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12 (A)Lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí Jesu pa àwọn olórí ẹ̀sìn lẹ́nu mọ́: ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í fi òwe bá wọn sọ̀rọ̀ pé, “Ọkùnrin kan gbin ọgbà àjàrà kan. Ó ṣe ọgbà yìí ká, ó sì wá ibi ìfúntí wáìnì, ó sì kọ́ ilé ìṣọ́ sí i ó sì fi ṣe àgbàtọ́jú fún àwọn olùṣọ́gbà, ó sì lọ sí ìrìnàjò tí ó jìnnà. Lákokò ìkórè, ọkùnrin náà rán ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀ sí àwọn olùṣọ́gbà náà, kí ó gbà nínú èso ọgbà àjàrà náà lọ́wọ́ àwọn olùṣọ́gbà. Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn àgbẹ̀ wọ̀n-ọn-nì lu ìránṣẹ́ ọkùnrin náà, wọ́n sì rán an padà lọ́wọ́ òfo. Ó sì tún rán ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ mìíràn sí wọn. Bí àwọn àgbẹ̀ ti tún rí ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ tí ó rán sí wọn; wọ́n lù ú. Àní, wọ́n tilẹ̀ dá ọgbẹ́ sí i lórí, wọn rán an lọ ni ìtìjú. Ó sì tún rán òmíràn, èyí n nì wọ́n sì pa, àti ọ̀pọ̀ mìíràn, wọ́n lu òmíràn wọ́n sì pa òmíràn.

“Ìránṣẹ́ kan ṣoṣo ló kù tí Baba olóko kò ì tí ì rán níṣẹ́, èyí ni ọmọ òun tìkára rẹ̀. Níkẹyìn ó ran an sí àwọn olùṣọ́gbà náà, pẹ̀lú èrò pé, ‘Wọn yóò bu ọlá fún ọmọ òun.’

“Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn olùṣọ́gbà wọ̀n-ọn-nì wí fún ara wọn pé, ‘Èyí yìí ni àrólé. Ẹ wá, ẹ jẹ́ kí a pa á, ogún rẹ̀ yóò sì jẹ́ tiwa.’ Báyìí ni wọ́n mú ọmọ náà tí wọ́n pa á. Wọ́n sì wọ́ òkú rẹ̀ jáde kúrò nínú ọgbà àjàrà náà.

“Kí ni olúwa ọgbà àjàrà yóò ṣe nígbà tí ó bá gbọ́ ohun tí ó ṣẹlẹ̀. Dájúdájú yóò pa àwọn ẹni ibi wọ̀nyí. Yóò sì gba àwọn olùtọ́jú mìíràn sínú oko rẹ̀. 10 (B)Tàbí ẹ̀yin kò ì tí ka ẹsẹ yìí nínú ìwé mímọ́:

“ ‘Òkúta tí àwọn ọ̀mọ̀lé kọ̀sílẹ̀
    òun náà ni ó di pàtàkì igun ilé.
11 Èyí ni iṣẹ́ Olúwa
    ó sì jẹ́ ìyàlẹ́nu lójú tiwa’?”

12 (C)Àwọn olórí àlùfáà àti àwọn olùkọ́ òfin pẹ̀lú àwọn àgbàgbà fẹ́ mú Jesu lákokò náà. Nítorí tí wọ́n mọ̀ pé àwọn ló ń pòwe mọ́ nínú ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀. Àwọn ni alágbàtọ́jú búburú nínú ìtàn rẹ̀. Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀rù ń bà wọ́n láti fọwọ́ kàn án nítorí pé wọ́n bẹ̀rù ìhùwàsí ọ̀pọ̀ ènìyàn tó wà lọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀. Nítorí náà wọ́n fi í sílẹ̀ lọ.

