Vangelo secondo Luca 20

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Et factum est in una dierum, docente illo populum in tem plo etevangelizante, supervenerunt principes sacerdotum et scribae cum senioribus	1 Now it happened that one day while he was teaching the people in the Temple and proclaiming thegood news, the chief priests and the scribes came up, together with the elders,
2 etaiunt dicentes ad illum: “ Dic nobis: In qua potestate haec facis, aut quisest qui dedit tibi hanc potestatem? ”.	2 and spoke to him. 'Tel us,' they said, 'what authority have you for acting like this? Or who gives youthis authority?'
3 Respondens autem dixit ad illos: “Interrogabo vos et ego verbum; et dicite mihi:	3 In reply he said to them, 'And I will ask you a question, just one. Tel me:
4 Baptismum Ioannis de caelo eratan ex hominibus? ”.	4 John's baptism: what was its origin, heavenly or human?'
5 At illi cogitabant inter se dicentes: “ Si dixerimus:“De caelo”, dicet: “Quare non credidistis illi?;	5 And they debated this way among themselves, 'If we say heavenly, he will retort, "Why did you refuseto believe him?";
6 si autem dixerimus: “Exhominibus”, plebs universa lapidabit nos; certi sunt enim Ioannem prophetamesse ”.	6 and if we say human, the whole people wil stone us, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.'
7 Et responderunt se nescire unde esset.	7 So their reply was that they did not know where it came from.
8 Et Iesus ait illis: “Neque ego dico vobis in qua potestate haec facio ”.	8 And Jesus said to them, 'Nor wil I tell you my authority for acting like this.'
9 Coepit autem dicere ad plebem parabolam hanc: “ Homo plantavit vineam etlocavit eam colonis et ipse peregre fuit multis temporibus.	9 And he went on to tel the people this parable, 'A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenants, andwent abroad for a long while.
10 Et in temporemisit ad cultores servum, ut de fructu vineae darent illi; cultores autem caesumdimiserunt eum inanem.	10 When the right time came, he sent a servant to the tenants to get his share of the produce of thevineyard. But the tenants thrashed him, and sent him away empty-handed.
11 Et addidit alterum servum mittere; illi autem huncquoque caedentes et afficientes contumelia dimiserunt inanem.	11 But he went on to send a second servant; they thrashed him too and treated him shamefully and senthim away empty-handed.
12 Et addidittertium mittere; qui et illum vulnerantes eiecerunt.	12 He still went on to send a third; they wounded this one too, and threw him out.
13 Dixit autem dominusvineae: “Quid faciam? Mittam filium meum dilectum; forsitan hunc verebuntur”.	13 Then the owner of the vineyard thought, "What am I to do? I wil send them my own beloved son.Perhaps they wil respect him."
14 Quem cum vidissent coloni, cogitaverunt inter se dicentes: “Hic est heres.Occidamus illum, ut nostra fiat hereditas”.	14 But when the tenants saw him they put their heads together saying, "This is the heir, let us kil him sothat the inheritance wil be ours."
15 Et eiectum illum extra vineamocciderunt. Quid ergo faciet illis dominus vineae?	15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. 'Now what wil the owner of the vineyard do tothem?
16 Veniet et perdet colonosistos et dabit vineam aliis ”. Quo audito, dixerunt: “ Absit! ”.	16 He wil come and make an end of these tenants and give the vineyard to others.' Hearing this theysaid, 'God forbid!'
17 Ille autem aspiciens eos ait: “ Quidest ergo hoc, quod scriptum est: “Lapidem quem reprobaverunt aedificantes, hic factus est in caput anguli”?	17 But he looked hard at them and said, 'Then what does this text in the scriptures mean: The stonewhich the builders rejected has become the cornerstone?
18 Omnis, qui ceciderit supra illum lapidem, conquassabitur; supra quem autemceciderit, comminuet illum ”.	18 Anyone who fal s on that stone will be dashed to pieces; anyone it fal s on wil be crushed.'
19 Et quaerebant scribae et principes sacerdotummittere in illum manus in illa hora et timuerunt populum; cognoverunt enim quodad ipsos dixerit similitudinem istam.	19 And the scribes and the chief priests would have liked to lay hands on him that very moment,because they realised that this parable was aimed at them, but they were afraid of the people.
20 Et observantes miserunt insidiatores, qui se iustos simularent, ut caperenteum in sermone, et sic traderent illum principatui et potestati praesidis.	20 So they awaited their opportunity and sent agents to pose as upright men, and to catch him out insomething he might say and so enable them to hand him over to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor.
21 Etinterrogaverunt illum dicentes: “ Magister, scimus quia recte dicis et doceset non accipis personam, sed in veritate viam Dei doces.	21 They put to him this question, 'Master, we know that you say and teach what is right; you favour noone, but teach the way of God in al honesty.
