¹And it came to pass on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and announcing the glad tidings, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up,

¹¶ A i tetahi o aua ra, i a ia e whakaako ana i te iwi i roto i te temepara, e kauwhau ana i te rongopai, ka tae mai nga tohunga nui, nga karaipi, me nga kaumatua ki a ia,

²and spoke to him saying, Tell us by what authority thou doest these things, or who is it who has given thee this authority?

²Ka korero ki a ia, ka mea, Korerotia mai ki a matou te mana i mea ai koe i enei mea? na wai hoki i hoatu tena mana ki a koe?

³And he answering said to them, *I* also will ask you [one] thing, and tell me:

³Ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki a ratou, Maku hoki e ui ki a koutou kia kotahi kupu; ma koutou e mea mai ki ahau:

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

⁴Ko te iriiringa a Hoani, no te rangi ranei, no te tangata ranei?

⁵And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say, Why have ye not believed him?

⁵A ka korero ratou ki a ratou ano, ka mea, Ki te mea tatou, No te rangi; ka mea mai ia, Ha, he aha koutou te whakapono ai ki a ia?

⁶but if we should say, Of men, the whole people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

⁶A ki te mea tatou, No te tangata; ka akina tatou e te iwi katoa ki te kamaka: e whakapono ana hoki ratou he poropiti a Hoani

⁷And they answered, they did not know whence.

⁷Na ka whakahokia e ratou, E kore e kitea no hea ranei.

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

⁸Na ko te meatanga a Ihu ki a ratou, E kore ano e korerotia e ahau ki a koutou te mana i mea ai ahau i enei mea.

⁹And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country for a long time.

⁹¶ Na ka anga ia ka korero i tenei kupu whakarite ki te iwi; I whakatokia tetahi mara waina e tetahi tangata, a tukua ana ki nga kaimahi, a haere ana ki tawhiti, a maha noa nga ra.

¹⁰And in the season he sent to the husbandmen a bondman, that they might give to him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen, having beaten him, sent [him] away empty.

¹⁰A i te po i tika ai ka tonoa e ia he pononga ki nga kaimahi, kia hoatu ai e ratou ki a ia etahi o nga hua o te mara waina: otira ka whiua ia e nga kaimahi, whakahokia kautia ana.

¹¹And again he sent another bondman; but they, having beaten him also, and cast insult upon him, sent [him] away empty.

¹¹Na ka tonoa ano e ia tetahi atu pononga: a ka whiua ano ia e ratou, ka tukinotia, whakahokia kautia ana.

¹²And again he sent a third; and they, having wounded him also, cast [him] out.

¹²Na ka tonoa ano hoki tetahi e ia, te tuatoru: a tukitukia ana ia e ratou, maka ana ki waho.

¹³And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: perhaps when they see him they will respect [him].

¹³Na ka mea te rangatira o te mara waina, Me pehea ahau? Ka tonoa e ahau taku tama, taku e aroha nei: tera pea ratou e hopohopo ki a ia.

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

¹⁴Otira, no te kitenga o nga kaimahi i a ia, ka korerorero ki a ratou ano, ka mea, Ko te rangatira tenei mona te kainga: tena, tatou ka whakamate i a ia, kia riro mai ai te kainga i a tatou.

¹⁵And having cast him forth out of the vineyard, they killed [him]. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do to them?

¹⁵Na maka ana ia ki waho o te mara waina, whakamatea iho. Na ka aha te rangatira o te mara waina ki a ratou?

¹⁶He will come and destroy those husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it they said, May it never be!

¹⁶Ka haere ia, ka whakangaro i aua kaimahi, ka hoatu te mara waina ki etahi atu. A ka rongo ratou, ka mea, Kauaka.

¹⁷But he looking at them said, What then is this that is written, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone?

¹⁷Ka titiro ia ki a ratou, ka mea, He aha ra tenei kua oti nei te tuhituhi, Ko te kohatu i kapea e nga kaihanga, kua meinga tenei hei mo te kokonga?

¹⁸Every one falling on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.

¹⁸Na, ki te hinga tetahi ki runga ki tenei kohatu, mongamonga noa; ki te hinga tenei kohatu ki runga ki tetahi, ngotangota noa ia, ano he puehu.

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

¹⁹Na ka whai nga tohunga nui me nga karaipi kia hopukia ia i taua wa ano; ka mataku ratou i te iwi: i mohio hoki ratou i korerotia e ia tenei kupu whakarite mo ratou.

²⁰And having watched [him], they sent out suborned persons, pretending to be just men, that they might take hold of him in [his] language, so that they might deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

²⁰¶ Na ka ata tirohia ia e ratou, ka tonoa mai he kaiwhakarongo, ano te ahua kei to te hunga tika, hei hopu mo tana korero, kia tukua ai ia ki te rangatiratanga, ki te kaha o te kawana.

²¹And they asked him saying, Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and acceptest no [man's] person, but teachest with truth the way of God:

²¹A ka ui ratou ki a ia, ka mea, E te Kaiwhakaako, e mohio ana matou he tika tau e korero nei, e whakaako nei, e kore ano e manakohia e koe te kanohi tangata, engari e whakaako pono ana koe i te huarahi o te Atua:

²²Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

²²He mea tika ranei te hoatu takoha e matou ki a Hiha, kahore ranei?

