Mark 12:1-17

1And he began to say to them in parables, A man planted a vineyard, and made a fence round [it] and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.

2And he sent a bondman to the husbandmen at the season, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

3But they took him, and beat [him], and sent [him] away empty.

4And again he sent to them another bondman; and [at] him they [threw stones, and] struck [him] on the head, and sent [him] away with insult.

5And [again] he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some.

6Having yet therefore one beloved son, he sent also him to them the last, saying, They will have respect for my son.

7But those husbandmen said to one another, This is the heir: come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours.

8And they took him and killed him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard.

9What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.

10Have ye not even read this scripture, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone:

11this is of [the] Lord, and it is wonderful in our eyes?

12And they sought to lay hold of him, and they feared the crowd; for they knew that he had spoken the parable of them. And they left him and went away.

13And they send to him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they might catch him in speaking.

14And they come and say to him, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and carest not for any one; for thou regardest not men's person, but teachest the way of 1God with truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?

15Should we give, or should we not give? But he knowing their hypocrisy said unto them, Why tempt ye me? Bring me a denarius that I may see [it].

16And they brought [it]. And he says to them, Whose [is] this image and superscription? And they said to him, Caesar's.

17And Jesus answering said to them, Pay what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is 2God's to 3God. And they wondered at him.