¹⁹And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay their^* hands on him at that same hour, and they were afraid of the people, for they knew that he had told this parable with reference to them.

Paying Taxes to Caesar

²⁰And they watched him^* closely and^* sent spies who pretended they were upright, in order that they could catch him in a statement, so that they could hand him over to the authority and the jurisdiction of the governor. ²¹And they asked him, saying, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and do not show partiality,^c but teach the way of God in truth. ²²Is it permitted for us to pay taxes^d to Caesar or not?” ²³But seeing through their craftiness, he said to them, ²⁴“Show me a denarius! Whose image and inscription does it have?” And they answered and^* said,^e “Caesar’s.” ²⁵So he said to them, “Well then, give to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God!” ²⁶And they were not able to catch him^*^f in a statement in the sight of the people, and astonished at his answer, they became silent.

A Question About Marriage and the Resurrection

²⁷Now some of the Sadducees—who deny that there is a resurrection^g—came up and^* asked him, ²⁸saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us if someone’s brother dies having a wife, and this man is childless, that his brother should take the wife and father^h descendants for his brother. ²⁹Now there were seven brothers, and the first took a wife and^* died childless, ³⁰and the second, ³¹and the third took her, and likewise also the seven did not leave children and died.

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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

*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“watched closely”) has been translated as a finite verb
cLiterally “receive face”
dOr “the tribute tax”
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
eSome manuscripts have “And they said”
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
fSome manuscripts explicitly state “him”
gLiterally “resurrection not to exist”
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came up”) has been translated as a finite verb
hLiterally “raise up”
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took”) has been translated as a finite verb