Sísan owó orí fún Kesari

13 (D)(E) Ṣùgbọ́n wọ́n rán àwọn Farisi pẹ̀lú àwọn kan tí í ṣe ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn Herodu wá sọ́dọ̀ Jesu, láti fi ọ̀rọ̀ wá a lẹ́nu wò, títí yóò fi sọ ohun kan kí wọn lè rí fi mú. 14 Bí wọn ti dé ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀, wọ́n wí pé: “Olùkọ́, àwa mọ̀ pé ìwọ máa ń sọ òtítọ́ láìsí ìbẹ̀rù ẹnikẹ́ni. Ṣùgbọ́n òtítọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run ni ìwọ máa ń kọ́ni. Nísinsin yìí, sọ fún wa, ó tọ́ tàbí kò tọ́ láti máa san owó orí fún Kesari?” 15 Kí àwa kí ó fi fún un, tàbí kí a máa fi fún un?

Ṣùgbọ́n Jesu mọ ìwà àgàbàgebè wọn. Ó sì wí pé, “Èéṣe tí ẹ̀yin fi n fi èyí dán mi wo? Ẹ mú owó idẹ kan wá kí n wò ó.” 16 Nígbà tí wọ́n mú owó idẹ náà fún un, ó bi wọ́n léèrè pé, “Ẹ wò ó! Àwòrán àti orúkọ ta ni ó wà níbẹ̀?”

Wọ́n dáhùn pé, “Àwòrán àti orúkọ Kesari ni.”

17 (F)Nígbà náà ni Jesu wí fún wọn pé, “Bí ó bá rí bẹ́ẹ̀, ẹ fi ohun tí ó bá jẹ́ ti Kesari fún Kesari. Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ fi ohun gbogbo tí í ṣe ti Ọlọ́run fún Ọlọ́run.”

Ẹnu sì yà wọ́n gidigidi sí èsì rẹ̀.

Ìgbéyàwó ní àjíǹde

18 (G)Àwọn Sadusi tún wá sọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀, àwọn wọ̀nyí kò gbàgbọ́ pé àjíǹde ń bẹ. Ìbéèrè wọn ni pé, 19 (H)“Olùkọ́, Mose fún wa ní òfin pé: Nígbà tí ọkùnrin kan bá kú láìbí ọmọ, arákùnrin rẹ̀ gbọdọ̀ ṣú ìyàwó náà lópó kí wọn sì bímọ ní orúkọ ọkọ tí ó kú náà. 20 Ǹjẹ́ àwọn arákùnrin méje kan wà, èyí tí ó dàgbà jùlọ gbéyàwó, ó sì kú ní àìlọ́mọ. 21 Arákùnrin rẹ̀ kejì ṣú obìnrin tí ó fi sílẹ̀ lópó, láìpẹ́, òun pẹ̀lú tún kú láìbímọ. Arákùnrin kẹta tó ṣú obìnrin yìí lópó tún kú bákan náà láìbímọ. 22 Àwọn méjèèje sì ṣú u lópó, wọn kò sì fi ọmọ sílẹ̀. Ní ìkẹyìn gbogbo wọn, obìnrin náà kú pẹ̀lú. 23 Ǹjẹ́ ní àjíǹde, nígbà tí wọ́n bá jíǹde, aya ta ni yóò ha ṣe nínú wọn? Àwọn méjèèje ni ó sá ni ní aya?”

24 Jesu dáhùn ó wí fún wọn pé, “Kì í há ṣe nítorí èyí ni ẹ ṣe ṣìnà, pé ẹ̀yin kò mọ ìwé Mímọ́, tàbí agbára Ọlọ́run. 25 Nítorí pé, nígbà tí àwọn arákùnrin méje yìí àti obìnrin náà bá jí dìde nínú òkú, a kò ní ṣe ìgbéyàwó fún wọn. Wọn yóò dàbí àwọn angẹli tí ń bẹ ní ọ̀run. 26 (I)Ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí, nípa bóyá àjíǹde yóò wà. Àbí ẹ̀yin kò ì tí ka ìwé Eksodu, nípa Mose àti pápá tí ń jó? Ọlọ́run sọ fún Mose pé, ‘Èmi ni Ọlọ́run Abrahamu, Ọlọ́run Isaaki àti Ọlọ́run Jakọbu.’ 27 Òun kì í ṣe Ọlọ́run àwọn òkú bí kò ṣe Ọlọ́run àwọn alààyè: nítorí ẹ̀yin ṣe àṣìṣe gidigidi.”

