Matthew 22:15-40

New American Standard Bible 1995

Tribute to Caesar

^15 (A)Then the Pharisees went and ^[a]plotted together how they might trap Him ^[b]in what He said. ¹⁶ And they *sent their disciples to Him, along with the ^(B)Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and ^[c]defer to no one; for You are not partial to any. ¹⁷ Tell us then, what do You think? Is it ^[d]lawful to give a ^(C)poll-tax to ^(D)Caesar, or not?” ¹⁸ But Jesus perceived their ^[e]malice, and said, “Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites? ¹⁹ Show Me the ^(E)coin used for the poll-tax.” And they brought Him a ^[f]denarius. ²⁰ And He *said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” ²¹ They *said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He *said to them, “^(F)Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.” ²² And hearing this, they were amazed, and ^(G)leaving Him, they went away.

Jesus Answers the Sadducees

^23 (H)On that day some ^(I)Sadducees (who say ^(J)there is no resurrection) came to Jesus and questioned Him, ²⁴ asking, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘^(K)If a man dies having no children, his brother as next of kin shall marry his wife, and raise up children for his brother.’ ²⁵ Now there were seven brothers with us; and the first married and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother; ²⁶ so also the second, and the third, down to the seventh. ²⁷ Last of all, the woman died. ²⁸ In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her.”

²⁹ But Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, ^(L)not ^[g]understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God. ³⁰ For in the resurrection they neither ^(M)marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. ³¹ But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God: ³² ‘^(N)I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.” ³³ When the crowds heard this, ^(O)they were astonished at His teaching.

^34 (P)But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced ^(Q)the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together. ³⁵ One of them, ^[h](R)a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, ³⁶ “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” ³⁷ And He said to him, “‘^(S)You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ ³⁸ This is the great and ^[i]foremost commandment. ³⁹ The second is like it, ‘^(T)You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ^40 (U)On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.”