A Question about Jesus' Authority
(Matthew 21.23-27Mark 11.27-33)1 One day, Jesus was teaching in the temple and telling the good news. So the chief priests, the teachers, and the nation's leaders 2 asked him, “What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”
3 Jesus replied, “I want to ask you a question. 4 Who gave John the right to baptize? Was it God in heaven or merely some human being?”
5 They talked this over and said to each other, “We can't say God gave John this right. Jesus will ask us why we didn't believe John. 6 And we can't say it was merely some human who gave John the right to baptize. The crowd will stone us to death, because they think John was a prophet.”
7 So they told Jesus, “We don't know who gave John the right to baptize.”
8 Jesus replied, “Then I won't tell you who gave me the right to do what I do.”
Renters of a Vineyard
(Matthew 21.33-46Mark 12.1-12)9 Jesus told the people this story:
A man once planted a vineyard and rented it out. Then he left the country for a long time. 10 When it was time to harvest the crop, he sent a servant to ask the renters for his share of the grapes. But they beat up the servant and sent him away without anything. 11 So the owner sent another servant. The renters also beat him up. They insulted him terribly and sent him away without a thing. 12 The owner sent a third servant. He was also beaten terribly and thrown out of the vineyard.
13 The owner then said to himself, “What am I going to do? I know what. I'll send my son, the one I love so much. They will surely respect him!”
14 When the renters saw the owner's son, they said to one another, “Someday he will own the vineyard. Let's kill him! Then we can have it all for ourselves.” 15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
Jesus asked, “What do you think the owner of the vineyard will do? 16 I'll tell you what. He will come and kill those renters and let someone else have his vineyard.”
When the people heard this, they said, “This must never happen!”
17 But Jesus looked straight at them and said, “Then what do the Scriptures mean when they say, ‘The stone the builders tossed aside is now the most important stone of all’? 18 Anyone who stumbles over this stone will get hurt, and anyone it falls on will be smashed to pieces.”
19 The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses knew that Jesus was talking about them when he was telling this story. They wanted to arrest him right then, but they were afraid of the people.
Paying Taxes
(Matthew 22.15-22Mark 12.13-17)20 Jesus' enemies kept watching him closely, because they wanted to hand him over to the Roman governor. So they sent some men who pretended to be good. But they were really spies trying to catch Jesus saying something wrong. 21 The spies said to him, “Teacher, we know you teach the truth about what God wants people to do. And you treat everyone with the same respect, no matter who they are. 22 Tell us, should we pay taxes to the Emperor or not?”
23 Jesus knew they were trying to trick him. So he told them, 24 “Show me a coin.” Then he asked, “Whose picture and name are on it?”
“The Emperor's,” they answered.
25 Then he told them, “Give the Emperor what belongs to him and give God what belongs to God.” 26 Jesus' enemies could not catch him saying anything wrong there in front of the people. They were amazed at his answer and kept quiet.
Life in the Future World
(Matthew 22.23-33Mark 12.18-27)27 The Sadducees did not believe that people would rise to life after death. So some of them came to Jesus 28 and said:
Teacher, Moses wrote that if a married man dies and has no children, his brother should marry the widow. Their first son would then be thought of as the son of the dead brother.
29 There were once seven brothers. The first one married, but died without having any children. 30 The second one married his brother's widow, and he also died without having any children. 31 The same thing happened to the third one. Finally, all seven brothers married this woman and died without having any children. 32 At last the woman died. 33 When God raises people from death, whose wife will this woman be? All seven brothers had married her.
34 Jesus answered:
The people in this world get married. 35 But in the future world no one who is worthy to rise from death will either marry 36 or die. They will be like the angels and will be God's children, because they have been raised to life.
37 In the story about the burning bush, Moses clearly shows that people will live again. He said, “The Lord is the God worshiped by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” 38 So the Lord isn't the God of the dead, but of the living. This means that everyone is alive as far as God is concerned.
39 Some of the teachers of the Law of Moses said, “Teacher, you have given a good answer!” 40 From then on, no one dared to ask Jesus any questions.
About David's Son
(Matthew 22.41-46Mark 12.35-37)41 Jesus asked, “Why do people say that the Messiah will be the son of King David? 42 In the book of Psalms, David himself says,
‘The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit at my right side
43 until I make your enemies
into a footstool for you.’
44 David spoke of the Messiah as his Lord, so how can the Messiah be his son?”
Jesus and the Teachers of the Law of Moses
(Matthew 23.1-36Mark 12.38-40Luke 11.37-54)45 While everyone was listening to Jesus, he said to his disciples:
46 Guard against the teachers of the Law of Moses! They love to walk around in long robes, and they like to be greeted in the market. They want the front seats in the synagogues and the best seats at banquets. 47 But they cheat widows out of their homes and then pray long prayers just to show off. These teachers will be punished most of all.
Yeesu ka kuwolu ke kaŋ jumaa le kaŋ?
