22:15 Then the Pharisees ¹  went out and planned together to entrap him with his own words. ²  22:16 They sent to him their disciples along with the Herodians, ³  saying, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. ⁴  You do not court anyone’s favor because you show no partiality. ⁵  22:17 Tell us then, what do you think? Is it right ⁶  to pay taxes ⁷  to Caesar ⁸  or not?”

22:18 But Jesus realized their evil intentions and said, “Hypocrites! Why are you testing me? 22:19 Show me the coin used for the tax.” So ⁹  they brought him a denarius. ¹⁰  22:20 Jesus ¹¹  said to them, “Whose image ¹²  is this, and whose inscription?” 22:21 They replied, ¹³  “Caesar’s.” He said to them, ¹⁴  “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” ¹⁵  22:22 Now when they heard this they were stunned, ¹⁶  and they left him and went away.

22:23 The same day Sadducees ¹⁷  (who say there is no resurrection) ¹⁸  came to him and asked him, ¹⁹  22:24 “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and father children ²⁰  for his brother.’ ²¹  22:25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children he left his wife to his brother. 22:26 The second did the same, and the third, down to the seventh. 22:27 Last ²²  of all, the woman died. 22:28 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her.” ²³  22:29 Jesus ²⁴  answered them, “You are deceived, ²⁵  because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God. 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels ²⁶  in heaven. 22:31 Now as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, ²⁷  22:32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? ²⁸  He is not the God of the dead but of the living!” ²⁹  22:33 When the crowds heard this, they were amazed at his teaching.