9. Jesus asked, “What do you think the owner of the vineyard will do? He will come and kill those tenants and let someone else have his vineyard.
10. Surely you know that the Scriptures say,‘The stone that the builderstossed asideis now the most importantstone of all.
11. This is somethingthe Lord has done,and it is amazing to us.’ ”
12. The leaders knew that Jesus was really talking about them, and they wanted to arrest him. But because they were afraid of the crowd, they let him alone and left.
13. The Pharisees got together with Herod's followers. Then they sent some men to trick Jesus into saying something wrong.
14. They went to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are honest. You treat everyone with the same respect, no matter who they are. And you teach the truth about what God wants people to do. Tell us, should we pay taxes to the Emperor or not?”
15. Jesus knew what they were up to, and he said, “Why are you trying to test me? Show me a coin!”
16. They brought him a silver coin, and he asked, “Whose picture and name are on it?”“The Emperor's,” they answered.
17. Then Jesus told them, “Give the Emperor what belongs to him and give God what belongs to God.” The men were amazed at Jesus.
18. The Sadducees did not believe that people would rise to life after death. So some of them came to Jesus and said:
19. Teacher, Moses wrote that if a married man dies and has no children, his brother should marry the widow. Their first son would then be thought of as the son of the dead brother.
20. There were once seven brothers. The first one married, but died without having any children.
21. The second brother married his brother's widow, and he also died without having children. The same thing happened to the third brother,
22. and finally to all seven brothers. At last the woman died.
23. When God raises people from death, whose wife will this woman be? After all, she had been married to all seven brothers.
24. Jesus answered:You are completely wrong! You don't know what the Scriptures teach. And you don't know anything about the power of God.
25. When God raises people to life, they won't marry. They will be like the angels in heaven.