Mat 22:15-32 | ESV | STEP | Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words .

‏ Matthew 22:15-32

Paying Taxes to Caesar

15 ^aThen the Pharisees went and plotted how ^bto entangle him in his words. 16 And they sent ^ctheir disciples to him, along with ^dthe Herodians, saying, “Teacher, ^ewe know that you are true and teach ^fthe way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone’s opinion, for ^gyou are not swayed by appearances. ^{▼▼Greek for you do not look at people’s faces} 17 Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay ⁱtaxes to ^jCaesar, or not?” 18 But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why ^kput me to the test, you hypocrites? 19 Show me the coin for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius. ^{▼▼A denarius was a day’s wage for a laborer} 20 And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” 21 They said, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, ^m“Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” 22 When they heard it, they marveled. And they ⁿleft him and went away.

Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection

23 The same day ^oSadducees came to him, ^pwho say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question, 24 saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ^q‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.’ 25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother. 26 So too the second and third, down to the seventh. 27 After them all, the woman died. 28 In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her.”

29 But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, ^rbecause you know neither the Scriptures nor ^sthe power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither ^tmarry nor ^uare given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 31 And as for the resurrection of the dead, ^vhave you not read what was said to you by God: 32 ^w‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.”