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|The [[Parables|parable]] of a certain man Who planted a vineyard, is similar to  what we read in [[Matthew 21]]:33-46. Comp. [[Luke 20]]:9-19.
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|  The idea of setting an ''hedge'' is most likely a ''wall'' which is establishing a [[capitalist]] property right.
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| He also digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower. This shows there was a considerable investment which was turned over to a husbandman.<Ref name="georgos">{{1092}}</Ref>
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| The husbandman is the stewart holding dominion of a trust for the owner. <Br>A long chain of abuses occurs against the owner's representative and eventually they attempt to steaĺ the inheritance<Ref name="kleronomia">{{2872}}</Ref> from the father by killing the son.
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| We may see the idea to [[put to death]] the rightful heir as a  way to inherit what was the [[Fathers]] but that often produces the consequences of what is called the [[Wrath]] of God. The kingdom of God is from [[Generation to generation|generation to generations]].
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| '''A test of [[faith]] in the "[[Love]]" of God is a willingness to [[sacrifice]].''' Being a [[believer]] is both knowing and being like [[Christ]] to even die for that [[faith]] seeking to save others in real ways. Christ came to show us [[the way]] of [[righteousness]] which would include a [[daily ministration]] of rightly dividing the [[daily bread|free bread]] of [[charity]] from house to house through the practice of [[pure religion]].
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| '''The [[early Christians]] would be [[put to death]]''' for not signing up at the public [[temples]] for the [[free bread]] of [[Rome]] just as the [[Pharisees]] sought to [[put to death]] this [[Christ]] who offered a system of [[Corban]] that was an alternative to that which had been offered by [[Herod]] and the [[Pharisees]] which was "making the word of God to none effect". '''Understanding the [[Christian conflict]]''' is important.
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| [[John the Baptist]] and the [[Apostle|apostles]] of Jesus had been baptizing the people into that different system of [[charity]] that did not rely on [[force]]d contributions and the [[covetous practices]] nor [[legal charity]] of [[public religion]]. This would be at the heart of the [[Christian conflict]] with [[Rome]] and the persecution of the [[early Church]].
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| V12 and 13 reveals that they knew Jesus spoke of them and their [[apostasy]].
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| V14 Is it lawful to give [[tribute]] to [[Caesar]], or not?
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| V15-16 This image and superscription was a form idolatry according to the doctrines of the Pharisees. 
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| '''Why did they owe Caesar?'''
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|  The truth was '''they owed the [[tribute]]''' because they had  made [[Contracts, Covenants, and Constitutions|contracts and covenants]] with [[Caesar]], and had and were taking his [[dainties]] and were now therefore [[snare|snared]].
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| They had not only been '''''[[slothful]]'' in [[the way]] of the [[Father]] in heaven''' but had taken up with the [[fathers]] of the earth. They were not only eating at their [[tables]] but had instituted their own system of [[Corban]] which was entangling them in a [[yoke of bondage]].  And yet they were blind to their own [[folly]]. V25 They did not understand the resurrection.
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| '''The [[modern Christians]] with their own blind guides''' are doing much the same today with their own [[covetous practices]], their [[Contracts, Covenants, and Constitutions]], and desire for the [[reward of unrighteousness]]. But they are blind because they too sit in [[darkness]]. They fail to [[repent]] and find their comfort in their own [[imagination]] and the [[doctrines of men]].
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| If people are not loving their neighbor then they are not keeping the Primary command. Jesus points this out as we see him speak of the [[widow]].
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| '''Oppression and affliction'''<Br>"20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.<Ref name="charam">{{02763}}</Ref>21 Thou shalt neither vex<Ref name="yanah">{{03238}}</Ref> a stranger, nor [[oppress]]<Ref name="lachats">{{03905}}</Ref><Ref name="notoppress">{{notoppress}}</Ref> him: for ye were strangers in the land of [[Egypt]]. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;  And my [[wrath]] shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be [[widow|widows]], and your children fatherless." [[Exodus 22]]:22 - 24
