Luke 20:19–31

¹⁹And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that against them he spake this simile.

²⁰And, having watched him, they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor, ²¹and they questioned him, saying, ‘Teacher, we have known that thou dost say and teach rightly, and dost not accept a person, but in truth the way of God dost teach; ²²Is it lawful to us to give tribute to Caesar or not?’ ²³And he, having perceived their craftiness, said unto them, ‘Why me do ye tempt? ²⁴shew me a denary; of whom hath it an image and superscription?’ and they answering said, ‘Of Caesar:’ ²⁵and he said to them, ‘Give back, therefore, the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;’ ²⁶and they were not able to take hold on his saying before the people, and having wondered at his answer, they were silent.

²⁷And certain of the Sadducees, who are denying that there is a rising again, having come near, questioned him, ²⁸saying, ‘Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one’s brother may die, having a wife, and he may die childless—that his brother may take the wife, and may raise up seed to his brother.

²⁹‘There were, then, seven brothers, and the first having taken a wife, died childless, ³⁰and the second took the wife, and he died childless, ³¹and the third took her, and in like manner also the seven—they left not children, and they died;