The Question about Jesus' Authority
(Matthew 21.23-27Mark 11.27-33)1 One day when Jesus was in the Temple teaching the people and preaching the Good News, the chief priests and the teachers of the Law, together with the elders, came 2 and said to him, “Tell us, what right do you have to do these things? Who gave you such right?”
3 Jesus answered them, “Now let me ask you a question. Tell me, 4 did John's right to baptize come from God or from human beings?”
5 They started to argue among themselves, “What shall we say? If we say, ‘From God,’ he will say, ‘Why, then, did you not believe John?’ 6 But if we say, ‘From human beings,’ this whole crowd here will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.” 7 So they answered, “We don't know where it came from.”
8 And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you, then, by what right I do these things.”
The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard
(Matthew 21.33-46Mark 12.1-12)9 Then Jesus told the people this parable: “There was once a man who planted a vineyard, rented it out to tenants, and then left home for a long time. 10 When the time came to gather the grapes, he sent a slave to the tenants to receive from them his share of the harvest. But the tenants beat the slave and sent him back without a thing. 11 So he sent another slave; but the tenants beat him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him back without a thing. 12 Then he sent a third slave; the tenants wounded him, too, and threw him out. 13 Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my own dear son; surely they will respect him!’ 14 But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another, ‘This is the owner's son. Let's kill him, and his property will be ours!’ 15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
“What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to the tenants?” Jesus asked. 16 “He will come and kill those men, and turn the vineyard over to other tenants.”
When the people heard this, they said, “Surely not!”
17 Jesus looked at them and asked, “What, then, does this scripture mean?
‘The stone which the builders rejected as worthless
turned out to be the most important of all.’
18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be cut to pieces; and if that stone falls on someone, that person will be crushed to dust.”
The Question about Paying Taxes
(Matthew 22.15-22Mark 12.13-17)19 The teachers of the Law and the chief priests tried to arrest Jesus on the spot, because they knew that he had told this parable against them; but they were afraid of the people. 20 So they looked for an opportunity. They bribed some men to pretend they were sincere, and they sent them to trap Jesus with questions, so that they could hand him over to the authority and power of the Roman Governor. 21 These spies said to Jesus, “Teacher, we know that what you say and teach is right. We know that you pay no attention to anyone's status, but teach the truth about God's will for people. 22 Tell us, is it against our Law for us to pay taxes to the Roman Emperor, or not?”
23 But Jesus saw through their trick and said to them, 24 “Show me a silver coin. Whose face and name are these on it?”
“The Emperor's,” they answered.
25 So Jesus said, “Well, then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and pay to God what belongs to God.”
26 There before the people they could not catch him in a thing, so they kept quiet, amazed at his answer.
The Question about Rising from Death
(Matthew 22.23-33Mark 12.18-27)27 Then some Sadducees, who say that people will not rise from death, came to Jesus and said, 28 “Teacher, Moses wrote this law for us: ‘If a man dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man's brother must marry the widow so that they can have children who will be considered the dead man's children.’ 29 Once there were seven brothers; the oldest got married and died without having children. 30 Then the second one married the woman, 31 and then the third. The same thing happened to all seven—they died without having children. 32 Last of all, the woman died. 33 Now, on the day when the dead rise to life, whose wife will she be? All seven of them had married her.”
34 Jesus answered them, “The men and women of this age marry, 35 but the men and women who are worthy to rise from death and live in the age to come will not then marry. 36 They will be like angels and cannot die. They are the children of God, because they have risen from death. 37 And Moses clearly proves that the dead are raised to life. In the passage about the burning bush he speaks of the Lord as ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ 38 He is the God of the living, not of the dead, for to him all are alive.”
39 Some of the teachers of the Law spoke up, “A good answer, Teacher!” 40 For they did not dare ask him any more questions.
The Question about the Messiah
(Matthew 22.41-46Mark 12.35-37)41 Jesus asked them, “How can it be said that the Messiah will be the descendant of David? 42 For David himself says in the book of Psalms,
‘The Lord said to my Lord:
Sit here at my right side
43 until I put your enemies as a footstool under your feet.’
44 David called him ‘Lord’; how, then, can the Messiah be David's descendant?”
Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law
(Matthew 23.1-36Mark 12.38-40)45 As all the people listened to him, Jesus said to his disciples, 46 “Be on your guard against the teachers of the Law, who like to walk around in their long robes and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplace; who choose the reserved seats in the synagogues and the best places at feasts; 47 who take advantage of widows and rob them of their homes, and then make a show of saying long prayers! Their punishment will be all the worse!”