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| '''Governing mankind and his mind or soul'''<Ref>"[[Augustus Caesar|Augustus]] was sensible that mankind is governed by [[name]]s; nor was he deceived in his expectation, that the [[senate]] and people would [[employ|submit to slavery]], provided they were [[legal charity|respectfully]] assured that they still enjoyed their ancient freedom.  A feeble senate and enervated people cheerfully acquiesced in the pleasing illusion, as long as it was supported by the virtue, or even by the prudence, of the successors of [[Augustus Caesar|Augustus]]. It was a motive of self-preservation, not a principle of liberty, that animated the conspirators against [[Caligula]], [[Nero]], and [[Domitian]]. They attacked the person of the tyrant, without aiming their blow at the authority of the emperor. "Gibbon's ''Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'', Chapter 3 The [[Constitution]] In The Age Of The Antonines. Part II. Sec. I. ''The death of [[Caesar]]''.</Ref>
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| [[Caesar]] was the [[Patronus]] of the empire of [[Rome]] and [[Son of God]] as a ''[[Nimrod|mighty provider instead of the LORD]]''<Ref>"The annual Temple-tribute was allowed to be transported to [[Jerusalem]], and the alienation of these funds by the civil magistrates treated as sacrilege. As the Jews objected to bear arms, or march, on the [[Sabbath]], they were freed from military service. On similar grounds, they were not obliged to appear in courts of law on their holy days. Augustus even ordered that, when the [[Public religion|public distribution]] of corn or of money among the [[citizen|citizens]] fell on a [[Sabbath]], the Jews were to receive their share on the following day. In a similar spirit the Roman authorities confirmed a decree by which the founder of Antioch, Seleucus I. (Nicator),[d Ob.280 B.C.] had granted the Jews the right of citizenship in all the cities of Asia Minor and Syria which he had built, and the privilege of receiving, instead of the oil that was distributed, which their [[religion]] forbade them to use, [e Ab. Sar ii. 6] an equivalent in money. ([[Josephus|Jos.Ant. xii. 3. 1]]) These rights were maintained by Vespasian and [[Titus]] even after the last Jewish war, notwithstanding the earnest remonstrances of these cities. No wonder, that at the death of [[Caesar]] [g 44 B.C.] the Jews of [[Rome]] gathered for many nights, waking strange feelings of awe in the city, as they chanted in mournful melodies their Psalms around the pyre on which the body of their [[benefactor]] had been burnt, and raised their pathetic dirges." ''Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah'' by Alfred Edersheim, Chapt. V </Ref>
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| “Some scholars regard the ancient confederation of Hebrew tribes that endured in Palestine from the 15th century BC until a monarchy was established about 1020 BC as an [[Embryonic republics|embryonic republic]]. That would make the ancient Israelite commonwealth the earliest republic in history....”<Ref>“[[Republic]],” Microsoft ® Encarta. © 1994 Ms. Corp. and F & W Corp.</Ref> A [[Republic]] is neither a [[democracy]] nor an [[Republican form|indirect democracy]].
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| What did it mean to [[respecter of persons|regardest not the person]] of men, but teachest [[the way]] of God in [[truth]]?
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| Are you conforming to the [[doctrines of men]] or the [[doctrine of Jesus]]?
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| Are you a [[doer |doer of the word]] or under a [[strong delusion]]?
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| Have you [[repent|repented]] like we were called to do according to the Gospel of Christ?<Ref>[[Mark 1]]:[1] The beginning of the gospel of [[Christ|Jesus Christ]], the [[Son of God]];[2] As it is written in the [[prophets]] , Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare [[The Way|thy way]] before thee. [3] The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye [[the way]] of the Lord, make his [[5147|paths]] straight.</Ref>
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| To you [[seek]] the [[righteousness]] of God or the [[reward of unrighteousness]]?
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| '''[[Republic]]''', [[Democracy]], [[one form of government|one form of governments]], [[Taxation]], [[tithe]], [[free bread]] of [[Rome vs US|Rome]] and the [[daily bread]] of [[Christ]] which the [[Corban of Christ]]. People needed [[Declaration of Independence]] from the [[Imperial Cult of Rome|Roman Imperial Cult]] and the [[Corban]] of the [[Pharisees]], [[Was Paul a Roman Citizen]], [[Care]], [[Social bonds]], [[Social welfare]], [[FEMA]], [[Legal charity]], [[Christian conflict]], [[Flesh pots]] and the [[cities of blood]], [[Force]] or [[peace]], [[The way]] of the [[righteousness]]  or the [[Great Society]] of the [[masses]].
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|'''“The [[Abomination of desolation|real destroyers]] of the liberties of the people is [[FDR|he who spreads]] among them [[legal charity|bounties]], [[dainties|donations]], and [[benefits]].”''' [[Plutarch]]
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[1] And he began to speak unto them by [[parables]]. <span style="color:#FF0000">'''A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.'''</Span>
== The Vineyard and the Husbandman ==


