1Jesus then began to speak to the disciples in stories. A man planted a farm of vines for growing fruit called grapes. He put a fence of small trees around it. He dug a place to press the juice from the fruit. He built a high house from which men could watch over the farm. Then he let some men pay to use it and went to a country far away. 2At harvest time the owner sent one his servants to get some of the fruit from the farm. 3The men took the servant and beat him. They sent him away without any fruit. 4He sent another servant. They hurt this one also, and cut his head. The things they did to him were very wrong. 5So he sent another servant. The men killed him. He sent many others, and the men beat some and killed others. 6There was one left. He was his own son. He sent him last. He said, "They will respect my son." 7But the men said to each other, "This is the one who will have everything when his father dies. Let us kill him. Then everything will belong to us." 8They killed him and threw his body outside the farm. 9What will the man who owned the farm do to them? He will come back and kill the men in the farm. And he will give the farm to other men to use. 10Have you not read this writing: "The stone which the builders would not use is now the chief stone of the corner. The Lord did this. It looks wonderful to us."? 11They tried to catch Jesus but they feared the people. They knew that Jesus had spoken this against them. So they left him and went away. 12They sent some Pharisees and some of Herods people to Jesus. They planned how to make Jesus say something wrong. 13They came and said to him, Teacher, we know that you are true. You do not fear any person or care how great he is. But you teach the true way of God. Tell us, is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or is it not? 14Should we pay taxes or not? Jesus knew they were trying to get him into trouble. So he said to them, Why are you trying to get me to do wrong? Bring me a piece of money. Let me look at it. 15They brought one to him. He asked, Whose picture and name is this? They answered, Caesars. 16So he said, Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and give to God what belongs to God. The Pharisees and Herods people were much surprised at Jesus. 17Some of the Sadducees came to Jesus. They say that people do not rise from death. They asked Jesus a question. 18Teacher, they said, Moses gave us this law: if a man dies and leaves a wife but no children, then his brother must marry the wife and raise a family for his brother. 19There were seven brothers. The first one married. He died and left no child. 20e second brother married the wife. He also died and left no child. It was the same with the third one. 21All seven brothers married her. They all had no children. Last of all the woman died also. 22Now then when people rise from death, whose wife will she be? All seven of them had married her. 23Jesus said to them, You are wrong! You do not know what the holy writings say. And you do not know what power God has. 24When people rise from death, men and women do not marry. But they are like angels in heaven. 25People do rise from death! Have you never read what Moses wrote? It is in the place where we read about the small tree which burned. Moses tells how God said to him, "I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." 26He is not the God of dead people, but of living people. The way you look at things is wrong altogether. 27One of the scribes heard them talking. He saw that Jesus gave them a good answer. Then he came and asked, Which law is the greatest law of all? 28Jesus answered, The greatest one is, "Hear, O Israel. The Lord our God is one Lord. 29Love the Lord your God with all your heart. Love him with all your soul. Love him with all your mind. And love him with all your strength." 30The second law is this: "Love your neighbour as you love yourself." No law is greater than these laws. 31Then the scribe answered Jesus, Teacher, what you say is right. There is one God. There are no other gods. 32Love God with all your heart. Love him with all your understanding. Love him with all your strength. That is much better than to burn offerings and make sacrifices. Love your neighbour as you love yourself. That is better than any of these offerings and sacrifices. 33Jesus saw that the scribe was wise. So he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. After that everyone feared to ask him any more questions. 34Jesus was teaching people in the temple. He said, How can the scribes say that Christ is Davids son? 35The Holy Spirit spoke through David and he himself said: "The LORD said to my Lord, Sit beside me until I make you master over your enemies." 36So David calls Christ his Lord. How can Christ be Davids son? Most of the people were glad to hear Jesus teaching. 37Jesus went on to teach them. He said, Take care. Do not let the scribes fool you by the way they do things. They like to walk about with long gowns. They want people to greet them in the market. 38They want to sit in the front seats in the meeting houses. They want to sit in the best places at feasts. 39They take away the homes of women whose husbands are dead. They cover up the wrong things they do by talking to God a long time. They will be punished more! 40Jesus sat down in the temple near the place where people put in their money. He saw how the people put in money. Many rich people put in much money. 41A poor woman, whose husband was dead, came. She put in two small pieces of money. 42Jesus called his disciples. He said, I tell you the truth. This poor woman has given more money than all the other people. 43All these people had plenty of money and they gave only a part of it. She was poor and she gave everything she had. She has nothing left to live on.