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Then the king said to the servants, `Bind him hand and foot, and throw him outside in the dark!' In that place people will wail and grind their teeth,
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for many are invited, but few are chosen."
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Then the P'rushim went away and put together a plan to trap Yeshua with his own words.
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They sent him some of their talmidim and some members of Herod's party. They said, "Rabbi, we know that you tell the truth and really teach what God's way is. You aren't concerned with what other people think about you, since you pay no attention to a person's status.
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So tell us your opinion: does Torah permit paying taxes to the Roman Emperor or not?"
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Yeshua, however, knowing their malicious intent, said, "You hypocrites! Why are you trying to trap me?
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Show me the coin used to pay the tax!" They brought him a denarius;
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and he asked them, "Whose name and picture are these?"
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"The Emperor's," they replied. Yeshua said to them, "Nu, give the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor. And give to God what belongs to God!"
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On hearing this, they were amazed; and they left him and went away.
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That same day, some Tz'dukim came to him. They are the ones who say there is no such thing as resurrection, so they put to him a sh'eilah:
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"Rabbi, Moshe said, `If a man dies childless, his brother must marry his widow and have children to preserve the man's family line.'
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There were seven brothers. The first one married and then died; and since he had no children, he left his widow to his brother.
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The same thing happened to the second brother, and the third, and finally to all seven.
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After them all, the woman died.
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Now in the Resurrection -- of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all married her."
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Yeshua answered them, "The reason you go astray is that you are ignorant both of the Tanakh and of the power of God.
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For in the Resurrection, neither men nor women will marry; rather, they will be like angels in heaven.
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And as for whether the dead are resurrected, haven't you read what God said to you,
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`I am the God of Avraham, the God of Yitz'chak and the God of Ya`akov'? He is God not of the dead but of the living!"
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When the crowds heard how he taught, they were astounded;