[2] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.'''</Span>
[1] And he began to speak unto them by [[parables]]. <span style="color:#FF0000">'''A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen<Ref name="georgos">{{1092}}</Ref>, and went into a far country.'''</Span>
 
[2] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''And at the season he sent to the Husbandman<Ref name="georgos">{{1092}}</Ref> a servant<Ref name="doulos">{{1401}}</Ref>, that he might receive from the husbandmen<Ref name="georgos">{{1092}}</Ref> of the fruit of the vineyard.'''</Span>
 
=== Beat the bondsman===


[3] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.'''</Span>
[3] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.'''</Span>
=== Wounded the bondsman===


[4] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''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.'''</Span>
[4] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''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.'''</Span>
=== Kill the bondsman===


[5] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.'''</Span>
[5] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.'''</Span>
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[6] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.'''</Span>
[6] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.'''</Span>


[7] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.'''</Span>
=== Kills the son===
 
[7] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''But those husbandmen<Ref name="georgos">{{1092}}</Ref> said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance<Ref name="kleronomia">{{2872}}</Ref> shall be ours.'''</Span>


[8] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.'''</Span>
[8] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.'''</Span>


[9] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.'''</Span>
== What shall be done ==
 
[9] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen<Ref name="georgos">{{1092}}</Ref>, and will give the vineyard unto others.'''</Span>


[10] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:'''</Span>
[10] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:'''</Span>


[11] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?'''</Span>
[11] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?'''</Span>
==They sought to kill ==


[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.
[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.
[13] And they send unto him certain of the [[Pharisees]] and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.
== A trap ==


[14] And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou [[respecter of persons|regardest not the person]] of men, but teachest [[the way]] of God in [[truth]]: Is it lawful to give [[tribute]] to [[Caesar]], or not?
[14] And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou [[respecter of persons|regardest not the person]] of men, but teachest [[the way]] of God in [[truth]]: 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, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.'''</Span>
[15] Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their [[Hypocrites|hypocrisy]], said unto them, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.'''</Span>


[16] And they brought it. And he saith unto them, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Whose is this image and superscription?'''</Span> And they said unto him, Caesar's.
[16] And they brought it. And he saith unto them, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Whose is this image and superscription?'''</Span> And they said unto him, Caesar's.
== Render what is owed ==


[17] And Jesus answering said unto them, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.'''</Span> And they marvelled at him.
[17] And Jesus answering said unto them, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.'''</Span> And they marvelled at him.


[18] Then come unto him the [[Sadducees]], which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
== Resurrection ==
 
[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.
[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.
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[22] And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.
[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.
[23] In the [[resurrection]] therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
 
=== The err ===


[24] And Jesus answering said unto them, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?'''</Span>
[24] And Jesus answering said unto them, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?'''</Span>


[25] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''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.'''</Span>
[25] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''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.'''</Span>
== God of the living ==


[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?
[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?
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[27] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.'''</Span>
[27] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.'''</Span>


[28] And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Which is the first commandment of all?'''</Span>
== Primary command ==


[29] And Jesus answered him, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:'''</Span>
[28] And one of the [[scribe|scribes]] came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Which is the first commandment<Ref name="entole">{{1785}}</Ref> of all?'''</Span>


[30] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''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.'''</Span>
[29] And [[Jesus]] answered him, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''The first of all the [[commandments]] is, Hear, O [[Israel]]; The Lord our God is one Lord:'''</Span>


