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22 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 Jesus saw they were trying to trick him. So he said to them,
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He saw through their duplicity and said to them,
24 "Show me a silver coin. Whose picture and words are on it?"
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“Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?”“Caesar’s,” they replied.
25 "Caesar's," they replied. He said to them, "Then 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 They were not able to trap him with what he had said there in front of all the people. Amazed by his answer, 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 The Sadducees do not believe that people rise from the dead. Some of them came to Jesus with a question.
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Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question.
28 "Teacher," they said, "Moses wrote for us about a man's brother who dies. Suppose the brother leaves a wife but has no children. Then the man must get married to the widow. He must have children to carry on his dead 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 "There were seven brothers. The first one got married to a woman. He died without leaving any children.
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Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died childless.
30 The second one got married to her.
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The second
31 And then the third one got married to her. One after another, the seven brothers got married to her. They all died. None left any 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 died too.
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Finally, the woman died too.
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