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Every one who falls on that stone will be severely hurt, but on whomsoever it falls, he will be utterly crushed."
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At this the Scribes and the High Priests wanted to lay hands on Him, then and there; only they were afraid of the people. For they saw that in this parable He had referred to them.
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So, after impatiently watching their opportunity, they sent spies who were to act the part of good and honest men, that they might fasten on some expression of His, so as to hand Him over to the ruling power and the Governor's authority.
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So they put a question to Him. "Rabbi," they said, "we know that you say and teach what is right and that you make no distinctions between one man and another, but teach God's way truly.
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Is it allowable to pay a tax to Caesar, or not?"
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But He saw through their knavery and replied,
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"Show me a shilling; whose likeness and inscription does it bear?" "Caesar's," they said.
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"Pay therefore," He replied, "what is Caesar's to Caesar--and what is God's to God."
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There was nothing here that they could lay hold of before the people, and marvelling at His answer they said no more.
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Next some of the Sadducees came forward (who deny that there is a Resurrection), and they asked Him,
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"Rabbi, Moses made it a law for us that if a man's brother should die, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.