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But Jesus knew their evil plans. He said, "You pretenders! Why are you trying to trap me?
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Show me the coin people use for paying the tax." They brought him a silver coin.
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He asked them, "Whose picture is this? And whose words?"
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"Caesar's," they replied. Then he said to them, "Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar. And give to God what belongs to God."
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When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.
Marriage When the Dead Rise
23 That same day the Sadducees came to Jesus with a question. They do not believe that people rise from the dead.
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"Teacher," they said, "here is what Moses told us. If a man dies without having children, his brother must get married to the widow. He must have children to carry on his brother's name.
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There were seven brothers among us. The first one got married and died. Since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother.
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The same thing happened to the second and third brothers. It happened right on down to the seventh brother.
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Finally, the woman died.
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Now then, when the dead rise, whose wife will she be? All seven of them were married to her."