Òfin tí ó ga jùlọ

28 (J)Ọ̀kan nínú àwọn olùkọ́ òfin ti ó dúró níbẹ̀ tí ó sì fetísílẹ̀ dáradára sí àròyé yìí ṣàkíyèsí pé, Jesu ti dáhùn dáradára. Òun pẹ̀lú sì béèrè lọ́wọ́ Jesu pé, “Nínú gbogbo òfin, èwo ló ṣe pàtàkì jùlọ?”

29 (K)Jesu dá ọkùnrin yìí lóhùn pé, “Èyí tó ṣe pàtàkì jùlọ nínú àwọn òfin ni èyí tí ó kà báyìí pé: ‘Gbọ́ Israẹli; Olúwa Ọlọ́run wa Olúwa kan ni. 30 Kí ìwọ kí ó fi gbogbo àyà rẹ, àti gbogbo ọkàn rẹ, àti gbogbo ẹ̀mí rẹ, àti gbogbo agbára rẹ fẹ́ Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ, èyí ní òfin kìn-ín-ní.’ 31 (L)Èkejì ni pé: ‘Fẹ́ ọmọnìkejì rẹ.’ Kò sí òfin mìíràn tó ga ju méjèèjì yìí lọ.”

32 Olùkọ́ òfin náà dáhùn pé, “Olùkọ́, ìwọ sọ òtítọ́ nípa pé Ọlọ́run kan ni ó ń bẹ, àti pé kò sí òmíràn àfi òun nìkan. 33 (M)Àti kí a fi gbogbo àyà, àti gbogbo òye, àti gbogbo ọkàn àti gbogbo agbára fẹ́ ẹ, àti fẹ́ ọmọnìkejì ẹni bí ara ẹni, ó ju gbogbo ẹbọ sísun, àti ẹbọ lọ.”

34 Jesu rí i dájú pé òye ọkùnrin yìí ga, nítorí náà, Jesu sọ fún un pé, “Arákùnrin, ìwọ kò jìnà sí à ti dé ìjọba Ọ̀run.” Láti ìgbà náà lọ, ẹnikẹ́ni kò tún béèrè ohun kan lọ́wọ́ Jesu.

Ọmọ ta ni Kristi ń ṣe?

35 (N)Lẹ́yìn náà, nígbà tí Jesu ń kọ́ àwọn ènìyàn nínú tẹmpili, ó béèrè lọ́wọ́ wọn pé, “Èéṣe tí àwọn olùkọ́ òfin fi gbà wí pé Kristi náà ní láti jẹ́ ọmọ Dafidi? 36 (O)Nítorí tí Dafidi tìkára rẹ̀, ti ń ti ipa Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́ sọ̀rọ̀ wí pé:

“ ‘Olúwa sọ fún Olúwa mi pé:
    “Jókòó ní ọwọ́ ọ̀tún mi,
títí èmi yóò fi sọ àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ
    di àpótí ìtìsẹ̀ rẹ.” ’

37 Níwọ́n ìgbà tí Dafidi tìkára rẹ̀ pè é ní ‘Olúwa,’ Báwo ni ó túnṣe lè jẹ́ ọmọ rẹ̀?”

Ọ̀pọ̀ ènìyàn sì fi ayọ̀ gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀.

38 (P)Ó sì wí fún wọn nínú ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ̀ pé, “Ẹ ṣọ́ra fun àwọn olùkọ́ òfin tí wọ́n fẹ́ láti máa wọ aṣọ gígùn káàkiri, tí wọ́n sì fẹ́ ìkíni ní ọjà, 39 àti ibùjókòó ọlá nínú Sinagọgu àti ipò ọlá níbi àsè. 40 Àwọn tí wọ́n jẹ ilé àwọn opó rún, tí wọ́n sì ń gbàdúrà gígùn fún àṣehàn, nítorí èyí, ìjìyà wọn yóò pọ̀ púpọ̀.”

