Good News Bible

Mark 12:17-21 Good News Bible (GNB)

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,