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Tell us: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"
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He knew they were laying for him and said,
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"Show me a coin. Now, this engraving, who does it look like and what does it say?"
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"Caesar," they said. Jesus said, "Then give Caesar what is his and give God what is his."
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Try as they might, they couldn't trap him into saying anything incriminating. His answer caught them off guard and left them speechless.
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Some Sadducees came up. This is the Jewish party that denies any possibility of resurrection. They asked,
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"Teacher, Moses wrote us that if a man dies and leaves a wife but no child, his brother is obligated to take the widow to wife and get her with child.
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Well, there once were seven brothers. The first took a wife. He died childless.
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The second married her and died,
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then the third, and eventually all seven had their turn, but no child.
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After all that, the wife died.