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¹ Den Jesus start usin' parables ta teach dem. He say, "One man did plant a vineyard, make it up nice wit some bush 'round it an' dig one hole fa dem ta mash da grape up in. He make one tall tower ta look ova da place an' he rent out da vineyard ta some farmas. Den he gone away on one trip. ² When da time was right, he did sen' one servant ta go ta da farmas ta pick up some fruits what dey did grow. ³ But when da servant gone, da people catch him, beat him an' sen' him back wit nuttin'.

⁴ Den he sen' one nex' servant again, an' dey lick him in he head an' treat him dead bad. ⁵ He sen' a nex' one, an' dey kill dat one. Dey treat da nex' ones da same way - some get beat an' da udda ones get kill. ⁶ Da man had one more person ta sen' - da son who he did love ta deat'. He was da las' one he sen' ta dem people. He say, 'Dey ga respek my son.' ⁷ But dem people say ta one anudda, 'Dis he firs' born. Come man, less kill him, an' we ga get erryting what was ga be pass down ta him.' ⁸ Dey catch him, kill him an' t'row him out da yard.

⁹ So what you tink da owna ga do when he come back? He ga come an' kill dem farmas an' ga gee da vineyard ta udda farmas. ¹⁰ You een read dis scripture? 'Da stone what da buildas een wan ga be da cornerstone - da impo'tant one. ¹¹ Dis was from da Lord, an' it ga be wundaful in our eyes.'" ¹² Afta dis, da leadas uh da Jews did try fin' a way ta get Jesus lock up cuz dey know he was talkin' bout dem. But dey was dead scared uh alla da people. So dey leave him an' gone dey way. ¹³ But dey sen' some Pharisee an' Herodians ta him ta see if dey cudda trick him wit dey mout'.

¹⁴ When dey come, dey say, "Teacha, you een care what no one tink cuz you don' curry fava. You really is teach da way uh God. You tink it right fa us ta be payin' Caesar all dat tax or no? We should be payin dat?" ¹⁵ But Jesus know what dey was doin' an' tell dem, "Why yall tessin' me? Bring me one uh dem silva coin so I cud see it." ¹⁶ Dey bring one ta Jesus, an' he say ta dem, "Who face dis is an' who words dese is." Dey say, "Das Caesar oon." ¹⁷ Jesus say, "Gee Caesar what belong ta Caesar, an' gee God what belong ta God." Dey was so su'prise he say dat.

¹⁸ Den da Sadducees, who say een no resurrection, did come ta him. Dey aks him, ¹⁹ "Teacha, Moses did write, 'If a man brudda dead, an' he brudda was marrid but een had no chirren, da man shud marry da brudda wife an' raise one son what ga be da dead brudda son.' ²⁰ Dere was seven bruddas; da firs' one get a wife an' den he did dead but een had no chirren. ²¹ Den da secon' one take her, an' he dead but een had no chirren, an' da t'ird one was da same way. ²² Da seven uh dem een had no chirren. Den da woman did dead las'. ²³ When dey come back ta life, who wife she ga be? Cuz all seven uh dem bruddas dead an' did marrid her." ²⁴ Jesus say, "Dis why yall een know aye? Cuz yall don' know da scripture or da power uh God? ²⁵ Cuz when dey raise from da dead, dey een ga marrid or get gee away ta get marrit. Dey ga be like angels in heaven. ²⁶ But yall talkin' 'bout when da dead get raise up. You mussy een read da book uh Moses when he was talkin' bout' da bush, an' when God talk ta him an' say, "I is da God uh Abraham an' da God uh Isaac an' da God uh Jacob'? ²⁷ He een da God uh da dead, but uh da livin'. Yall wrong."

²⁸ One uh da scribes did come an' hear what dey was talkin' 'bout; he see Jesus did ansa dem good-good. He aks Jesus, "Which one uh da commandment is da mos' important." ²⁹ Jesus say, " Da mos' important is da one what say, 'Listen Israel, da Lord is our God, da Lord is one. ³⁰ Ya mus' love da Lord ya God wit all ya heart, an' all ya soul, an' all ya min' an' all ya strent'.' ³¹ Da second commandment is, 'Ya mus' love ya neighba jus' like ya love yasef.' Een no commandment betta dan dese set."

³² Da scribe say, "Good, Teacha! You really say God is da one an' een no one else cud stan' nex' ta him. ³³ Lovin' God wit all ya heart an' wit all ya min' an' wit all ya strent', an' ta love ya neighba like ya love yasef is betta dan alla da sacrifice an' offerins." ³⁴ When Jesus see he ansa was very wise, he say, "You een far from God kingdom." Afta dat, een no one even try aks Jesus no more questions. ³⁵ When Jesus was teachin' in da court temple, he say, "How da scribe dem cud say da Christ is da son uh David? ³⁶ David hesef, in da Spirit, say, "Da Lord say ta my Lord, 'Sit at my right han' until I put ya enemy 'neath ya foot.'" ³⁷ David hesef is call him 'Lord,' so how da Christ cud be David son?" Da big crowd was happy ta listen ta him.

³⁸ While he was teachin' Jesus say, "Watch out fa dem scribes who like ta walk 'bout in dem long robe an' like ta get hail in da ma'ket ³⁹ an' have da most impo'tant seat in da synagogue an' like be da gues' uh honour at da feas'. ⁴⁰ Dey is cheat an' t'ief da widow dem house, an' is pray long long so people cud see dem. Dese man ga get charge hard." ⁴¹ Den Jesus sit down 'cross from da offerin' box in da temple; he was watchin' people while dey was puttin' dey money in da box. Plenty rich people put in big money.

⁴² Den one poor poor widow come up an' put in two mites what was only wort' 'bout couple cent. ⁴³ He call he disciple an' say, "I tellin' yall da trute. Dis poor widow put more in dat box dan errybody else who put dey money in. ⁴⁴ Da res' uh dem give cuz dey had plenty, but dis women, wit her poor sef, gee erryting she had."