Matthew 22:15–46
15 Then the Pharisees went ⌊and consulted⌋e so that they could entrap him with a statement. 16 And they sent their disciples to him with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and ⌊you do not care what anyone thinks⌋,f ⌊because you do not regard the opinion of people⌋.g 17 Therefore tell us what you think. Is it permitted to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” 18 But because he* knew their maliciousness, Jesus said, “Hypocrites! Why are you testing me? 19 Show me the coin for the tax!” So they brought him a denarius. 20 And he said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” 21 They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Therefore give to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God!” 22 And when they* heard this,* they were astonished, and they left him and* went away.
A Question About Marriage and the Resurrection
23 On that day Sadducees—who say there is no resurrection—came up to him and asked him, 24 saying, “Teacher, Moses said if someone dies without having children, his brother is to marry his wife and ⌊father⌋h descendants for his brother. 25 Now there were seven brothers with us. And the first died after* getting married, and because he* did not have descendants, he left his wife to his brother. 26 So also the second and the third, up to the seventh. 27 And last of all the woman died. 28 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her as wife.”* 29 But Jesus answered and* said to them, “You are mistaken, because* you do not know the scriptures or the power of God! 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of Godi in heaven. 31 Now concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, who said, 32 “I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob”?j He is not the God of the dead, but of the living!” 33 And when* the crowds heard this,* they were amazed at his teaching.
34 Now when* the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they assembled at the same place.k 35 And one of them, a legal expert, put a question to him* to test him: 36 “Teacher, which commandment is greatest in the law?” 37 And he said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’l 38 This is the greatest and first commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’m 40 On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.”
41 Now while* the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus asked them, 42 saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “David’s.” 43 He said to them, “How then does David, by the Spirit, call him ‘Lord,’ saying,
“Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies
under your feet” ’?n
45 If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how is he his son?” 46 And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask him any more questions.*