20:20 Then 20 they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. 21 They wanted to take advantage of what he might say 22 so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction 23 of the governor. 20:21 Thus 24 they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, 25 and show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. 26 20:22 Is it right 27 for us to pay the tribute tax 28 to Caesar 29 or not?” 20:23 But Jesus 30 perceived their deceit 31 and said to them, 20:24 “Show me a denarius. 32 Whose image 33 and inscription are on it?” 34 They said, “Caesar’s.” 20:25 So 35 he said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” 36 20:26 Thus 37 they were unable in the presence of the people to trap 38 him with his own words. 39 And stunned 40 by his answer, they fell silent.
20:27 Now some Sadducees 41 (who contend that there is no resurrection) 42 came to him. 20:28 They asked him, 43 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies leaving a wife but no children, that man 44 must marry 45 the widow and father children 46 for his brother. 47 20:29 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman 48 and died without children. 20:30 The second 49 20:31 and then the third married her, and in this same way all seven died, leaving no children. 20:32 Finally the woman died too. 20:33 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? 50 For all seven had married her.” 51
20:34 So 52 Jesus said to them, “The people of this age 53 marry and are given in marriage. 20:35 But those who are regarded as worthy to share in 54 that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. 55 20:36 In fact, they can no longer die, because they are equal to angels 56 and are sons of God, since they are 57 sons 58 of the resurrection. 20:37 But even Moses revealed that the dead are raised 59 in the passage about the bush, 60 where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. 61 20:38 Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, 62 for all live before him.” 63 20:39 Then 64 some of the experts in the law 65 answered, “Teacher, you have spoken well!” 66 20:40 For they did not dare any longer to ask 67 him anything.
20:41 But 68 he said to them, “How is it that they say that the Christ 69 is David’s son? 70 20:42 For David himself says in the book of Psalms,
‘The Lord said to my 71 lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
20:43 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’ 72
20:44 If David then calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” 73
20:45 As 74 all the people were listening, Jesus 75 said to his disciples, 20:46 “Beware 76 of the experts in the law. 77 They 78 like walking around in long robes, and they love elaborate greetings 79 in the marketplaces and the best seats 80 in the synagogues 81 and the places of honor at banquets. 20:47 They 82 devour 83 widows’ property, 84 and as a show make long prayers. They will receive a more severe punishment.”