17. But [Jesus] looked at them and said, What then is [the meaning of] this that is written: The [very] Stone which the builders rejected has become the chief Stone of the corner [Cornerstone]? [Ps. 118:22, 23.]
18. Everyone who falls on that Stone will be broken [in pieces]; but upon whomever It falls, It will crush him [winnow him and scatter him as dust]. [Isa. 8:14, 15; Dan. 2:34, 35.]
19. The scribes and the chief priests desired and tried to find a way to arrest Him at that very hour, but they were afraid of the people; for they discerned that He had related this parable against them.
20. So they watched [for an opportunity to ensnare] Him, and sent spies who pretended to be upright (honest and sincere), that they might lay hold of something He might say, so as to turn Him over to the control and authority of the governor.
21. They asked Him, Teacher, we know that You speak and teach what is right, and that You show no partiality to anyone but teach the way of God honestly and in truth.
22. Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar or not?
23. But He recognized and understood their cunning and unscrupulousness and said to them,
24. Show Me a denarius (a coin)! Whose image and inscription does it have? They answered, Caesar's.
25. He said to them, Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.
26. So they could not in the presence of the people take hold of anything He said to turn it against Him; but marveling at His reply, they were silent.
27. Also there came to Him some Sadducees, those who say that there is no resurrection.
28. And they asked Him a question, saying, Teacher, Moses wrote for us [a law] that if a man's brother dies, leaving a wife and no children, the man shall take the woman and raise up offspring for his brother. [Deut. 25:5, 6.]