Luke 20:19–31

¹⁹Then the scribes and the chief priests^l looked for a way to get their hands on him^m that very hour, because they knew he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.ⁿ

GOD AND CAESAR

²⁰They^o watched closely^p and sent spies^q who pretended to be righteous,^C so that they could catch him in what he said,^r to hand him^s over to the governor’s^t rule and authority. ²¹They questioned him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly,^u and you don’t show partiality^Dv but teach truthfully the way of God.^{w 22}Is it lawful^x for us to pay taxes^y to Caesar^z or not?”

²³But detecting their craftiness, he said to them,^{E 24}“Show me a denarius.^F Whose image and inscription does it have?”

“Caesar’s,” they said.

²⁵“Well then,” he told them, “give to Caesar^aa the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

²⁶They were not able to catch him in what he said in public, and being amazed at his answer, they became silent.^ab

THE SADDUCEES AND THE RESURRECTION

²⁷Some^ac of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection,^ad came up and questioned him: ²⁸“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother has a wife, and dies childless, his brother should take the wife and produce offspring for his brother.^{Gae 29}Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife and died without children. ³⁰Also the second^{H 31}and the third took her. In the same way, all seven died and left no children.