20:1  et factum est in una dierum            1.  And it came to pass, that on one of
docente illo populum in templo et            those days, as he taught the people in
evangelizante convenerunt principes          the temple, and preached the gospel,
sacerdotum et scribae cum senioribus         the chief priests and the scribes came
                                             upon him with the elders,

20:2  et aiunt dicentes ad illum dic         2.  And spake unto him, saying, Tell
nobis in qua potestate haec facis aut        us, by what authority doest thou these
quis est qui dedit tibi hanc potestatem      things? or who is he that gave thee
                                             this authority?

20:3  respondens autem dixit ad illos        3.  And he answered and said unto them,
interrogabo vos et ego verbum                I will also ask you one thing; and
respondete mihi                              answer me:

20:4  baptismum Iohannis de caelo erat       4.  The baptism of John, was it from
an ex hominibus                              heaven, or of men?

20:5  at illi cogitabant inter se            5.  And they reasoned with themselves,
dicentes quia si dixerimus de caelo          saying, If we shall say, From heaven;
dicet quare ergo non credidistis illi        he will say, Why then believed ye him
                                             not?

20:6  si autem dixerimus ex hominibus        6.  But and if we say, Of men; all the
plebs universa lapidabit nos certi sunt      people will stone us: for they be
enim Iohannem prophetam esse                 persuaded that John was a prophet.

20:7  et responderunt se nescire unde        7.  And they answered, that they could
esset                                        not tell whence it was.

20:8  et Iesus ait illis neque ego dico      8.  And Jesus said unto them, Neither
vobis in qua potestate haec facio            tell I you by what authority I do these
                                             things.

20:9  coepit autem dicere ad plebem          9.  Then began he to speak to the
parabolam hanc homo plantavit vineam et      people this parable; A certain man
locavit eam colonis et ipse peregre          planted a vineyard, and let it forth to
fuit multis temporibus                       husbandmen, and went into a far country
                                             for a long time.

20:10  et in tempore misit ad cultores       10.  And at the season he sent a
servum ut de fructu vineae darent illi       servant to the husbandmen, that they
qui caesum dimiserunt eum inanem             should give him of the fruit of the
                                             vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him,
                                             and sent him away empty.

20:11  et addidit alterum servum             11.  And again he sent another servant:
mittere illi autem hunc quoque               and they beat him also, and entreated
caedentes et adficientes contumelia          him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
dimiserunt inanem

20:12  et addidit tertium mittere qui        12.  And again he sent a third: and
et illum vulnerantes eiecerunt               they wounded him also, and cast him out.

20:13  dixit autem dominus vineae quid       13.  Then said the lord of the
faciam mittam filium meum dilectum           vineyard, What shall I do? I will send
forsitan cum hunc viderint verebuntur        my beloved son: it may be they will
                                             reverence him when they see him.

20:14  quem cum vidissent coloni             14.  But when the husbandmen saw him,
cogitaverunt inter se dicentes hic est       they reasoned among themselves, saying,
heres occidamus illum ut nostra fiat         This is the heir: come, let us kill
hereditas                                    him, that the inheritance may be ours.

20:15  et eiectum illum extra vineam         15.  So they cast him out of the
occiderunt quid ergo faciet illis            vineyard, and killed him. What
dominus vineae                               therefore shall the lord of the
                                             vineyard do unto them?

20:16  veniet et perdet colonos istos        16.  He shall come and destroy these
et dabit vineam aliis quo audito             husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard
dixerunt illi absit                          to others. And when they heard it, they
                                             said, God forbid.

20:17  ille autem aspiciens eos ait          17.  And he beheld them, and said, What
quid est ergo hoc quod scriptum est          is this then that is written, The stone
lapidem quem reprobaverunt aedificantes      which the builders rejected, the same
hic factus est in caput anguli               is become the head of the corner?

20:18  omnis qui ceciderit supra illum       18.  Whosoever shall fall upon that
lapidem conquassabitur supra quem autem      stone shall be broken; but on
ceciderit comminuet illum                    whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind
                                             him to powder.

20:19  et quaerebant principes               19.  And the chief priests and the
sacerdotum et scribae mittere in illum       scribes the same hour sought to lay
manus illa hora et timuerunt populum         hands on him; and they feared the
cognoverunt enim quod ad ipsos dixerit       people: for they perceived that he had
similitudinem istam                          spoken this parable against them.

20:20  et observantes miserunt               20.  And they watched him, and sent
insidiatores qui se iustos simularent        forth spies, which should feign
ut caperent eum in sermone et traderent      themselves just men, that they might
illum principatui et potestati praesidis     take hold of his words, that so they
                                             might deliver him unto the power and
                                             authority of the governor.

20:21  et interrogaverunt illum              21.  And they asked him, saying,
dicentes magister scimus quia recte          Master, we know that thou sayest and
dicis et doces et non accipis personam       teachest rightly, neither acceptest
sed in veritate viam Dei doces               thou the person of any, but teachest
                                             the way of God truly:

20:22  licet nobis dare tributum             22.  Is it lawful for us to give
Caesari an non                               tribute unto Caesar, or no?