(Matiyu 21:23-27Maaka 11:27-33)1 Luŋ doo le la, kabiriŋ Yeesu be kibaari betoo kawandi kaŋ ka moolu karandi Alla Batudulaa to, piriisi* ñaatonkoolu, Luwaa karammoolu* aniŋ alifaalu naata a kaŋ. 2 Ì ko a ye ko, “A fo ǹ ye, ite ka ñiŋ kuwolu ke kaŋo meŋ kaŋ, aniŋ jumaa le ye wo kaŋo dii i la.” 3 Yeesu ye ì jaabi ko, “M fanaa be ali ñininkaa la kuu kiliŋ ne la, ali si n jaabi. 4 Fo Yaayaa la batiseeroo* bota naŋ Alla le bulu baŋ, waraŋ fo moolu?” 5 Bituŋ ì ye a kacaa ñoo ye ko, “Niŋ ǹ ko, ‘A bota naŋ Alla le bulu,’ a be a fo la ǹ ye le ko, ‘Wo to, muŋ ne ye a tinna alitolu maŋ laa a la?’ 6 Aduŋ niŋ ǹ ko, ‘A bota moolu le bulu,’ moolu bee be m̀ buŋ na niŋ beroolu la le, kaatu ì laata le ko, Yaayaa mu annabiyomoo le ti.” 7 Bituŋ ì ye Yeesu jaabi ko, “M̀ maŋ a loŋ, a bota naŋ daameŋ.” 8 Wo to le Yeesu ko ì ye ko, “M fanaa te a fo la ali ye, n ka ñiŋ kuwolu ke kaŋo meŋ kaŋ.”
Luwaasilaa kuruŋolu la mansaaloo
(Matiyu 21:33-46Maaka 12:1-12)9 Wo to le Yeesu ye a dati ka ñiŋ mansaaloo fo moolu ye ko: “Kewo doo le ye wayini* yiri kankaŋo bo, a ye a luwaasi moo doolu ma. Bituŋ a taata manee fo waati jaŋ. 10 Kabiriŋ katiri waatoo siita, a ye dookuulaa kii luwaasilaalu kaŋ ka a niyo samba a ye naŋ. Bari luwaasilaalu ye wo dookuulaa muta. Ì ye a buutee, ì ye a bulu kenseŋo bayi. 11 Bituŋ a ye dookuulaa doo fanaa kii. Ì ye a buutee, ì ye a malundi, aduŋ ì ye a bulu kenseŋo bayi. 12 Hani saayiŋ, a ye dookuulaa sabanjaŋo fanaa kii. Luwaasilaalu ye wo barama le. Wo koolaa ì ye a bayi banta. 13 Bituŋ kankantiyo ko, ‘M be muŋ ne ke la saayiŋ? M be n kanu dinkewo le kii la. Tumandoo ì be a horoma la le.’ 14 Bari kabiriŋ luwaasilaalu ye a dinkewo je, ì ko ì faŋ ye ko, ‘Keetaalaa fele! Ali ŋà a faa, fo a la keetaafeŋo si ke ǹ taa ti.’ 15 Bituŋ ì ye a bayi yiri kankaŋo banta, ì ye a faa. Saayiŋ, kankantiyo be muŋ ne ke la ñiŋ luwaasilaalu la? 16 A be naa le, a ye ì kasaara. Bituŋ a ye yiri kankaŋo dii doolu la.”
Biriŋ moolu ye ñiŋ moyi, ì ko, “Allamaa ǹ tanka la wo la!” 17 Bituŋ Yeesu ye ì juubee, a ko ì ye ko, “Wo to, ñiŋ kumoo kotoo mu muŋ ne ti, meŋ be safeeriŋ ko:
‘Beroo meŋ buŋ loolaalu jututa a la,
wo le naata ke tonkonna bere kummaa ti’?
18 Moo-wo-moo meŋ boyita ñiŋ beroo kaŋ, wo be teyiŋ-teyiŋ na le. Niŋ a boyita moo-wo-moo kaŋ, a be wo juru la le.”
19 Wo waatoo faŋo le la, Luwaa karammoolu niŋ piriisi ñaatonkoolu ye a kata ka Yeesu muta, kaatu ì ye a loŋ ne ko, a ye ñiŋ mansaaloo fo itolu le la kuwo kamma. Bari ì maŋ feŋ ke noo, kaatu ì silata moolu le la.
