¹He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.

¹Huan, gentehna thuin a kiang uah a genta a, Kuahiamin grephuan a bawla, a kim huangin a um a, grep sukna ding khuk a tou a, in sang a lama, loukhoumite kiangah khohloh dingin a pia a, gam dangah a hohta-a.

² When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard.

²Huan, a loh hunin huan-a a gah tuh a tansik amau kianga kipana la dingin loukhohlohmite kiangah sikha khat a sawla.

³ They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty.

³Huan, huai mi tuh a na man ua, a vua ua, khut vuakin a pai sak nawnta ua.

⁴ Again, he sent another servant to them; and they threw stones at him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated.

⁴Huan, sikha dang a kiang uah a sawl nawna; huai mi leng a lu ah a na hihliam ua, zumhuaipiin a na bawl ua.

⁵ Again he sent another; and they killed him; and many others, beating some, and killing some.

⁵Huan, sikha dang a sawl nawn jela; huai mi tuh a na hihlum ua. Sikha dang tampi leng-khenkhat a na vua ua, khenkhat a na hihlum ua.

⁶ Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

⁶Huan, khat, tapa deihtak, a nei lai a; Ka tapa jaw a zah ding uh, chiin, amah a nanungpenin a kiang uah a sawla.

⁷ But those farmers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

⁷Himahleh, huai loukhohlohmiten, Hiai mi gouluahdingpa ahi; i that ding uh aw: huchiin a gou luahding eia ahi mai ding, a kichi ua.

⁸ They took him, killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

⁸Huchiin, amah a na man ua, a hihlum ua, grep huan apat a lawn kheta ua.

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

⁹Huaijiakin, grephuan neipan bangchin a honhih dia? Loukhohloh mite a honhih mangthang dia; huan tuh midangte a pe ding.

¹⁰ Haven’t you even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner.

¹⁰Hiai laisiangthou na sim kei ua hia? In lam mite suang deihlouhpen, huai mahmah a ninga suang phatuampen a honghita hi.

¹¹ This was from the Lord, it is marvelous in our eyes’?” Psalm 118:22-23

¹¹Huai tuh Toupa hih ahi, i mit muh uah a lamdang hi, chih, a chi a.

¹²They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.

¹²Huan, amah mat a tumta ua; huai gentehna thu lah amau dema a gen ahi chih a thei ngal ua. Huchiin amah tuh a nusia ua, a paimangta uh.

¹³They sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.

¹³Huan, a thu gena mattheihna dingin Pharisaite leh Herod pawla mi kuate hiam a kiangah a sawl ua.

¹⁴When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

¹⁴Huchiin, amau a hongtun un, a kiangah, Sinsakpa, mi diktat na hi a, deihsak tuan kuamah na neikei chih ka thei uh, kuamah khentuam neilouin, chihtak ngialin Pathian lam thu na hilh jel ahi: Kaisar kianga leiman liau a siang hia siang lou?

¹⁵Shall we give, or shall we not give?” But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.”

¹⁵Pe ding ka hi ua, pe lou ding? a chi ua. Aman bel a lepchiahdan uh theiin, a kiang uah, Bangdia hon zeet na hi ua? Makhai hontawi un, ka na en ding, a chi a.

¹⁶They brought it. He said to them, “Whose is this image and inscription?” They said to him, “Caesar’s.”

¹⁶A hontawi ua. Huan aman a kiang uah, Hiai kua lim leh kua min ahia? a chi a.

¹⁷Jesus answered them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” They marveled greatly at him.

¹⁷Huan, amau, Kaisar-a, a chi ua. Huan, Jesun a kiang uah, Kaisar thilte Kaisar kiangah pia unla, Pathian thilte Pathian kiangah peta unla, a chi a. Huchiin, lamdang a sa mahmah uh.

¹⁸There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying,

¹⁸Huan, Saddukaite, thohnawnna a om kei chite, a kiangah a hongua;

¹⁹“Teacher, Moses wrote to us, ‘If a man’s brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.’

¹⁹A kiangah, Sinsakpa, Mosiin, kuapeuh a unaupan ta neilou in a ji sihsan taleh, a unaupan a ji luahin a unaupa dingin chi a suahsak ding, chiin, a hongelh sak ahi.

²⁰There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring.

²⁰A hi, sal sagih a om ua; a upa penin ji a neia, chi suah louin a si a.

²¹The second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The third likewise;

²¹Huan, a nihnain a luah a, chi suah louin a si nawn jela; a thumna in huchibang mahin.

²²and the seven took her and left no children. Last of all the woman also died.

²²Huchiin, sal sagihte tuh chi himhim suah louin a si jel uh. A nanungpenin numei leng a sita hi.

²³In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For the seven had her as a wife.”

²³Thohnawn hunin a kuapen ji ahi dia le? sagih ten jiin a nei chiat ngal ua, chin a dong ua.

²⁴Jesus answered them, “Isn’t this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?

²⁴Jesun a kiang uah, Hiai jiak hilou hia, na theihkhelh nak uh, Laisiangthou leh Pathian thilhihtheihna na theih louh jiak un?