[31] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.'''</Span>
[30] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''And thou shalt [[love]] the Lord thy God with all thy heart<Ref name="heartmind">{{heartmind}}</Ref>, and with all thy [[soul]], and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first [[Commandments|commandment]]. '''</Span>


[32] And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the ''truth'': for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
[31] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt [[love]] thy neighbour as thyself.<Ref name="Lovegn">{{Lovegn}}</Ref> There is none other commandment greater than these.'''</Span>


[33] And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole [[burnt offering]]s and [[sacrifice]]s.
[32] And the [[scribe]] said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the ''truth'': for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
 
[33] And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself,<Ref name="Lovegn">{{Lovegn}}</Ref> is more than all whole [[burnt offering]]s and [[sacrifice]]s.


[34] And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Thou art not far from the [[kingdom of God]].'''</Span> And no man after that durst ask him any question.
[34] And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Thou art not far from the [[kingdom of God]].'''</Span> And no man after that durst ask him any question.
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[40] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.'''</Span>
[40] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.'''</Span>
== judged by the treasury ==


[41] And Jesus sat over against <Ref name="kathizo">{{2523}}</Ref> the treasury,<Ref name="gazophulakion">{{1049}}</Ref> and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury<Ref name="gazophulakion">{{1049}}</Ref>: and many that were rich cast in much.
== Judged by the treasury ==
 
[41] And Jesus sat over against <Ref name="kathizo">{{2523}}</Ref> the [[treasury]],<Ref name="gazophulakion">{{1049}}</Ref> and beheld how the people cast money into the [[treasury]]<Ref name="gazophulakion">{{1049}}</Ref>: and many that were rich cast in much.


[42] And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
[42] And there came a certain poor [[widow]], and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.


[43] And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:<Ref name="gazophulakion">{{1049}}</Ref>'''</Span>
[43] And he called unto him his [[disciples]], and saith unto them, <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Verily I say unto you, That this poor [[widow]] hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the [[treasury]]:<Ref name="gazophulakion">{{1049}}</Ref>'''</Span>


[44] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.'''</Span><br>
[44] <span style="color:#FF0000">'''For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.'''</Span><br>

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The parable of a certain man Who planted a vineyard, is similar to what we read in Matthew 21:33-46. Comp. Luke 20:9-19.
The idea of setting an hedge is most likely a wall which is establishing a capitalist property right.
He also digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower. This shows there was a considerable investment which was turned over to a husbandman.[1]
The husbandman is the stewart holding dominion of a trust for the owner.
A long chain of abuses occurs against the owner's representative and eventually they attempt to steaĺ the inheritance[2] from the father by killing the son.
We may see the idea to put to death the rightful heir as a way to inherit what was the Fathers but that often produces the consequences of what is called the Wrath of God. The kingdom of God is from generation to generations.
A test of faith in the "Love" of God is a willingness to sacrifice. Being a believer is both knowing and being like Christ to even die for that faith seeking to save others in real ways. Christ came to show us the way of righteousness which would include a daily ministration of rightly dividing the free bread of charity from house to house through the practice of pure religion.
The early Christians would be put to death for not signing up at the public temples for the free bread of Rome just as the Pharisees sought to put to death this Christ who offered a system of Corban that was an alternative to that which had been offered by Herod and the Pharisees which was "making the word of God to none effect". Understanding the Christian conflict is important.
John the Baptist and the apostles of Jesus had been baptizing the people into that different system of charity that did not rely on forced contributions and the covetous practices nor legal charity of public religion. This would be at the heart of the Christian conflict with Rome and the persecution of the early Church.
V12 and 13 reveals that they knew Jesus spoke of them and their apostasy.
V14 Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
V15-16 This image and superscription was a form idolatry according to the doctrines of the Pharisees. 
Why did they owe Caesar?
The truth was they owed the tribute because they had made contracts and covenants with Caesar, and had and were taking his dainties and were now therefore snared.
They had not only been slothful in the way of the Father in heaven but had taken up with the fathers of the earth. They were not only eating at their tables but had instituted their own system of Corban which was entangling them in a yoke of bondage. And yet they were blind to their own folly. V25 They did not understand the resurrection.
The modern Christians with their own blind guides are doing much the same today with their own covetous practices, their Contracts, Covenants, and Constitutions, and desire for the reward of unrighteousness. But they are blind because they too sit in darkness. They fail to repent and find their comfort in their own imagination and the doctrines of men.
If people are not loving their neighbor then they are not keeping the Primary command. Jesus points this out as we see him speak of the widow.
Oppression and affliction
"20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.[3]21 Thou shalt neither vex[4] a stranger, nor oppress[5][6] him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless." Exodus 22:22 - 24
Governing mankind and his mind or soul[7]
Caesar was the Patronus of the empire of Rome and Son of God as a mighty provider instead of the LORD[8]
“Some scholars regard the ancient confederation of Hebrew tribes that endured in Palestine from the 15th century BC until a monarchy was established about 1020 BC as an embryonic republic. That would make the ancient Israelite commonwealth the earliest republic in history....”[9] A Republic is neither a democracy nor an indirect democracy.
Questions
What did it mean to regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth?
Are you conforming to the doctrines of men or the doctrine of Jesus?
Are you a doer of the word or under a strong delusion?
Have you repented like we were called to do according to the Gospel of Christ?[10]
To you seek the righteousness of God or the reward of unrighteousness?
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Republic, Democracy, one form of governments, Taxation, tithe, free bread of Rome and the daily bread of Christ which the Corban of Christ. People needed Declaration of Independence from the Roman Imperial Cult and the Corban of the Pharisees, Was Paul a Roman Citizen, Care, Social bonds, Social welfare, FEMA, Legal charity, Christian conflict, Flesh pots and the cities of blood, Force or peace, The way of the righteousness or the Great Society of the masses.
“The real destroyers of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations, and benefits.” Plutarch

