Luke 20:21-31

21 So they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and 1show no partiality,[a] but truly teach 2the way of God.
22 Is it lawful for us to give 3tribute to 4Caesar, or not?"
23 But he perceived their 5craftiness, and said to them,
24 "Show me 6a denarius.[b] Whose likeness and inscription does it have?" They said, "Caesar's."
25 He said to them, "Then 7render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."
26 And they were not able in the presence of the people 8to catch him in what he said, but marveling at his answer they became silent.

Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection

27 There came to him 9some Sadducees, 10those who deny that there is a resurrection,
28 and they asked him a question, saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us 11that if a man's brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man[c] must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.
29 Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died without children.
30 And the second
31 and the third took her, and likewise all seven left no children and died.

Cross References 11

  • 1. See Acts 10:34
  • 2. Acts 18:25, 26; [Acts 13:10]
  • 3. Matthew 17:25
  • 4. Luke 2:1; Luke 3:1
  • 5. 1 Corinthians 3:19; 2 Corinthians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 11:3; Ephesians 4:14; [2 Corinthians 12:16]
  • 6. See Matthew 18:28
  • 7. Romans 13:7
  • 8. ver. 20
  • 9. Matthew 3:7; Matthew 16:1; Matthew 22:34; Acts 4:1; Acts 5:17; Acts 23:6
  • 10. Acts 23:8; [Acts 4:2]
  • 11. [Deuteronomy 25:5]

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Greek and do not receive a face
  • [b]. A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer
  • [c]. Greek his brother
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