Christ told of men tending a vineyard, Chief away,
Who killed servants sent, then the Chief's Son! They'd soon pay!
Pharisees, stung, asked:"Is tax lawful?", to stir strife's brew,
"Coins bear Caesar's image! Pay him, and God, their due!"
Next Sadducees asked, skeptics of the afterlife,
"Who's the spouse of a seven times married dead wife?"
"There're no marriage vows in heav'n," Christ said,
"And God's God of the Patriarchs, living, not dead."
"What's the first law?" "Love God! Second? Your neighbour!
Beware the snobbish scribes who curry men's favour!"
By treasury sat, Christ praised, not rich men giving,
But the widow who gave two mites - all her living!
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