The Vineyard and the Husbandman

[1] And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen[1], and went into a far country.

[2] And at the season he sent to the Husbandman[1] a servant[11], that he might receive from the husbandmen[1] of the fruit of the vineyard.

Beat the bondsman

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

Wounded the bondsman

[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.

Kill the bondsman

[5] And again 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.

Kills the son

[7] But those husbandmen[1] said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance[2] shall be ours.

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

What shall be done

[9] What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen[1], 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?

They sought to kill

[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.

A trap

[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?

[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.

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

Render what is owed

[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.

Resurrection

[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.

[21] And 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.

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

The err

[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.

God of the living

[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?

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

Primary command

[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[12] of all?

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

[30] And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart[13], 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.[14] There is none other commandment greater than these.

[32] And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:

[33] And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself,[14] is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

[34] And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

[35] And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?

[36] For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

[37] David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.

[38] And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,

[39] And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:

[40] Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

Judged by the treasury

[41] And Jesus sat over against [15] the treasury,[16] and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury[16]: and many that were rich cast in much.

[42] And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.

[43] And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:[16]

[44] For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.


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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 ‭1092. γεωργος georgos gheh-ore-gos’; from 1093 ge soil and the base of 2041 erogon toil; a land-worker, i.e. farmer: —  husbandman. ‭
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 ‭2817. κληρονομια kleronomia klay-ron-om-ee’-ah; from 2818 kleronomos inheritor; heirship, i.e. (concretely) a patrimony or (genitive case) a possession: —  inheritance.
  3. ↑ 02763 ^םרח^ charam \@khaw-ram’\@ a primitive root ChetReishMem; v; AV-destroy 34, utterly 10, devote 2, accursed 1, consecrate 1, forfeited 1, flat nose 1, utterly to make away 1, slay 1; 52 and is also a noun 02764 ^םרח^ cherem
    1) to ban, devote, destroy utterly, completely destroy, dedicate for destruction, exterminate
    1a) (Hiphil)
    1a1) to prohibit (for common use), ban
    1a2) to consecrate, devote, dedicate for destruction
    1a3) to exterminate, completely destroy
    1b) (Hophal)
    1b1) to be put under the ban, be devoted to destruction
    1b2) to be devoted, be forfeited
    1b3) to be completely destroyed
    2) to split, slit, mutilate (a part of the body)
    2a) (Qal) to mutilate
    2b) (Hiphil) to divide
    • ח Chet The Life Force - Dynamic nature of - cause and effect - give life and live.[fence, thread, hedge, chamber...cycle] (Numeric value: 8)
    • ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)
    • מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)
  4. ↑ 03238 ^הני^ yanah \@yaw-naw’\@ a primitive root, Greek 2388 ~Ιαννα~ Janna ="flourishing"; v; {See TWOT on 873} AV-oppress 11, vex 4, destroy 1, oppressor 1, proud 1, do wrong 1, oppression 1, thrust out; 21
    1) to oppress, suppress, treat violently, maltreat, vex, do wrong
