Luke 20 is a chapter in which we see Jesus teaching in the temple (19:47–48), having cleansed it so that he may reside in its precincts (19:45–46). The atmosphere is tense. The many questions put to Jesus are hostile and are designed to trap him into making an incriminating response (see esp. vv. 20–26). The chapter may be divided into the following six parts: (1) the question about Jesus’ authority (vv. 1–8); (2) the Parable of the Wicked Vineyard Tenants (vv. 9–19); (3) the question about paying taxes (vv. 20–26); (4) the question about the resurrection (vv. 27–40); (5) the question about the Son of David (vv. 41–44); and (6) Jesus’ warning about the teachers of the law (vv. 45–47). Virtually all of this material has been derived from Mark 11:27–12:40.

20:1–8 In 19:47 we were told that …