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^D^v but teach truthfully the way of God.^w ²²Is 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.^G^ae ²⁹Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife and died without children. ³⁰Also the second^H ³¹and the third took her. In the same way, all seven died and left no children. ³²Finally, the woman died too. ³³In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For all seven had married her.”

³⁴Jesus told them, “The children of this age^af marry and are given in marriage.^ag ³⁵But those who are counted worthy^ah to take part in that age^ai and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. ³⁶For they can no longer die,^aj because they are like angels and are children of God,^ak since they are children of the resurrection. ³⁷Moses even indicated in the passage about the burning bush that the dead are raised, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.^I^al ³⁸He is not the God of the dead but of the living, because all are living to^J him.”^am

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Luke 20:25: He said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

Footnotes

COr upright
D you don’t receive a face
EOther add “Why are you testing me?
FA denarius one day’s wage
HOther add took her as wife, and he died without children
JOr with

Cross references

o Mt 20:15–22; Mk 12:13–17
p Lk 6:7; 14:1
q Mt 22:15–16
r Lk 11:54
s Lk 24:20; Ac 3:13; Rm 8:32
t Mt 27:2; Lk 21:12
u Jn 3:2
v Dt 1:17; 10:17; Mal 2:9; Mt 22:16
w Ac 13:10; 18:25–26
x Lk 6:9; 14:3
y Mt 17:25; Lk 23:2; Rm 13:6–7
z Lk 2:1; 3:1; 20:24–25; 23:2
aa Mt 22:21
ab Lk 9:36; 14:4
ac Mt 22:23–33,46; Mk 12:18–27,34
ad Ac 23:6
G Dt 25:5
ae Dt 25:5
af Lk 16:8
ag Lk 17:27
ah Ac 5:41; 2Th 1:5
ai Mk 10:30
aj 1Co 15:54–55; Rv 21:4
ak Ps 82:6; Mt 5:45; Rm 8:14,19; Gl 3:26
I Ex 3:6,15
al Ex 3:6,15–16; 4:5; Mt 1:2; Ac 3:13; 7:30–32
am Rm 6:10–11; 14:7–8; 2Co 5:14–15; Gl 2:19–20; 1Th 4:14; 5:10