    1a) (Qal) to oppress, suppress
    1b) (Hiphil) to treat violently, maltreat
  5. ↑ 03905 ^ץחל^ lachats LamedChetTzadik \@law-khats’\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 1106} AV-oppress 13, afflict 1, crushed 1, fast 1, forced 1, oppressors 1, thrust 1; 19
    1) to squeeze, press, oppress
    1a) (Qal)
    1a1) to squeeze, press
    1a2) to oppress
    1b) (Niphal) to squeeze oneself
    • ל Lamed means Aspiration of the Heart or to learn or even direct like a shepherd. It has to do with what the Hand produces, [hand is די YodDalet] or directs with staff, whip... like the tongue may direct. (Numeric value: 30)
    • ח Chet The Life Force - Dynamic nature of - cause and effect - give life and live.[fence, thread, hedge, chamber...cycle] (Numeric value: 8)
    • צ ץ Tzadik is always related to The Faith of the Righteous One, the foundation of the word "to hunt" or Harvest even eat or desire. [Harvest, pant, desire] (Numeric value: 90)
  6. ↑ Not oppressor
    Exodus 20:2 "I [am] the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage."
    Exodus 22:21 "Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt."
    Exodus 23:9 "Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt."
    Leviticus 19:33 "And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him."
    Deuteronomy 10:19 "Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt."
    Deuteronomy 24:14 "Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant [that is] poor and needy, [whether he be] of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that [are] in thy land within thy gates:"
    Jeremiah 7:6 "[If] ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:"
    Zechariah 7:10 "And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart."
    Malachi 3:5 "And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in [his] wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts."
  7. ↑ "Augustus was sensible that mankind is governed by names; nor was he deceived in his expectation, that the senate and people would submit to slavery, provided they were respectfully assured that they still enjoyed their ancient freedom. A feeble senate and enervated people cheerfully acquiesced in the pleasing illusion, as long as it was supported by the virtue, or even by the prudence, of the successors of Augustus. It was a motive of self-preservation, not a principle of liberty, that animated the conspirators against Caligula, Nero, and Domitian. They attacked the person of the tyrant, without aiming their blow at the authority of the emperor. "Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Chapter 3 The Constitution In The Age Of The Antonines. Part II. Sec. I. The death of Caesar.
  8. ↑ "The annual Temple-tribute was allowed to be transported to Jerusalem, and the alienation of these funds by the civil magistrates treated as sacrilege. As the Jews objected to bear arms, or march, on the Sabbath, they were freed from military service. On similar grounds, they were not obliged to appear in courts of law on their holy days. Augustus even ordered that, when the public distribution of corn or of money among the citizens fell on a Sabbath, the Jews were to receive their share on the following day. In a similar spirit the Roman authorities confirmed a decree by which the founder of Antioch, Seleucus I. (Nicator),[d Ob.280 B.C.] had granted the Jews the right of citizenship in all the cities of Asia Minor and Syria which he had built, and the privilege of receiving, instead of the oil that was distributed, which their religion forbade them to use, [e Ab. Sar ii. 6] an equivalent in money. (Jos.Ant. xii. 3. 1) These rights were maintained by Vespasian and Titus even after the last Jewish war, notwithstanding the earnest remonstrances of these cities. No wonder, that at the death of Caesar [g 44 B.C.] the Jews of Rome gathered for many nights, waking strange feelings of awe in the city, as they chanted in mournful melodies their Psalms around the pyre on which the body of their benefactor had been burnt, and raised their pathetic dirges." Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Alfred Edersheim, Chapt. V
  9. ↑ “Republic,” Microsoft ® Encarta. © 1994 Ms. Corp. and F & W Corp.
  10. ↑ Mark 1:[1] The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;[2] As it is written in the prophets , Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. [3] The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
  11. ↑ 1401 ~δοῦλος~ doulos \@doo’-los\@ from 1210 deo to bind; n AV-servant 120, bond 6, bondman 1; 127
    1) a slave, bondman, man of servile condition
    1a) a slave
