The Skeptics Annotated Bible (790 page)

3
And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

(12.3)
“And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.”

4 And again
he sent unto them another servant; and
at him
they
cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and
sent him away shamefully handled.

(12.4)
“He sent unto them another servant; and … they … sent him away shamefully handled.”

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

(12.5)
“He sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.”

6
Having
yet therefore
one son
, his wellbeloved,
he sent him
also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

(12.6)
“Having … one son … he sent him.”

7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our’s.

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

(12.8)
“And they took him, and killed him.”

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

(12.9)
“The lord of the vineyard … will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.”

10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:

11 This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

13 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.

(12.14-17) Pay your taxes. Keep state and church separate.

14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth:
Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

(12.14)
“Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?”

15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But
he
, knowing their hypocrisy,
said
unto them, Why tempt ye me?
bring me a penny
, that I may see it.

(12.15)
“He … said … bring me a penny.”

16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them,
Whose is this image and superscription? And they said
unto him,
Caesar’s.

(12.16)
“Whose is this image and superscription? And they said … Caesar’s.”

17 And
Jesus
answering
said
unto them,
Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s
. And they marvelled at him.

(12.17)
“Jesus … said … Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

(12.18-25) There is no sex or marriage in heaven.
29 Do angels have sex?

18 Then come unto him
the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection
; and they
asked him, saying,

19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

20 Now
there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

(12.18-20)
“The Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection … asked him, saying … there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.”

21 And
the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.

(12.21)
“The second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.”

22
And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.

(12.22)
“And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.”

23
In the resurrection
therefore, when they shall rise,
whose wife shall she be
of them? for the seven had her to wife.

(12.23)
“In the resurrection… wife shall she be?”

24 And
Jesus
answering
said
unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

25 For
when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

(12.24-25)
“Jesus … said … When they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.”

26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how
in the bush God spake unto him
, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

(12.26)
“In the bush God spake unto him.”
89 Who appeared to Moses in the burning bush?

27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?

29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel;
The Lord our God is one Lord
:

(12.29)
“The Lord our God is one Lord.”
9 How many gods are there?

30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt
love thy neighbour as thyself.
There is none other commandment greater than these.

(12.31)
“Love thy neighbour as thyself.”
128 How should nonbelievers be treated?