22 Licet nobis daretributum Caesari an non? ”.	22 Is it permissible for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?'
23 Considerans autem dolum illorum dixit ad eos:	23 But he was aware of their cunning and said,
24 “ Ostendite mihi denarium. Cuius habet imaginem et inscriptionem? ”.	24 'Show me a denarius. Whose portrait and title are on it?' They said, 'Caesar's.'
25 At illi dixerunt: “ Caesaris ”. Et ait illis: “ Reddite ergo, quaeCaesaris sunt, Caesari et, quae Dei sunt, Deo ”.	25 He said to them, 'Well then, pay Caesar what belongs to Caesar -- and God what belongs to God.'
26 Et non potuerunt verbumeius reprehendere coram plebe et mirati in responso eius tacuerunt.	26 They were unable to catch him out in anything he had to say in public; they were amazed at hisanswer and were silenced.
27 Accesserunt autem quidam sadducaeorum, qui negant esse resurrectionem, etinterrogaverunt eum	27 Some Sadducees -- those who argue that there is no resurrection -- approached him and they putthis question to him,
28 dicentes: “ Magister, Moyses scripsit nobis, si frateralicuius mortuus fuerit habens uxorem et hic sine filiis fuerit, ut accipiat eamfrater eius uxorem et suscitet semen fratri suo.	28 'Master, Moses prescribed for us, if a man's married brother dies childless, the man must marry thewidow to raise up children for his brother.
29 Septem ergo fratres erant:et primus accepit uxorem et mortuus est sine filiis;	29 Wel then, there were seven brothers; the first, having married a wife, died childless.
30 et sequens	30 The second
31 et tertiusaccepit illam, similiter autem et septem non reliquerunt filios et mortui sunt.	31 and then the third married the widow. And the same with al seven, they died leaving no children.
32 Novissima mortua est et mulier.	32 Finally the woman herself died.
33 Mulier ergo in resurrectione cuius eorumerit uxor? Si quidem septem habuerunt eam uxorem ”.	33 Now, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be, since she had been married to all seven?'
34 Et ait illis Iesus: “Filii saeculi huius nubunt et traduntur ad nuptias;	34 Jesus replied, 'The children of this world take wives and husbands,
35 illi autem, qui dignihabentur saeculo illo et resurrectione ex mortuis, neque nubunt neque ducuntuxores.	35 but those who are judged worthy of a place in the other world and in the resurrection from the deaddo not marry
36 Neque enim ultra mori possunt: aequales enim angelis sunt et filiisunt Dei, cum sint filii resurrectionis.	36 because they can no longer die, for they are the same as the angels, and being children of theresurrection they are children of God.
37 Quia vero resurgant mortui, etMoyses ostendit secus rubum, sicut dicit: “Dominum Deum Abraham et Deum Isaacet Deum Iacob”.	37 And Moses himself implies that the dead rise again, in the passage about the bush where he cal s theLord the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.
38 Deus autem non est mortuorum sed vivorum: omnes enim vivuntei ”.	38 Now he is God, not of the dead, but of the living; for to him everyone is alive.'
39 Respondentes autem quidam scribarum dixerunt: “ Magister, benedixisti ”.	39 Some scribes then spoke up. They said, 'Wel put, Master.'
40 Et amplius non audebant eum quidquam interrogare.	40 They did not dare to ask him any more questions.
41 Dixit autem ad illos: “ Quomodo dicunt Christum filium David esse?	41 He then said to them, 'How can people maintain that the Christ is son of David?
42 Ipseenim David dicit in libro Psalmorum: “Dixit Dominus Domino meo: Sede a dextris meis,	42 Why, David himself says in the Book of Psalms: The Lord declared to my Lord, take your seat at myright hand,
43 donec ponam inimicos tuos scabellum pedum tuorum”.	43 til I have made your enemies your footstool.
44 David ergo Dominum illum vocat; et quomodo filius eius est? ”.	44 David here cal s him Lord; how then can he be his son?'
45 Audiente autem omni populo, dixit discipulis suis:	45 While al the people were listening he said to the disciples,
46 “ Attendite ascribis, qui volunt ambulare in stolis et amant salutationes in foro et primascathedras in synagogis et primos discubitus in conviviis,	46 'Beware of the scribes who like to walk about in long robes and love to be greeted respectfully in themarket squares, to take the front seats in the synagogues and the places of honour at banquets,
47 qui devorant domosviduarum et simulant longam orationem. Hi accipient damnationem maiorem ”.	47 who devour the property of widows, and for show offer long prayers. The more severe will be thesentence they receive.'