GOD'S WORD Translation GW
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23 He saw through their scheme, so he said to them,
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He saw through their duplicity and said to them,
24 "Show me a coin. Whose face and name is this?" They answered, "The emperor's."
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“Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?”“Caesar’s,” they replied.
25 He said to them, "Well, then give the emperor what belongs to the emperor, and give 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 couldn't make him say anything wrong in front of the people. His answer surprised them, so they said no more.
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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 Some Sadducees, who say that people will never come back to life, came to Jesus. They asked him,
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Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question.
28 "Teacher, Moses wrote for us, 'If a married man dies and has no children, his brother should marry his widow and have children for 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 seven brothers. The first got married and died without having children.
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Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died childless.
30 Then the second brother married the widow,
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The second
31 and so did the third. In the same way all seven brothers married the widow, died, and left no 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.
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Finally, the woman died too.
33 Now, when the dead come back to life, whose wife will she be? The seven brothers had married her."
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Now then, at the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?”
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