²³But perceiving their deceit he said to them, Why do ye tempt me?

²³Otira i kitea e ia to ratou hianga, a ka mea kia ratou, He aha koutou ka whakamatautau nei i ahau?

²⁴Shew me a denarius. Whose image and superscription has it? And answering they said, Caesar's.

²⁴Kia kite ahau i tetahi pene. No wai tona ahua me te tuhituhinga? Na ka whakahoki ratou, ka mea, No Hiha.

²⁵And he said to them, Pay therefore what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is God's to God.

²⁵Katahi ia ka mea ki a ratou, hoatu rapea ki a Hiha nga mea a Hiha, ki te Atua ano nga mea a te Atua.

²⁶And they were not able to take hold of him in [his] expressions before the people, and, wondering at his answer, they were silent.

²⁶Heoi kihai i taea e ratou te hopu i tetahi korero ana i te aroaro o te iwi: na ka miharo ratou ki tana kupu, a whakarongo kau ana.

²⁷And some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection, coming up [to him],

²⁷¶ Na ka tae mai etahi o nga Haruki e mea nei kahore he aranga; ka ui ki a ia,

²⁸demanded of him saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother, who has a wife, die, and he die childless, his brother shall take the wife and raise up seed to his brother.

²⁸Ka mea, E te Kaiwhakaako, i tuhituhi a Mohi ki a matou, Ki te mate te tuakana o tetahi tangata, he wahine ano tana, a ka mate urikore ia, me tango te wahine e tona teina, ka whakatupu uri ai mo tona tuakana.

²⁹There were then seven brethren: and the first, having taken a wife, died childless;

²⁹Na, tokowhitu taua whanau; ka tango to mua i te wahine, a mate urikore ana.

³⁰and the second [took the woman, and *he* died childless];

³⁰Na ka tango te tuarua i te wahine, a ka mate urikore ano ia.

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

³¹Na ka tango te tuatoru i a ia; penei ano nga tokowhitu: kahore a ratou tamariki i waiho ai, a mate iho ratou.

³²and last of all the woman also died.

³²Na muri iho i te katoa ka mate hoki te wahine.

³³In the resurrection therefore of which of them does she become wife, for the seven had her as wife?

³³Na, i te aranga, ma wai o ratou te wahine? he wahine hoki ia na te tokowhitu.

³⁴And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world marry and are given in marriage,

³⁴Ka whakahoki a Ihu, ka mea ki a ratou, E marena ana, e hoatu ana ki te marena, nga tamariki o tenei ao:

³⁵but they who are counted worthy to have part in that world, and the resurrection from among [the] dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;

³⁵Tena ko te hunga e paingia ana kia whiwhi ki tera ao, ki te aranga ano i roto i te hunga mate, e kore e marena, e kore ano e hoatu ki te marena:

³⁶for neither can they die any more, for they are equal to angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

³⁶E kore ano ratou e ahei kia mate: e rite ana hoki ki nga anahera; he tama hoki ratou na te Atua, he tama na te aranga.

³⁷But that the dead rise, even Moses shewed in [the section of] the bush, when he called [the] Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob;

³⁷Na, ko te aranga o te hunga mate, kua whakakitea mai tena e Mohi i tana mo te rakau, i karangatia ai te Ariki ko te Atua o Aperahama, ko te Atua o Ihaka, ko te Atua o Hakopa.

³⁸but he is not God of [the] dead but of [the] living; for all live for him.

³⁸Na ehara ia i te Atua no te hunga mate, engari no te hunga ora: e ora katoa ana hoki i roto i a ia.

³⁹And some of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well spoken.

³⁹¶ Na ka whakahoki etahi o nga karaipi ka mea, E te Kaiwhakaako, he pai tau korero.

⁴⁰For they did not dare any more to ask him anything.

⁴⁰Kihai hoki ratou i maia ki te ui ano ki a ia i tetahi mea.

⁴¹And he said to them, How do they say that the Christ is David's son,

⁴¹Na ka mea ia ki a ratou, na te aha ratou i mea ai he tama na Rawiri a te Karaiti?

⁴²and David himself says in the book of Psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand

⁴²Kua mea nei a Rawiri i te pukapuka o nga waiata, I mea te Ariki ki toku Ariki, hei toku matau koe noho ai,

⁴³until I put thine enemies [as] footstool of thy feet?

⁴³Kia meinga ra ano e ahau ou hoariri hei turanga waewae mou.

⁴⁴David therefore calls him Lord, and how is he his son?

⁴⁴Na ka kiia ia e Rawiri he Ariki, a he pehea i tama ai ki a ia?

⁴⁵And, as all the people were listening, he said to his disciples,

⁴⁵A, i te iwi katoa e whakarongo ana, ka mea ia ki ana akonga,

⁴⁶Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and who love salutations in the market-places, and first seats in the synagogues, and first places at suppers;

⁴⁶Kia tupato ki nga karaipi, ko ta ratou nei e rawe ai ko nga kakahu roroa ina haereere ratou, e matenui ana ki nga ohatanga i nga kainga hokohoko, me nga nohoanga rangatira i nga whare karakia me nga nohoanga rangatira i nga hakari:

⁴⁷who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment.

⁴⁷Pau ake hoki i a ratou nga whare o nga pouaru, e inoi roa ana hoki, he ahua kau: nui rawa te he e tau ki a ratou.