Ọ̀rẹ́ opó

41 (Q)Jesu jókòó ní òdìkejì kọjú sí àpótí ìṣúra: ó ń wo ìjọ ènìyàn ti ń sọ owó sínú àpótí ìṣúra, ọ̀pọ̀ àwọn ọlọ́rọ̀ sì sọ púpọ̀ sí i. 42 Ṣùgbọ́n obìnrin opó kan wà, ó sì fi ààbọ̀ owó idẹ méjì síbẹ̀, tí ì ṣe ìdá méjì owó-babà kan sínú rẹ̀.

43 Jesu pe àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn rẹ̀, ó sọ fún wọn wí pé, “Lóòótọ́ ni mo wí fún yin pé, tálákà opó yìí sọ sínú àpótí ìṣúra ju gbogbo àwọn ìyókù to sọ sínú rẹ lọ. 44 Nítorí pé, àwọn ìyókù mú nínú ọ̀pọ̀ ìní wọ́n, ṣùgbọ́n ní tirẹ̀, nínú àìní rẹ̀, ó sọ gbogbo ohun tí ó ní náà sílẹ̀ àní gbogbo ìní rẹ̀.”

The Parable of the Tenants(A)

12 Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard.(B) He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place. At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed. Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully. He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed.

“He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all,(C) saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

“But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

“What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others. 10 Haven’t you read this passage of Scripture:

“‘The stone the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone;(D)
11 the Lord has done this,
    and it is marvelous in our eyes’[a]?”(E)

12 Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd;(F) so they left him and went away.(G)

Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar(H)

13 Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians(I) to Jesus to catch him(J) in his words. 14 They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay the imperial tax[b] to Caesar or not? 15 Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”

But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. “Why are you trying to trap me?” he asked. “Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.” 16 They brought the coin, and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”

“Caesar’s,” they replied.

17 Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.”(K)

And they were amazed at him.

Marriage at the Resurrection(L)

18 Then the Sadducees,(M) who say there is no resurrection,(N) came to him with a question. 19 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.(O) 20 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died without leaving any children. 21 The second one married the widow, but he also died, leaving no child. It was the same with the third. 22 In fact, none of the seven left any children. Last of all, the woman died too. 23 At the resurrection[c] whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?”

24 Jesus replied, “Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures(P) or the power of God? 25 When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.(Q) 26 Now about the dead rising—have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the account of the burning bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’[d]?(R) 27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”

The Greatest Commandment(S)

28 One of the teachers of the law(T) came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[e] 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’[f](U) 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[g](V) There is no commandment greater than these.”

32 “Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him.(W) 33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”(X)

34 When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”(Y) And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.(Z)

Whose Son Is the Messiah?(AA)(AB)

35 While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts,(AC) he asked, “Why do the teachers of the law say that the Messiah is the son of David?(AD) 36 David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit,(AE) declared:

“‘The Lord said to my Lord:
    “Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies
    under your feet.”’[h](AF)

37 David himself calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”

The large crowd(AG) listened to him with delight.

Warning Against the Teachers of the Law

38 As he taught, Jesus said, “Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, 39 and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.(AH) 40 They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”

The Widow’s Offering(AI)

41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put(AJ) and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.

43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”(AK)

Footnotes

  1. Mark 12:11 Psalm 118:22,23
  2. Mark 12:14 A special tax levied on subject peoples, not on Roman citizens
  3. Mark 12:23 Some manuscripts resurrection, when people rise from the dead,
  4. Mark 12:26 Exodus 3:6
  5. Mark 12:29 Or The Lord our God is one Lord
  6. Mark 12:30 Deut. 6:4,5
  7. Mark 12:31 Lev. 19:18
  8. Mark 12:36 Psalm 110:1