Liji lothaijo Yasuuⓐuŋw galo, alaici, Ŋeleny ŋuŋa ŋidhi na?
1 Lamun leta dina alimiyuŋw lijo gi hekal, ŋwulabiŋaijo Dhuŋuna dhina Dhiŋir, a leleny la gusus a jathib alela dugun liji lai lina lurun. 2 Alabiŋaijo, alaici, Abiŋaijije, ŋa gwathapai dhuŋuna ibidha ŋeleny ŋai ŋirau? i eibi gwidhedhaŋa ŋelenya ibiŋa? 3 Ŋwulabiŋaijo, ŋwulaici, Nyi ko gwajothaije galo dhuŋun dhai dheta. Abiŋaijinyilo. 4 Maⓐmuudiiya gwa Yuuẖanna gwa Sama, i gwa liji? 5 Alabiŋini gi dugor ganu degen, alarnu, Ada alimarnu, Gwa Sama; gwaji gwarnu, Kworaŋ athanyabi uminyu no? 6 Abi ada alimarnu, Gwa liji; a liji peth laji lajaice nyol nyai; luminyu darnu Yuuẖanna gwiro nebi. 7 Alarnu gwati gwiliŋidhilgwai kaloŋa no. 8 Al Yasuuⓐ abiŋaijo, ŋwulaici, Nyi ko gwati gwajaŋajo ŋelenya ŋina ŋathinyiŋapai dhuŋuna ibidha no.
Odaije gwa dhiruiny dha dhugur
9 Ŋwari ŋwabiŋaijo lijo odaije gwai ibigwa, ŋwulaici, Kwiji gweta gwikwui dugura gi dhiruiny ganu dugun, ŋwugathani lijo lina lathapai ŋiro gi dhiruiny ganu, ŋwela gi len leta lina lolaŋ ganu, ŋwari gwanje ŋwamun ŋwoinyadho. 10 A ma kalo ro dhura, ŋwukeje gadham gi liji lina lathapai ŋiro gi dhiruiny ganu, ŋwari gwaldhedha fruuta coŋ gwa dhiruiny dhuŋun; albipi, aldhiŋa dogo, athuŋw apo ŋida no. 11 Ŋwari ŋwukeje gadham giter manaŋ, alpi ko, allure ŋina, aldhiŋa dogo, athuŋw apo ŋida no. 12 Ŋwukeje giter manaŋ; alrice ko, aldhiŋa por. 13 A kweleny gwa dhiruiny abiŋini, ŋwarnu, Nyi gwapaŋa? Nyi gwukeje ŋare ŋiny ŋina ŋuminyiny gwuleny. Udubidi ada ŋimalaŋa ŋati ŋalmuna ganu no. 14 Abi maji ma liji la dhiruiny aŋa, alabiŋaijiye, alarnu, Ŋari ŋuŋun ŋiro ibiŋa ŋina ŋiro lira; alela alrinya, abi ŋidi ŋuŋun peth ŋaji ŋaro ŋega. 15 Aldhiŋa dhuwa por gwai, alrinya. Gi dhuŋun ibidha, kwiji gwina gwuthi dhiruiny gwaji gwapaŋa? 16 Gwaji gwila, gwarinya lijo ibile, gwadhedha lijo liter dhiruiny. A mal diŋini, alarnu, Athi dhuŋun ibidhe uthi je ganu no. 17 Ŋwultejo je, ŋwulaici, Abi dhuŋun dhiro dhaŋ dhina dhulinu minoŋ, ŋwarnu, Kol gina gidoinyo liji lina laico duna gimaji ŋwununi gi ŋwubil peth. 18 Kwiji gwina gwide kol alaŋ ibige gwaji gwurtudhini ganu; abi gwina gwa kol acaiji galo gwaro gwudumunaŋ.
