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22 Now tell us—is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
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Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
23 He saw through their trickery and said,
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He saw through their duplicity and said to them,
24 “Show me a Roman coin. Whose picture and title are stamped on it?” “Caesar’s,” they replied.
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“Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?”“Caesar’s,” they replied.
25 “Well then,” he said, “give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to God.”
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He said to them, “Then give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
26 So they failed to trap him by what he said in front of the people. Instead, they were amazed by his answer, and they became silent.
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They were unable to trap him in what he had said there in public. And astonished by his answer, they became silent.
27 Then Jesus was approached by some Sadducees—religious leaders who say there is no resurrection from the dead.
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Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question.
28 They posed this question: “Teacher, Moses gave us a law that if a man dies, leaving a wife but no children, his brother should marry the widow and have a child who will carry on the brother’s name.
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“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.
29 Well, suppose there were seven brothers. The oldest one married and then died without children.
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Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died childless.
30 So the second brother married the widow, but he also died.
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The second
31 Then the third brother married her. This continued with all seven of them, who died without children.
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and then the third married her, and in the same way the seven died, leaving no children.
32 Finally, the woman also died.
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Finally, the woman died too.
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