लूका 20

1 एक दिन ऐसा हुआ कि जब वह मन्दिर में लोगों को उपदेश देता और सुसमाचार सुना रहा था, तो महायाजक और शास्त्री, पुरनियों के साथ पास आकर खड़े हुए।

2 और कहने लगे, कि हमें बता, तू इन कामों को किस अधिकार से करता है, और वह कौन है, जिस ने तुझे यह अधिकार दिया है?

3 उस ने उन को उत्तर दिया, कि मैं भी तुम में से एक बात पूछता हूं; मुझे बताओ।

4 यूहन्ना का बपतिस्मा स्वर्ग की ओर से था या मनुष्यों की ओर से था?

5 तब वे आपस में कहने लगे, कि यदि हम कहें स्वर्ग की ओर से, तो वह कहेगा; फिर तुम ने उस की प्रतीति क्यों न की?

6 और यदि हम कहें, मनुष्यों की ओर से, तो सब लोग हमें पत्थरवाह करेंगे, क्योंकि वे सचमुच जानते हैं, कि यूहन्ना भविष्यद्वक्ता था।

7 सो उन्होंने उत्तर दिया, हम नहीं जानते, कि वह किस की ओर से था।

8 यीशु ने उन से कहा, तो मैं भी तुम को नहीं बताता, कि मैं ये काम किस अधिकार से करता हूं।

9 तब वह लोगों से यह दृष्टान्त कहने लगा, कि किसी मनुष्य ने दाख की बारी लगाई, और किसानों को उसका ठेका दे दिया और बहुत दिनों के लिये परदेश चला गया।

10 समय पर उस ने किसानों के पास एक दास को भेजा, कि वे दाख की बारी के कुछ फलों का भाग उसे दें, पर किसानों ने उसे पीटकर छूछे हाथ लौटा दिया।

11 फिर उस ने एक और दास को भेजा, ओर उन्होंने उसे भी पीटकर और उसका अपमान करके छूछे हाथ लौटा दिया।

12 फिर उस ने तीसरा भेजा, और उन्होंने उसे भी घायल करके निकाल दिया।

13 तब दाख की बारी के स्वामी ने कहा, मैं क्या करूं? मैं अपने प्रिय पुत्र को भेजूंगा क्या जाने वे उसका आदर करें।

14 जब किसानों ने उसे देखा तो आपस में विचार करने लगे, कि यह तो वारिस है; आओ, हम उसे मार डालें, कि मिरास हमारी हो जाए।

15 और उन्होंने उसे दाख की बारी से बाहर निकालकर मार डाला: इसलिये दाख की बारी का स्वामी उन के साथ क्या करेगा?

16 वह आकर उन किसानों को नाश करेगा, और दाख की बारी औरों को सौंपेगा: यह सुनकर उन्होंने कहा, परमेश्वर ऐसा न करे।

17 उस ने उन की ओर देखकर कहा; फिर यह क्या, लिखा है, कि जिस पत्थर को राजमिस्त्रियों ने निकम्मा ठहराया था, वही कोने का सिरा हो गया।

18 जो कोई उस पत्थर पर गिरेगा वह चकनाचूर हो जाएगा, और जिस पर वह गिरेगा, उसे वह पीस डालेगा॥

19 उसी घड़ी शास्त्रियों और महायाजकों ने उसे पकड़ना चाहा, क्योंकि समझ गए, कि उस ने हम पर यह दृष्टान्त कहा, परन्तु वे लोगों से डरे।

20 और वे उस की ताक में लगे और भेदिये भेजे, कि धर्म का भेष धरकर उस की कोई न कोई बात पकड़ें, कि उसे हाकिम के हाथ और अधिकार में सौंप दें।

21 उन्होंने उस से यह पूछा, कि हे गुरू, हम जानते हैं कि तू ठीक कहता, और सिखाता भी है, और किसी का पक्षपात नहीं करता; वरन परमेश्वर का मार्ग सच्चाई से बताता है।

22 क्या हमें कैसर को कर देना उचित है, कि नहीं।

23 उस ने उन की चतुराई को ताड़कर उन से कहा; एक दीनार मुझे दिखाओ।

24 इस पर किस की मूर्ति और नाम है उन्होंने कहा, कैसर का।

25 उस ने उन से कहा; तो जो कैसर का है, वह कैसर को दो और जो परमेश्वर का है, वह परमेश्वर को दो।

