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Mark 12:8-22 English Standard Version (ESV)

8. And they took him and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard.

9. What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others.

10. Have you not read this Scripture: “‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;

11. this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

12. And they were seeking to arrest him but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they left him and went away.

13. And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk.

14. And they came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are true and do not care about anyone’s opinion. For you are not swayed by appearances, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not?”

15. But, knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why put me to the test? Bring me a denariusand let me look at it.”

16. And they brought one. And he said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said to him, “Caesar’s.”

17. Jesus said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they marveled at him.

18. And Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying,

19. “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.

20. There were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and when he died left no offspring.

21. And the second took her, and died, leaving no offspring. And the third likewise.

22. And the seven left no offspring. Last of all the woman also died.