Luk 20:20-38 | ESV | STEP | So they watched him and sent spies , who pretended to be sincere , that they might catch him in something he said , so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor .

‏ Luke 20:20-38

20 ^aSo they ^bwatched him and sent spies, who ^cpretended to be sincere, that they might ^dcatch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of ^ethe governor. 21 So they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and ^fshow no partiality, ^{▼▼Greek and do not receive a face} but truly teach ^hthe way of God. 22 Is it lawful for us to give ⁱtribute to ^jCaesar, or not?” 23 But he perceived their ^kcraftiness, and said to them, 24 “Show me ^la denarius. ^{▼▼A denarius was a day’s wage for a laborer} Whose likeness and inscription does it have?” They said, “Caesar’s.” 25 He said to them, “Then ⁿrender to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” 26 And they were not able in the presence of the people ^oto catch him in what he said, but marveling at his answer they became silent.

Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection

27 There came to him ^psome Sadducees, ^qthose who deny that there is a resurrection, 28 and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us ^rthat if a man’s brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man ^{▼▼Greek his brother} must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. 29 Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died without children. 30 And the second 31 and the third took her, and likewise all seven left no children and died. 32 Afterward the woman also died. 33 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had her as wife.”

34 And Jesus said to them, ^t“The sons of this age ^umarry and ^vare given in marriage, 35 but those who are ^wconsidered worthy to attain to ^xthat age and to the resurrection from the dead ^yneither marry ^znor are given in marriage, 36 for ^aathey cannot die anymore, because they are ^abequal to angels and ^acare ^adsons of God, being ^aesons ^{▼▼Greek huioi; see Preface} of the resurrection. 37 But that the dead are raised, ^ageven Moses showed, in ^ahthe passage about the bush, where he calls ^aithe Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. 38 Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all ^ajlive to him.”