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They wanted to arrest Jesus because they knew that he had told the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd, so they left him and went away.
A question about taxes
13 They sent some of the Pharisees and supporters of Herod to trap him in his words.
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They came to him and said, "Teacher, we know that you're genuine and you don't worry about what people think. You don't show favoritism but teach God's way as it really is. Does the Law allow people to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay taxes or not?"
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Since Jesus recognized their deceit, he said to them, "
Why are you testing me? Bring me a coin. Show it to me."
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And they brought one. He said to them, "
Whose image and inscription is this?"
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"Caesar's," they replied.Jesus said to them, "
Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God." His reply left them overcome with wonder.
A question about the resurrection
18 Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came to Jesus and asked,
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"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, leaving a widow but no children, the brother must marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.
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Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman; when he died, he left no children.
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The second married her and died without leaving any children. The third did the same.
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None of the seven left any children. Finally, the woman died.