20:23  considerans autem dolum illorum       23.  But he perceived their craftiness,
dixit ad eos quid me temptatis               and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?

20:24  ostendite mihi denarium cuius         24.  Shew me a penny. Whose image and
habet imaginem et inscriptionem              superscription hath it? They answered
respondentes dixerunt Caesaris               and said, Caesar's.

20:25  et ait illis reddite ergo quae        25.  And he said unto them, Render
Caesaris sunt Caesari et quae Dei sunt       therefore unto Caesar the things which
Deo                                          be Caesar's, and unto God the things
                                             which be God's.

20:26  et non potuerunt verbum eius          26.  And they could not take hold of
reprehendere coram plebe et mirati in        his words before the people: and they
responso eius tacuerunt                      marvelled at his answer, and held their
                                             peace.

20:27  accesserunt autem quidam              27.  Then came to him certain of the
Sadducaeorum qui negant esse                 Sadducees, which deny that there is any
resurrectionem et interrogaverunt eum        resurrection; and they asked him,

20:28  dicentes magister Moses scripsit      28.  Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto
nobis si frater alicuius mortuus fuerit      us, If any man's brother die, having a
habens uxorem et hic sine filiis fuerit      wife, and he die without children, that
ut accipiat eam frater eius uxorem et        his brother should take his wife, and
suscitet semen fratri suo                    raise up seed unto his brother.

20:29  septem ergo fratres erant et          29.  There were therefore seven
primus accepit uxorem et mortuus est         brethren: and the first took a wife,
sine filiis                                  and died without children.

20:30  et sequens accepit illam et ipse      30.  And the second took her to wife,
mortuus est sine filio                       and he died childless.

20:31  et tertius accepit illam              31.  And the third took her; and in
similiter et omnes septem et non             like manner the seven also: and they
reliquerunt semen et mortui sunt             left no children, and died.

20:32  novissima omnium mortua est et        32.  Last of all the woman died also.
mulier

20:33  in resurrectione ergo cuius           33.  Therefore in the resurrection
eorum erit uxor siquidem septem              whose wife of them is she? for seven
habuerunt eam uxorem                         had her to wife.

20:34  et ait illis Iesus filii saeculi      34.  And Jesus answering said unto
huius nubunt et traduntur ad nuptias         them, The children of this world marry,
                                             and are given in marriage:

20:35  illi autem qui digni habebuntur       35.  But they which shall be accounted
saeculo illo et resurrectione ex             worthy to obtain that world, and the
mortuis neque nubunt neque ducunt uxores     resurrection from the dead, neither
                                             marry, nor are given in marriage:

20:36  neque enim ultra mori poterunt        36.  Neither can they die any more: for
aequales enim angelis sunt et filii          they are equal unto the angels; and are
sunt Dei cum sint filii resurrectionis       the children of God, being the children
                                             of the resurrection.

20:37  quia vero resurgant mortui et         37.  Now that the dead are raised, even
Moses ostendit secus rubum sicut dicit       Moses shewed at the bush, when he
Dominum Deum Abraham et Deum Isaac et        calleth the Lord the God of Abraham,
Deum Iacob                                   and the God of Isaac, and the God of
                                             Jacob.

20:38  Deus autem non est mortuorum sed      38.  For he is not a God of the dead,
vivorum omnes enim vivunt ei                 but of the living: for all live unto
                                             him.

20:39  respondentes autem quidam             39.  Then certain of the scribes
scribarum dixerunt magister bene dixisti     answering said, Master, thou hast well
                                             said.

20:40  et amplius non audebant eum           40.  And after that they durst not ask
quicquam interrogare                         him any question at all.

20:41  dixit autem ad illos quomodo          41.  And he said unto them, How say
dicunt Christum Filium David esse            they that Christ is David's son?

20:42  et ipse David dicit in libro          42.  And David himself saith in the
Psalmorum dixit Dominus Domino meo sede      book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my
a dextris meis                               Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

20:43  donec ponam inimicos tuos             43.  Till I make thine enemies thy
scabillum pedum tuorum                       footstool.

20:44  David ergo Dominum illum vocat        44.  David therefore calleth him Lord,
et quomodo filius eius est                   how is he then his son?

20:45  audiente autem omni populo dixit      45.  Then in the audience of all the
discipulis suis                              people he said unto his disciples,

20:46  adtendite a scribis qui volunt        46.  Beware of the scribes, which
ambulare in stolis et amant                  desire to walk in long robes, and love
salutationes in foro et primas               greetings in the markets, and the
cathedras in synagogis et primos             highest seats in the synagogues, and
discubitus in conviviis                      the chief rooms at feasts;

20:47  qui devorant domos viduarum           47.  Which devour widows' houses, and
simulantes longam orationem hii              for a shew make long prayers: the same
accipient damnationem maiorem                shall receive greater damnation.