Naamujoo la kuwo ñininkaaroo
(Matiyu 22:15-22Maaka 12:13-17)20 Bituŋ Luwaa karammoolu niŋ piriisi ñaatonkoolu tarata Yeesu koroosi kaŋ. Ì ye moolu kii, mennu ye ì faŋolu ke ñininkaarilaa kendoolu ti fo ì si Yeesu muta niŋ a fokumoolu la. Ì lafita a duŋ na Rooma kumandaŋo le bulu, meŋ ye kaŋo soto ka a kiitindi. 21 Wo to le ì ye Yeesu ñininkaa ko, “Karammoo, ŋà a loŋ ne ko, ite ka diyaamoo niŋ karandiroo ke tooñaa le kono. Ite buka moo faasaa, bari i ka karandiroo ke Alla la tooñaa siloo le la. 22 Fo ñiŋ mu siloo le ti baŋ, ka naamoo joo Rooma bankoo la mansa* yaa, waraŋ fo siloo nte?” 23 Bari Yeesu ye ì la feeroo loŋ ne, bituŋ a ko ì ye ko, 24 “Ali kodicoroosoo yitandi n na. Jumaa le la nataaloo niŋ a too be a bala?” Ì ko a ye ko, “Rooma bankoo la mansa.” 25 Bituŋ Yeesu ko ì ye ko, “Wo to, meŋ mu mansa taa ti, ali wo dii mansa la. Meŋ mu Alla taa ti, ali ye wo dii Alla la.”
26 Ì maŋ a muta noo niŋ a fokumoolu la moolu ñaa la. Ì jaakalita a la jaabiroo la, aduŋ ì ye i deyi.
Saayaakoolaa wulindiroo la kuwo ñininkaaroo
(Matiyu 22:23-33Maaka 12:18-27)27 Sadusewolu* doolu naata Yeesu kaŋ, mennu ka a fo ko, saayaakoolaa wulindiroo te keriŋ. 28 Ì ye a ñininkaa ko, “Karammoo, Annabilayi Musa ye a safee ǹ ye le ko, niŋ kewo faata, meŋ ye musoo soto, bari a maŋ diŋo soto, a baadiŋo ñanta wo musoo futuu la le ka diŋolu wuluu a ye. 29 Saayiŋ, baadimmaa woorowula le naata soto nuŋ. Foloo ye musoo taa, bari a faata, a maŋ diŋo soto. 30 Fulanjaŋo niŋ 31 sabanjaŋo fanaa ye a futuu le. Aduŋ ì woorowuloo bee keta teŋ ne, ì faata, ì maŋ diŋo soto. 32 Labaŋo la musoo fanaa faata. 33 Saayiŋ, saayaakoolaa wulindiroo luŋo la, a be ke la jumaa le la musoo ti? Baawo woorowuloo bee ye a futuu le!”
34 Wo to le Yeesu ko ì ye ko, “Moolu mennu be ñiŋ duniyaa kono, ì ka futuu le, aduŋ ì ka ì diŋolu futundi. 35 Bari saayaakoolaa wulindiroo koolaa, moolu mennu jarita badaa-badaa baluwo la, ì te futuu la, sako ka moo futundi. 36 Ì te faa la kotenke, kaatu ì be ke la le ko malaayikoolu. Ì mu Alla diŋolu le ti ka bo saayaakoolaa wulindiroo to.
37 “Bari furewolu la wulindiroo la kuwo to, hani Musa ye a yitandi le, biriŋ a be yirindiŋo daala nuŋ, biriŋ a ye Maariyo kumandi Iburayima la Alla, Isiyaaka la Alla aniŋ Yaakuba la Alla la. 38 A maŋ ke furewolu la Alla ti, bari baluuriŋolu, kaatu Alla fee moolu bee be baluuriŋ ne.”
39 Wo to le Luwaa karammoo doolu ye a jaabi ko, “Karammoo, i ye tooñaa le fo.” 40 Wo koolaa, ì maŋ haañi ka a ñininkaa kuma doo la kotenke.
Alimasiihu mu jumaa le dinkewo ti?
(Matiyu 22:41-46Maaka 12:35-37)41 Wo to le Yeesu ko ì ye ko: “Ì si a fo noo ñaadii le ko, Alimasiihu* mu Mansa Dawuda dinkewo le ti? 42 Kaatu Dawuda faŋo ye a bankee Jabuura Kitaaboo kono le ko:
‘Maariyo ko m Maarii ye le ko,
“Sii m bulubaa karoo la,
43 fo ŋa i jawoolu ke i siŋo koto.” ’
44 “Dawuda faŋo ye a kumandi a Maariyo la. Wo to a si ke noo a dinkewo ti ñaadii le?”
Dandalaaroo Luwaa karammoolu la bunaafayiyaa to
(Matiyu 23:1-36Maaka 12:38-40)45 Kabiriŋ moolu bee be i lamoyi kaŋ, Yeesu diyaamuta a la saayiboolu ye ko, 46 “Ali ali hakiloo tu Luwaa karammoolu to, mennu ka lafi ka taamaŋ-taamaŋ marisewolu kono taariŋ, ì niŋ ì la waramba jaŋolu, kaatu ì ye moolu la ì buuñaa le kanu, mennu ka ì kontoŋ. Ì ka lafi sii la dulaa betoolu le to ì la diina bendulaalu* kono, aniŋ dulaa horomariŋolu ì la feetoolu to. 47 Ì ka furuyaamusoolu la buŋolu buusi ì la le, aduŋ ì ka duwaa jaŋolu le ke ka ì faŋ ke moo betoolu ti. Itolu le be yankankati jawu baa soto la. Itolu le be kiitii koleŋo soto la, ka tambi moolu bee la.”
