Jesus’ Authority Challenged (Matthew 21:23–27; Mark 11:27–33)
1 TNT And that fortuned in one of those dayes as he taught the people in the temple and preached the gospell: the hye prestes and the scribes came with the elders BSB BSB: One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and scribes, together with the elders, came up to Him.
2 TNT and spake vnto him sayinge. Tell vs by what auctorite thou doest these thinges? Ether who is he that gave ye this auctorite? BSB BSB: “Tell us,” they said, “by what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”
3 TNT He answered and saide vnto the: I also will axe you a questio and answer me. BSB BSB: “I will also ask you a question,” Jesus replied. “Tell Me:
4 TNT The baptyme of Iohn: was it from heaven or of men? BSB BSB: John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or from men?”
5 TNT And they thought with in them selves sayinge: yf we shall saye from heaven: he will saye: why then beleved ye him not? BSB BSB: They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why did you not believe him?’
6 TNT But and yf we shall saye of men all the people will stone vs. For they be persuaded that Ihon is a Prophet. BSB BSB: But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
7 TNT And they answered that they coulde not tell whence it was. BSB BSB: So they answered that they did not know where it was from.
8 TNT And Iesus sayde vnto them: nether tell I you by what auctorite I do these thinges. BSB BSB: And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
The Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Matthew 21:33–46; Mark 12:1–12)
9 TNT Then begane he to put forthe to the people this similitude. A certayne man planted a vyneyarde and let it forthe to fermers and went him selfe into a straunge countre for a greate season. BSB BSB: Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.
10 TNT And when the tyme was come he sent a servaut to his tennauntes that they shuld geve him of the frutes of the vyneyarde. And the tennauntes dyd bet him and sent him awaye empty. BSB BSB: At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.
11 TNT And agayne he sent yet another servaunt. And they dyd bet him and foule entreated him also and sent him awaye emptye. BSB BSB: So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.
12 TNT More over he sent the thyrde to and him they wouded and cast out. BSB BSB: Then he sent a third, but they wounded him and threw him out.
13 TNT Then sayde the lorde of the vyneyarde: what shall I do? I will sende my deare sonne him peradventure they will reverence when they se him. BSB BSB: ‘What shall I do?’ asked the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’
14 TNT But when the fermers sawe him they thought in them selves sayinge: this is the heyre come let vs kyll him that the inheritaunce maye be oures. BSB BSB: But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
15 TNT And they cast him out of the vyneyarde and kylled him. Now what shall the Lorde of the vyneyarde do vnto them? BSB BSB: So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
16 TNT He will come and destroye those fermers and will let out his vyneyarde to other. When they hearde that they sayde: God forbyd. BSB BSB: He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” And when the people heard this, they said, “May such a thing never happen!”
17 TNT And he behelde them and sayde: what meaneth this then that is wrytten: The stone that the bylders refused the same is made the heed corner stone? BSB BSB: But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?
18 TNT whosoever stomble at that stone shalbe broken: but on whosoever it faul vpon it wyll grynde him to powder. BSB BSB: Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
Paying Taxes to Caesar (Matthew 22:15–22; Mark 12:13–17)
19 TNT And the hye Prestes and the Scribes the same howre went about to laye hondes on him but they feared the people. For they perceaved that he had spoken this similitude agaynst them. BSB BSB: When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.
20 TNT And they watched him and sent forth spies which shuld fayne them selves perfecte to take him in his wordes and to delyvre him vnto the power and auctorite of the debite. BSB BSB: So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.
21 TNT And they axed him sayinge: Master we knowe that thou sayest and teachest ryght nother cosiderest thou eny manes degre but teachest the waye of God truly. BSB BSB: “Teacher,” they inquired, “we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.
22 TNT Ys it laufull for vs to geve Cesar tribute or no? BSB BSB: Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
23 TNT He perceaved their craftynes and sayde vnto them: why tept ye me? BSB BSB: But Jesus saw through their duplicity and said to them,
24 TNT Shewe me a peny. Whose ymage and superscripcion hath it? They answered and sayde: Cesars. BSB BSB: “Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.
25 TNT And he sayde vnto them: Geve then vnto Cesar that which belongeth vnto Cesar: and to God that which pertayneth to God. BSB BSB: So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
26 TNT And they coulde not reprove his sayinge before the people. But they marvayled at his answer and helde their peace. BSB BSB: And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people. And amazed at His answer, they fell silent.
The Sadducees and the Resurrection (Matthew 22:23–33; Mark 12:18–27)
27 TNT Then came to him certayne of the Saduces which denye that ther is eny resurreccion. And they axed him BSB BSB: Then some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him.
28 TNT sayinge: Master Moses wrote vnto vs if eny mannes brother dye havinge a wyfe and the same dye with out yssue: that then his brother shuld take his wyfe and reyse vp seede vnto his brother. BSB BSB: “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
29 TNT Ther were seven brethren and the fyrste toke a wyfe and dyed with out children. BSB BSB: Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife but died childless.
30 TNT And the seconde toke the wyfe and he dyed chyldlesse. BSB BSB: Then the second
31 TNT And the thyrde toke her and in lyke wyse the resydue of the seven and leeft no chyldren be hynde them and dyed. BSB BSB: and the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.
32 TNT Last of all the woman dyed also. BSB BSB: And last of all, the woman died.
33 TNT Now at the resurreccio whose wyfe of them shall she be? For seven had her to wyfe. BSB BSB: So then, in the resurrection, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”
34 TNT Iesus answered and sayde vnto them. The chyldre of this worlde mary wyves and are maryed BSB BSB: Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.
35 TNT but they which shalbe made worthy to enioye that worlde and the resurreccion from deeth nether mary wyves nether are maryed BSB BSB: But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.
36 TNT nor yet can dye eny moare. For they are equall vnto the angels: and are the sonnes of God in as moche as they are the chyldre of the resurreccion. BSB BSB: In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.
37 TNT And that the deed shall ryse agayne even Moses signified besydes the busshe when he sayde: the Lorde God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob. BSB BSB: Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
38 TNT For he is not the God of the deed but of them which live. For all live in him. BSB BSB: He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”
39 TNT Then certayne of the Pharises answered and sayde: Master thou hast well sayde. BSB BSB: Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”
40 TNT And after that durst they not axe him eny question at all. BSB BSB: And they did not dare to question Him any further.
Whose Son Is the Christ? (Matthew 22:41–46; Mark 12:35–37)
41 TNT Then sayde he vnto them: how saye they that Christ is Davids sonne? BSB BSB: Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?
42 TNT And David him selfe sayth in the boke of the Psalmes: The Lorde sayde vnto my Lorde syt on my right honde BSB BSB: For David himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
43 TNT tyll I make thine enemys thy fothe stole. BSB BSB: until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’
44 TNT Seinge David calleth him Lorde: How is he then his sonne. BSB BSB: Thus David calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?”
Beware of the Scribes (Mark 12:38–40)
45 TNT Then in the audience of all the people he sayde vnto his disciples BSB BSB: In the hearing of all the people, Jesus said to His disciples,
46 TNT beware of the Scribes which desyre to goo in longe clothinge: and love gretynges in the markets and the hyest seates in the synagoges and chefe roumes at feastes BSB BSB: “Beware of the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, and they love the greetings in the marketplaces, the chief seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.
47 TNT which devoure widdowes houses and that vnder a coloure of longe prayinge: the same shall receave greater damnacion. BSB BSB: They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”