Matthew 22:15–32

Paying Taxes to Caesar

^15gThen the Pharisees went and plotted how ^hto entangle him in his words. ¹⁶And they sent ⁱtheir disciples to him, along with ^jthe Herodians, saying, “Teacher, ^kwe know that you are true and teach ^lthe way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone’s opinion, for ^myou are not swayed by appearances.^{2 17}Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay ⁿtaxes to ^oCaesar, or not?” ¹⁸But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why ^pput me to the test, you hypocrites? ¹⁹Show me the coin for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius.^{3 20}And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” ²¹They said, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, ^q“Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” ²²When they heard it, they marveled. And they ^rleft him and went away.

Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection

²³The same day ^sSadducees came to him, ^twho say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question, ²⁴saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ^u‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.’ ²⁵Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother. ²⁶So too the second and third, down to the seventh. ²⁷After them all, the woman died. ²⁸In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her.”

²⁹But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, ^vbecause you know neither the Scriptures nor ^wthe power of God. ³⁰For in the resurrection they neither ^xmarry nor ^xare given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. ³¹And as for the resurrection of the dead, ^yhave you not read what was said to you by God: ^32z‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.”