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18 But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, "Why put me to the test, you hypocrites?
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But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me?
19 Show me the coin for the tax." And they brought him a denarius.
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Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius,
20 And Jesus said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?"
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and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”
21 They said, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, "Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."
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“Caesar’s,” they replied. Then he said to them, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
22 When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away.
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When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.
23 The same day Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question,
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That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question.
24 saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.'
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“Teacher,” they said, “Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.
25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother.
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Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother.
26 So too the second and third, down to the seventh.
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The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh.
27 After them all, the woman died.
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Finally, the woman died.
28 In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her."
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Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?”
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