Matthew 22:15–45

Tribute to Caesar

^15aThen the Pharisees went and ¹plotted together how they might trap Him ²in what He said.

¹⁶And they sent their disciples to Him, along with the ^aHerodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and ¹defer to no one; for You are not partial to any.

¹⁷“Tell us then, what do You think? Is it ¹lawful to give a ^apoll-tax to ^bCaesar, or not?”

¹⁸But Jesus perceived their ¹malice, and said, “Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites?

¹⁹“Show Me the ^acoin used for the poll-tax.” And they brought Him a ¹denarius.

²⁰And He said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?”

²¹They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He said to them, “^aThen render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”

²²And hearing this, they were amazed, and ^aleaving Him, they went away.

Jesus Answers the Sadducees

^23aOn that day some ^bSadducees (who say ^cthere is no resurrection) came to Jesus and questioned Him,

²⁴asking, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘^aIf a man dies having no children, his brother as next of kin shall marry his wife, and raise up children for his brother.’

²⁵“Now there were seven brothers with us; and the first married and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother;

²⁶so also the second, and the third, down to the seventh.

²⁷“Last of all, the woman died.

²⁸“In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her.”

²⁹But Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, ^anot ¹understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God.

³⁰“For in the resurrection they neither ^amarry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

³¹“But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God:

³²‘^aI am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.”

³³When the crowds heard this, ^athey were astonished at His teaching.

^34aBut when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced ^bthe Sadducees, they gathered themselves together.

³⁵One of them, ^1aa lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him,

³⁶“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”

³⁷And He said to him, “ ‘^aYou shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

³⁸“This is the great and ¹foremost commandment.

³⁹“The second is like it, ‘^aYou shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

⁴⁰“^aOn these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.”

^41aNow while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question:

⁴²“What do you think about ¹the Christ, whose son is He?” They said to Him, “^aThe son of David.”

⁴³He said to them, “Then how does David ^1ain the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying,

⁴⁴‘^aThe Lord said to my Lord,

“Sit at My right hand,

Until I put Your enemies beneath Your feet” ’?

⁴⁵“If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his son?”