    1b) metaph., one who gives himself up to another’s will, those whose service is used by Christ in extending and advancing his cause among men
    1c) devoted to another to the disregard of one’s own interests
    2) a servant, attendant
  12. ↑ 1785 ~ἐντολή~ entole \@en-tol-ay’\@ from 1781; n f AV-commandment 69, precept 2; 71
    1) an order, command, charge, precept, injunction
    1a) that which is prescribed to one by reason of his office
    2) a commandment
    2a) a prescribed rule in accordance with which a thing is done
    2a1) a precept relating to lineage, of the Mosaic precept concerning the priesthood
    2a2) ethically used of the commandments in the Mosaic law or Jewish tradition
    For Synonyms see entry 5918
  13. ↑ Heart and mind
    Jeremiah 31:33 "But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."
    Isaiah 63:17 O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, [and] hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
    Ezekiel 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
    Hebrews 8:10 For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
    Hebrews 10:16 This [is] the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
    James 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.
    Matthew 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
    Mark 12:30 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.
    Luke 10:27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Love God and neighbor
    Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:... 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
    Matthew 19:17 "And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? [there is] none good but one, [that is], God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments."
    John 14:15 "If ye love me, keep my commandments."
    John 14:21 "He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him."
    John 15:10 "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love."
    Luke 6:47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:...49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
    Luke 7:8 For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth [it].
    John 3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
    Titus 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
    James 1:23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
    James 2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
    James 3:13 Who [is] a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
    Revelation 2:2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
    Revelation 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
  15. ↑ 2523 ~καθίζω~ kathizo \@kath-id’-zo\@ another (active) form for 2516 sit; v AV-sit 26, sit down 14, set 2, be set 2, be set down 2, continue 1, tarry 1; 48
    1) to make to sit down
    1a) to set, appoint, to confer a kingdom on one
    2) intransitively
    2a) to sit down
    2b) to sit
    2b1) to have fixed one’s abode
    2b2) to sojourn, to settle, settle down
    • καθίσας (kathisas) — 11 Occurrences
    Mark 9:35 
    ..."he sat down"" to make ruling.
    Mark 12:41 
    Jesus sat over against the treasury[1]
    [[Luke 5]):3 
     And he sat down, and taught
    Luke 14:28 ... 31
     sitteth not down first, and counteth... and consulteth
    Luke 16:6 
    bill, and sit down quickly, and write
    John 8:2 
    him; and he sat down, and taught them.
    Acts 12:21 
    in royal apparel, sat upon his throne,
    Acts 25:6 
     and the next day sitting on
    [[Acts 25]):17 
     on the morrow I sat on
    Ephesians 1:20 
     the dead, and set [him] at his own
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 1049 ~γαζοφυλάκιον~ gazophulakion \@gad-zof-oo-lak’-ee-on\@ from 1047 and 5438; ; n n AV-treasury 5; 5
    1) a repository of treasure, especially of public treasure, a treasury
    It is used to describe the apartments constructed in the courts of the temple, in which the not only the sacred offerings and things needful for the service were kept, but in which the priests, etc, dwelt: #Ne 13:7; of the sacred treasury in which not only treasure but also public records were stored, and the property of widows and orphans was deposited. Josephus speaks of treasuries in the women’s court of Herod’s temple. In the N.T. near the treasury seems to used of that receptacle mentioned by the rabbis to which were fitted thirteen chests or boxes, i.e. trumpets, so called from their shape, and into which were put the contributions made voluntarily or paid yearly by the Jews for the service of the temple and the support of the poor.
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