²⁵ For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

²⁵Misi lak apat a thoh nawnun ji leh pasala kinei lou ding ahi ua, vana angelte bang hizota ding uh ahi ngalua.

²⁶ But about the dead, that they are raised; haven’t you read in the book of Moses, about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’ Exodus 3:6 ?

²⁶Huam, misite kaihthoha a om ding thu u lah Mosi laibua, Loubuk ah, Pathianin, Kei Abraham Pathian, Isaak Pathian, Jakob Pathian ka hi, chia, amah a houpihdan na sim kei ua hia?

²⁷ He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken.”

²⁷Amah jaw misi Pathian ahi keia, mihing Pathian ahi jaw; na thei khial tel u e, a chi a.

²⁸One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together. Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the greatest of all?”

²⁸Huan, laigelhmite laka mi khat a honga, a kisel uh a na ngaikhia a, Jesun amaute thutakin a dawng chih a theia, a kiang ah, Thupiak tengteng ah koi ahia thupipen? chiin, a donga.

²⁹Jesus answered, “The greatest is, ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one:

²⁹Jesun, A thupipen tuh hiai ahi: Israel aw, ngai dih uh, Toupa i Pathian uh Toupa khat kia ahi a;

³⁰ you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ Deuteronomy 6:4-5 This is the first commandment.

³⁰Toupa na Pathian tuh na lungtang tengtengin, na kha tengtengin, na lungsim tengtengin leh na hatna tengtengin na it ding ahi, chih.

³¹ The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Leviticus 19:18 There is no other commandment greater than these.”

³¹A zom tuh hiai ahi, Nangmah na kiit bangin na vengte leng na it ding ahi, chih. Hiai khawng sanga thupiak thupijaw himhim a om kei, chiin, a dawnga.

³²The scribe said to him, “Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he,

³²Huan, laigelhmin a kiangah, Hi-na ngei e, Sinsakpa amah jaw khatkia ahi a, amah lou jaw kua dangmah a om kei uh,

³³and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

³³Amah tuh lungtang tengtenga, theihsiamna tengtenga, hatna tengtenga ita, eimah i kiit banga vengte it tuh pum hal thilpiak leh kithoihna tengteng sangin a hoihzo petmah chih, na gendik hilhial ngei, a chi a.

³⁴When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.” No one dared ask him any question after that.

³⁴Huan, piltakin a dawng chih Jesun a theihin, a kiang ah, Pathian gam na gamlat kei ve, a chi a. Huai nungsang tuh kuamahin thu himhim a dong ngamta kei uh.

³⁵Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?

³⁵Huan, Jesun Pathian biakina thu a hilh laiin, amaute a houpiha, Kris tuh David tapa ahi chih laigelhmiten bangchidana gen uh ahia?

³⁶ For David himself said in the Holy Spirit, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.”’ Psalm 110:1

³⁶David ngeiin, Kha Siangthouin, Toupan, ka Toupa kiangah, Na melmate na khepek ngaknaa ka bawl masiah ka taklamah tuin, a chi a, a chi a.

³⁷ Therefore David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?” The common people heard him gladly.

³⁷David ngeiin amah, Toupa, a chi ngala, koi akipanin ahia amah a tapa a hih? a chi a. Huan, mivantangin kipak takin a thu a ngai khia ua.

³⁸In his teaching he said to them, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces,

³⁸Huan, a thuhilhna ah, laigelhmite lakah pilvang un; amau lah puannak tual silha vak a ut ua, dawl muna chibai buk bang,

³⁹ and the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts:

³⁹Kikhopna ina tutphah hoih pen bang, ankuangluina-a mun hoihpen bang, a nuamtuam nak uh;

⁴⁰ those who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”

⁴⁰meithai in a ne gai ua, tangpi khemna dingin sawtpipi a thum uh; huaiten siamlouhtanna lianjaw a tang ding uh hi, a chi a.

⁴¹Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much.

⁴¹Huan, sum kholna jawnah a tu a; sumkholnaa mipi sum khiakdan a en a; mi hau tampi takin tampipi a khia ua.

⁴²A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins, literally, lepta (or widow’s mites). Lepta are very small brass coins worth half a quadrans each, which is a quarter of the copper assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker’s daily wages. which equal a quadrans coin. A quadrans is a coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius. A denarius is about one day’s wages for an agricultural laborer.

⁴²Huan, meithai jawng tak a honga, dal dangka muja nih a khia a, huai tuh paihsa khat hu ahi.

⁴³He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury,

⁴³Huan, Jesun a nungjuite a sama, a kiang uah, Chihtaktakin ka honhilh ahi, Sumkholna a khe tengteng lakah hiai meithai jawng takin a khe tam pen hi.Hiaite tengtengin a neihlet ua a khia ua; aman jaw a hawmthoh laitak, a neih sun, a nuntakna ding tengteng a khe vek ahi, a chi a.

⁴⁴ for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on.”

⁴⁴Hiaite tengtengin a neihlet ua a khia ua; aman jaw a hawmthoh laitak, a neih sun, a nuntakna ding tengteng a khe vek ahi, a chi a.