Mark 12:17-19
New King James Version
17 And Jesus answered and said to them, [a]“Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to (A)God the things that are God’s.”
And they marveled at Him.
The Sadducees: What About the Resurrection?(B)
18 (C)Then some Sadducees, (D)who say there is no resurrection, came to Him; and they asked Him, saying: 19 “Teacher, (E)Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies, and leaves his wife behind, and leaves no children, his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.
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Mark 12:17-19
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Jesus: 17 Then give to the emperor what belongs to the emperor. And give to God what belongs to God.
They could not think of anything to say to His response.
Jesus turns the question back on them. It isn’t about taxes. It is about knowing and being faithful to the one true God.
18 Later a group of Sadducees, Jewish religious leaders who didn’t believe the dead would be resurrected, came to test Jesus.
Sadducees: 19 Teacher, the law of Moses tells us, “If a man’s brother dies, leaving a widow without sons, then the man should marry his sister-in-law and try to have children with her in his brother’s name.”[a]
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