God and Caesar
20 They watched closely and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, so they could catch Him in what He said, to hand Him over to the governor's rule and authority.
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They questioned Him, "Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You don't show partiality, but teach truthfully the way of God.
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Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"
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But detecting their craftiness, He said to them,
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"Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?" "Caesar's," they said.
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"Well then," He told them, "give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's."
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They were not able to catch Him in what He said in public, and being amazed at His answer, they became silent.
The Sadducees and the Resurrection
27 Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came up and questioned Him:
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"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother has a wife, and dies childless, his brother should take the wife and produce offspring for his brother.
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Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife and died without children.
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and the third took her. In the same way, all seven died and left no children.
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Finally, the woman died too.
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Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife will the woman be? For all seven had married her."
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Jesus told them, "The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.
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But those who are counted worthy to take part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.
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For they cannot die anymore, because they are like angels and are sons of God, since they are sons of the resurrection.
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Moses even indicated [in the passage] about the burning bush that the dead are raised, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.
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He is not God of the dead but of the living, because all are living to Him."
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Some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, You have spoken well."
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And they no longer dared to ask Him anything.