Luke 20:22-47 ▼

22 Is it permissible for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

23 But He saw through their trickery and said to them,

24 “Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?” They said, “Caesar’s.”

25 And He said to them, “Then pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

26 And they were unable to catch Him in a statement in the presence of the people; and they were amazed at His answer, and said nothing.

27 Now some of the Sadducees (who maintain that there is no resurrection) came to Him,

28 and they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife, and he is childless, that his brother is to marry the wife and raise up children for his brother.

29 So then, there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died childless;

30 and the second

31 and the third married her; and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.

32 Finally the woman also died.

33 Therefore, in the resurrection, which one’s wife does the woman become? For all seven married her.”

34 Jesus said to them, “The sons of this age marry and the women are given in marriage,

35 but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;

36 for they cannot even die anymore, for they are like angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

37 But as for the fact that the dead are raised, even Moses revealed this in the passage about the burning bush, where he calls the Lord THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB.

38 Now He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; for all live to Him.”

39 Some of the scribes answered and said, “Teacher, You have spoken well.”

40 For they did not have the courage to question Him any longer about anything.

41 But He said to them, “How is it that they say the Christ is David’s son?

42 For David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, “SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,

43 UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET.”’

44 Therefore David calls Him ‘Lord,’ and so how is He his son?”

45 And while all the people were listening, He said to the disciples,

46 “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love personal greetings in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets,

47 who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers. These will receive all the more condemnation.”