Othaije galo gwan dimeje
19 A leleny la gusus a jathib alari gwannimuthudha ganu; albi dhenya lijo; liliŋidhi darnu gwodadhaijo degen gwai. 20 Athil ethadhe, alukeje lijo lina lathugejiye lina latharnu liŋir, albari labuje dhuŋuna dugun dhina dhike dilmutha alodhadha di mudiir gwina gwuthi ẖukm gi doi duŋun. 21 Alothaije galo, alaici, Muⓐallim gwai, anaŋa liliŋidhi darnu ŋa gwathabiŋaijo lijo dhuŋuna dhina dhiŋir, athaŋalalimiye dhuŋuna dhina dhaudhi gi je ganu, athaŋa uminyunu kwijo gweta gi kwiji gwiter no, ŋabalimiye dhuŋuna dha dhai dha Kalo dhina dhiro titiganu. 22 Gwaudhi gi dhuŋun dha naamuus danimejo Ges̱aruŋw, i gwati gwaudhi no? 23 Ŋwubiliŋa dhuŋuna dhegen ŋinena bebrilo, ŋwulaici, Kworaŋ nyilbi ugeje? 24 Aŋajinyilo rubu gweta. Gwuthi s̱uura a jiriny ja dhei? Alarnu, Ja Ges̱ar. 25 Ŋwulabiŋaijo, ŋwulaici, Dhedhul Ges̱aruŋw ŋida ŋa Ges̱ar, nya dhedha Kaloŋa ŋida ŋa Kalo. 26 Lati luthi ŋoma labuje dhuŋuna dhuŋun dha dhugejie gi liji ganu no; alali galo dir gi dhuŋun dhuŋun, alje jigwoiny.
Othaije galo gwan didire dai
27 A S̱adduugiyiin coŋ ela dugun, lina lathidoinya dhuŋuna dha dhidire dai; alothaije galo, 28 alaici, Muⓐallim gwai, Muusa gwulijije dhuŋuna ibidha, ŋwarnu, Ada megen gwa kwiji gweta gwimai gwina gwuthi kwaio, ada gwimai athuŋwbuthii keleŋa no, aram megen gwago kwaio gwuŋun, ŋwuliŋijo keleŋa. 29 Liji lijo kworoŋo‐thiril lina liro ŋimega. Gwina gwiro lira gwago kwaio, ŋwai, athuŋw uthii keleŋa no. 30 A gwina gwigwodhaijo ago kwaio gwuŋun, ŋwai, athuŋw uthii keleŋa ko no. 31 A gwina gwigwodhaijo ago; a minoŋ alago kworoŋo‐thiril, athil uthii keleŋa no, alai. 32 A kwa aji ŋwai ko. 33 Maji ma liji dire lina laio, kwa ibigwe gwaro gwa dhei? gwago liji kworoŋo‐thiril. 34 A Yasuuⓐ abiŋaijo, ŋwaici, Liji la gidhila ibiga lathago laio, athi la ela gi loma. 35 Abi liji lina lathil Kalo arnu liŋir dela kidhila ibige a dire dai, liji ibile lati lathago laio no, athathi la iludhi gi loma no. 36 Athiluthii ŋoma lai manaŋ no; alubie malaayka lai, alro keleŋa ga Kalo a ga dire dai. 37 Ji Muusa aŋajo ko darnu liji lina limai laji ladire manaŋ, dina uluŋw dhuŋuna dha kwari, ŋwarnu, Kalo giro Kalo ga Ibraahiim, a Kalo ga Isẖaag, ŋwuro Kalo ga Yaⓐguub. 38 Gati giro Kalo ga liji lina limai no, ŋwubiro Kalo ga liji lina limidho; ŋinena athi liji peth midhe dugun. 39 A jathib coŋ abiŋaijo, alaici, Muⓐallim gwai, ŋa gwimabiŋi momaŋ. 40 A liji aji aldhenya ko dothaije galo dhuŋun dhai dheda manaŋ no.
Al Masiiẖ gwiro ŋari ŋa Daawud a?
41 Ŋwulbothaije galo, ŋwulaici, Liji latharnu al Masiiẖ gwiro ŋari ŋa Daawud akwai? 42 Daawud gi dhugor dhuŋun gwulo kitham ga mazaamiir, ŋwarnu, Kweleny gwabiŋaijo Kwelenya gwiny, ŋwaici, Jalo gi dhoi dhiny dhina dhiro dhiŋir, 43 di minyi ruje lijo gidhur ga ŋwora ŋwuŋa lina likianyalai. 44 A minoŋ Daawud gwihedhi jiriny jan Kweleny. Ŋwubiro ŋari ŋuŋun akwai?
Aŋidhaniye gi dhuŋun dha jathib
45 Ŋwari ŋwabiŋaijo calmiz juŋun a liji peth diŋini, ŋwulaici, 46 Ethadhul jathib galo jina jathari jelila galo ciraŋ jai jina jolaŋ, athil uminyi dil liji mira gi suug, athiluminyi dijalo kalo gina giŋiranu gi majaamiⓐ a gina giŋiranu kimure. 47 Jina jatheny ŋida ŋa la lina liro linina, athil mirejo Kaloŋa galo gwuleny; alari jal liji aŋa. Liji ibile laji lapai jiza jina jinunu.