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Shall we pay, or shall we refuse to pay?" But He, knowing their hypocrisy, replied, "Why try to ensnare me? Bring me a shilling for me to look at."
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They brought one; and He asked them, "Whose is this likeness and this inscription?" "Caesar's," they replied.
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"What is Caesar's," replied Jesus, "pay to Caesar--and what is God's, pay to God." And they wondered exceedingly at Him.
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Then came to Him a party of Sadducees, a sect which denies that there is any Resurrection; and they proceeded to question Him.
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"Rabbi," they said, "Moses made it a law for us: `If a man's brother should die and leave a wife, but no child, the man shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.'
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There were once seven brothers, the eldest of whom married a wife, but at his death left no family.
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The second married her, and died, leaving no family; and the third did the same.
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And so did the rest of the seven, all dying childless. Finally the woman also died.
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At the Resurrection whose wife will she be? For they all seven married her."
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"Is not this the cause of your error," replied Jesus--"your ignorance alike of the Scriptures and of the power of God?
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For when they have risen from among the dead, men do not marry and women are not given in marriage, but they are as angels are in Heaven.