26 वे लोगों के साम्हने उस बात को पकड़ न सके, वरन उसके उत्तर से अचम्भित होकर चुप रह गए।

27 फिर सदूकी जो कहते हैं, कि मरे हुओं का जी उठना है ही नहीं, उन में से कितनों ने उसके पास आकर पूछा।

28 कि हे गुरू, मूसा ने हमारे लिये यह लिखा है, कि यदि किसी का भाई अपनी पत्नी के रहते हुए बिना सन्तान मर जाए, तो उसका भाई उस की पत्नी को ब्याह ले, और अपने भाई के लिये वंश उत्पन्न करे।

29 सो सात भाई थे, पहिला भाई ब्याह करके बिना सन्तान मर गया।

30 फिर दूसरे और तीसरे ने भी उस स्त्री को ब्याह लिया।

31 इसी रीति से सातों बिना सन्तान मर गए।

32 सब के पीछे वह स्त्री भी मर गई।

33 सो जी उठने पर वह उन में से किस की पत्नी होगी, क्योंकि वह सातों की पत्नी हो चुकी थी।

34 यीशु ने उन से कहा; कि इस युग के सन्तानों में तो ब्याह शादी होती है।

35 पर जो लोग इस योग्य ठहरेंगे, कि उस युग को और मरे हुओं में से जी उठना प्राप्त करें, उन में ब्याह शादी न होगी।

36 वे फिर मरने के भी नहीं; क्योंकि वे स्वर्गदूतों के समान होंगे, और जी उठने के सन्तान होने से परमेश्वर के भी सन्तान होंगे।

37 परन्तु इस बात को कि मरे हुए जी उठते हैं, मूसा न भी झाड़ी की कथा में प्रगट की है, कि वह प्रभु को इब्राहीम का परमेश्वर, और इसहाक का परमेश्वर, और याकूब का परमेश्वर कहता है।

38 परमेश्वर तो मुरदों का नहीं परन्तु जीवतों का परमेश्वर है: क्योंकि उसके निकट सब जीवित हैं।

39 तब यह सुनकर शास्त्रियों में से कितनों ने कहा, कि हे गुरू, तू ने अच्छा कहा।

40 और उन्हें फिर उस से कुछ और पूछने का हियाव न हुआ॥

41 फिर उस ने उन से पूछा, मसीह को दाऊद का सन्तान क्योंकर कहते हैं।

42 दाऊद आप भजनसंहिता की पुस्तक में कहता है, कि प्रभु ने मेरे प्रभु से कहा।

43 मेरे दाहिने बैठ, जब तक कि मैं तेरे बैरियों को तेरे पांवों के तले न कर दूं।

44 दाऊद तो उसे प्रभु कहता है; तो फिर वह उस की सन्तान क्योंकर ठहरा?

45 जब सब लोग सुन रहे थे, तो उस ने अपने चेलों से कहा।

46 शास्त्रियों से चौकस रहो, जिन को लम्बे लम्बे वस्त्र पहिने हुए फिरना भला है, और जिन्हें बाजारों में नमस्कार, और सभाओं में मुख्य आसन और जेवनारों में मुख्य स्थान प्रिय लगते हैं।

47 वे विधवाओं के घर खा जाते हैं, और दिखाने के लिये बड़ी देर तक प्रार्थना करते रहते हैं: ये बहुत ही दण्ड पाएंगे॥

1 And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders,

2 And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?

3 And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me:

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

5 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?

6 But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.

7 And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.

8 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

9 Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

10 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.

11 And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

12 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.

13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.

14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?

16 He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

17 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?

18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

19 And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.

21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:

22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?

23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?

24 Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar’s.

25 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.

26 And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.

27 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,

28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.

30 And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.

31 And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.

32 Last of all the woman died also.

33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.

34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:

35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

39 Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.

40 And after that they durst not ask him any question at all.

41 And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David’s son?

42 And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

43 Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

44 David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?

45 Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples,

46 Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;

47 Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.

1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!

4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?

5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.

6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto them.

7 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.

9 And Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as he commanded him.

10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?

11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.

12 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.

14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:

15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

16 And when we cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:

17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.

19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.

20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

22 And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.

23 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,

24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.

25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:

26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there.

27 And Moses did as the Lord commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.

29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.