Luke 20:19–31

Tribute to Caesar

¹⁹The scribes and the chief priests ^atried to lay hands on Him that very hour, and they feared the people; for they understood that He spoke this parable against them.

^20aSo they watched Him, and sent spies who ¹pretended to be righteous, in order ^bthat they might ²catch Him in some statement, so that they could deliver Him to the rule and the authority of ^cthe governor.

²¹They questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You ¹are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth.

²²“Is it ¹lawful for us ^ato pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

²³But He detected their trickery and said to them,

²⁴“Show Me a ¹denarius. Whose ²likeness and inscription does it have?” They said, “Caesar’s.”

²⁵And He said to them, “Then ^arender to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

²⁶And they were unable to ^1acatch Him in a saying in the presence of the people; and being amazed at His answer, they became silent.

Is There a Resurrection?

^27aNow there came to Him some of the ^bSadducees (who say that there is no resurrection),

²⁸and they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that ^aif a man’s brother dies, having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should ¹marry the wife and raise up children to his brother.

²⁹“Now there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died childless;

³⁰and the second

³¹and the third ¹married her; and in the same way ²all seven ³died, leaving no children.