to some field-workers and went into another country for a long time.

Når tiden var inne, sendte han en tjener for å få sin del av avlingen; men arbeiderne slo ham og sendte ham bort tomhendt.

And at the right time he sent a servant to the workers to get part of the fruit from the vines; but the workmen gave him blows and sent him away with nothing.

Han sendte en annen tjener, og de slo også ham og vanæret ham og sendte ham bort tomhendt.

And he sent another servant, and they gave blows to him in the same way, and put shame on him, and sent him away with nothing.

Han sendte en tredje, og de såret ham og kastet ham ut.

And he sent a third, and they gave him wounds and put him out.

Da sa vingårdens eier: Hva skal jeg gjøre? Jeg vil sende min kjære sønn; kanskje de vil respektere ham.

And the lord of the garden said, What am I to do? I will send my dearly loved son; they may give respect to him.

Men da arbeiderne så ham, sa de til hverandre: Dette er arvingen; la oss drepe ham, så blir arven våres.

But when the workmen saw him, they said to one another, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property: let us put him to death and the heritage will be ours.

Og de kastet ham ut av vingården og drepte ham. Hva vil eieren av vingården gjøre med disse arbeiderne?

And driving him out of the garden they put him to death. Now what will the lord do to these workmen?

Han vil komme og ødelegge dem og gi vingården til andre. Da de hørte dette, sa de: Må det aldri skje.

He will come and put them to destruction and give the garden to others. And when he said this, they said, May it not be so.

Han så på dem og sa: Er det ikke skrevet: Steinen som bygningsmennene forkastet, har blitt hovedhjørnesteinen?

But he, looking on them, said, Is it not in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has become the chief stone of the building?

Hver den som faller på steinen, vil bli knust, men den som den faller på, vil bli knust til støv.

Everyone falling on that stone will be broken, but the man on whom the stone comes down will be crushed to dust.

Yppersteprestene og de skriftlærde forsøkte å gripe ham i samme stund, men de fryktet folket, for de visste at han hadde fortalt denne lignelsen mot dem.

And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to get their hands on him in that very hour; and they were in fear of the people, for they saw that he had made up this story against them.

De holdt vakt over ham og sendte ut hemmelige agenter som skulle late som de var rettferdige, for å få ham til å si noe de kunne bruke mot ham og overgi ham til myndighetene.

And they kept watch on him, and sent out secret representatives, who were acting the part of good men, in order that they might get something from his words, on account of which they might give him up to the government and into the power of the ruler.

De stilte ham et spørsmål: Mester, vi vet at du taler og underviser rett, og du behandler ikke folk forskjellig, men lærer oss Guds sanne vei:

And they put a question to him, saying, Master, we are certain that your teaching and your words are right, and that you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God:

Er det rett å betale skatt til keiseren eller ikke?

Is it right for us to make payment of taxes to Caesar or not?

Men han så gjennom deres list og sa,

But he saw through their trick and said to them,

Vis meg en denar. Hvem sitt bilde og inskripsjon er på den? De svarte: Keiseren.

Let me see a penny. Whose image and name are on it? And they said, Caesar's.

Da sa han: Gi da keiseren det som er keiserens, og Gud det som er Guds.

And he said, Then give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's.

De klarte ikke å ta ham i noe han sa for folket, og de var forundret over hans svar og sa ingenting.

And they were not able to get anything from these words before the people: but they were full of wonder at his answer, and said nothing.

Noen av saddukeerne, som sier det ikke er oppstandelse, kom til ham og sa,

And some of the Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no coming back from the dead; and they said to him,

Mester, Moses skrev for oss at hvis en manns bror dør og etterlater seg en kone, men ingen barn, skal broren ta henne til ekte og få barn for sin bror.

Master, Moses said that if a man's brother comes to his end, having a wife, but no children, his brother is to take the wife, and get a family for his brother.

Nå var det sju brødre. Den første tok en kone og døde barnløs;

Now there were seven brothers, and the first had a wife and came to his end, having no children;

Den andre,

And the second;

og den tredje tok henne, og alle sju døde uten å etterlate seg barn.

And the third took her; and in the same way, all the seven, without having any children, came to their end.

Til slutt døde også kvinnen.

And last of all, the woman came to her end.

Ved oppstandelsen, hvem skal hun være kone til, siden alle sju hadde henne som kone?

When they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for all the seven had her.

Jesus sa til dem: Menneskene i denne verden gifter seg og blir gift,

And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world are married and have wives;

men de som er verdige til å få del i den kommende verden og oppstandelsen fra de døde, gifter seg ikke og blir ikke gift.

But those to whom is given the reward of the world to come, and to come back from the dead, have no wives, and are not married;

De kan heller ikke dø mer, for de er som englene, og er Guds barn, siden de er oppstandelsens barn.

And death has no more power over them, for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being of those who will come back from the dead.

Og Moses viste selv at de døde oppstår, da han ved tornebusken kalte Herren for Abrahams Gud, Isaks Gud og Jakobs Gud.

But even Moses made it clear that the dead come back to life, saying, in the story of the burning thorn-tree, The Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

Han er ikke de dødes Gud, men de levendes, for for ham lever alle.

Now he is not the God of the dead but of the living: for all men are living to him.

Noen av de skriftlærde svarte: Mester, du har talt godt.

And some of the scribes, in answer to this, said, Master, you have said well.

Og de torde ikke stille flere spørsmål til ham.

And they had fear of putting any more questions to him.

Da sa han til dem: Hvorfor sier de at Kristus er Davids sønn?

And he said to them, Why do they say that the Christ is the son of David?

Selv David sier i Salmenes bok: Herren sa til min Herre: Sett deg ved min høyre hånd,

For David himself says in the book of Psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, Take your seat at my right hand,

til jeg legger dine fiender som en skammel for dine føtter.

Till I put under your feet all those who are against you.

David kaller ham da Herre; hvordan kan han være hans sønn?

David then gives him the name of Lord, so how is it possible for him to be his son?

Og mens folket lyttet, sa han til disiplene:

And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples,

Pass dere for de skriftlærde, som liker å gå i lange drakter og bli hilst i torgene og vil ha de fremste setene i synagogene og de beste plassene i festene;

Keep away from the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes, and to have words of respect said to them in the market-places, and to take the chief seats in the Synagogues and the first places at feasts;

de tar enkens eiendommer og fremfører lange bønner for syns skyld; de vil få en strengere dom.

Who take the property of widows and before the eyes of men make long prayers; they will get a greater punishment.