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22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Cesar, or not?
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Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, Why tempt ye me?
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He saw through their duplicity and said to them,
24 Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Cesar's.
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“Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?”“Caesar’s,” they replied.
25 And he said to them, Render therefore to Cesar the things which are Cesar's, and to God the things which are God's.
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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 And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marveled at his answer, and held their peace.
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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 came to [him] certain of the Sadducees (who deny that there is any resurrection) and they asked him,
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Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question.
28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote to us, If any man's brother should die, having a wife, and he should die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.
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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 There were therefore seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
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Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died childless.
30 And the second took her for a wife, and he died childless.
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The second
31 And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: And they left no children, and died.
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and then the third married her, and in the same way the seven died, leaving no children.
32 Last of all the woman died also.
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Finally, the woman died too.
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