13. Some Pharisees and some members of Herod's party were sent to Jesus to trap him with questions.
14. They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you tell the truth, without worrying about what people think. You pay no attention to anyone's status, but teach the truth about God's will for people. Tell us, is it against our Law to pay taxes to the Roman Emperor? Should we pay them or not?”
15. But Jesus saw through their trick and answered, “Why are you trying to trap me? Bring a silver coin, and let me see it.”
16. They brought him one, and he asked, “Whose face and name are these?”“The Emperor's,” they answered.
17. So Jesus said, “Well, then, pay the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and pay God what belongs to God.”And they were amazed at Jesus.
18. Then some Sadducees, who say that people will not rise from death, came to Jesus and said,
19. “Teacher, Moses wrote this law for us: ‘If a man dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man's brother must marry the widow so that they can have children who will be considered the dead man's children.’
20. Once there were seven brothers; the eldest got married and died without having children.
21. Then the second one married the woman, and he also died without having children. The same thing happened to the third brother,
22. and then to the rest: all seven brothers married the woman and died without having children. Last of all, the woman died.
23. Now, when all the dead rise to life on the day of resurrection, whose wife will she be? All seven of them had married her.”
24. Jesus answered them, “How wrong you are! And do you know why? It is because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power.
25. For when the dead rise to life, they will be like the angels in heaven and will not marry.
26. Now, as for the dead being raised: haven't you ever read in the Book of Moses the passage about the burning bush? There it is written that God said to Moses, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
27. He is the God of the living, not of the dead. You are completely wrong!”
28. A teacher of the Law was there who heard the discussion. He saw that Jesus had given the Sadducees a good answer, so he came to him with a question: “Which commandment is the most important of all?”