Luke 20:19-30

New American Standard Bible

Paying Taxes to Caesar

¹⁹ The scribes and the chief priests ^(A)tried to lay hands on Him that very hour, and yet they feared the people; for they were aware that He had spoken this parable against them. ^20 (B)And so they watched Him ^[a]closely, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order ^(C)that they might catch Him in some statement, so that they could hand Him over to the jurisdiction and authority of ^(D)the governor. ²¹ And the spies questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You ^[b]are not partial to anyone, but You teach the way of God on the basis of truth. ²² Is it ^[c]permissible for us ^(E)to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” ²³ But He saw through their trickery and said to them, ²⁴ “Show Me a ^[d]denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?” They said, “Caesar’s.” ²⁵ And He said to them, “Then ^(F)pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” ²⁶ And they were unable to ^(G)catch Him in a statement in the presence of the people; and they were amazed at His answer, and said nothing.

Is There a Resurrection?

^27 (H)Now some of the ^(I)Sadducees (who maintain that there is no resurrection) came to Him, ²⁸ and they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that ^(J)if ^[e]a man’s brother dies, ^[f]leaving a wife, and he is childless, that his brother is to ^[g]marry the wife and raise up children ^[h]for his brother. ²⁹ So then, there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died childless; ³⁰ and the second