Mark 12:13–34

¹³And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they may ensnare him in discourse, ¹⁴and they having come, say to him, ‘Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men, but in truth the way of God dost teach; is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not? may we give, or may we not give?’ ¹⁵And he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, ‘Why me do ye tempt? bring me a denary, that I may see;’ ¹⁶and they brought, and he saith to them, ‘Whose is this image, and the inscription?’ and they said to him, ‘Caesar’s;’ ¹⁷and Jesus answering said to them, ‘Give back the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;’ and they did wonder at him.

¹⁸And the Sadducees come unto him, who say there is not a rising again, and they questioned him, saying, ¹⁹‘Teacher, Moses wrote to us, that if any one’s brother may die, and may leave a wife, and may leave no children, that his brother may take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.

²⁰‘There were then seven brothers, and the first took a wife, and dying, he left no seed; ²¹and the second took her, and died, neither left he seed, and the third in like manner, ²²and the seven took her, and left no seed, last of all died also the woman; ²³in the rising again, then, whenever they may rise, of which of them shall she be wife—for the seven had her as wife?’ ²⁴And Jesus answering said to them, ‘Do ye not because of this go astray, not knowing the Writings, nor the power of God? ²⁵for when they may rise out of the dead, they neither marry nor are they given in marriage, but are as messengers who are in the heavens.

²⁶‘And concerning the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the Book of Moses (at The Bush), how God spake to him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; ²⁷he is not the God of dead men, but a God of living men; ye then go greatly astray.’

²⁸And one of the scribes having come near, having heard them disputing, knowing that he answered them well, questioned him, ‘Which is the first command of all?’ ²⁹and Jesus answered him—‘The first of all the commands is, Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one; ³⁰and thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of thy soul, and out of all thine understanding, and out of all thy strength—this is the first command; ³¹and the second is like it, this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;—greater than these there is no other command.’ ³²And the scribe said to him, ‘Well, Teacher, in truth thou hast spoken that there is one God, and there is none other but He; ³³and to love Him out of all the heart, and out of all the understanding, and out of all the soul, and out of all the strength, and to love one’s neighbour as one’s self, is more than all the whole burnt-offerings and the sacrifices.’ ³⁴And Jesus, having seen him that he answered with understanding, said to him, ‘Thou art not far from the reign of God;’ and no one any more durst question him.