Holman Christian Standard Bible

Matthew 22:12-27 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

12. So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes? ’ The man was speechless.

13. “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

14. “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”

15. Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to trap Him by what He said.

16. They sent their disciples to Him, with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are truthful and teach truthfully the way of God. You defer to no one, for You don’t show partiality.

17. Tell us, therefore, what You think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? ”

18. But perceiving their malice, Jesus said, “Why are you testing Me, hypocrites?

19. Show Me the coin used for the tax.” So they brought Him a denarius.

20. “Whose image and inscription is this? ” He asked them.

21. “Caesar’s,” they said to Him.Then He said to them, “Therefore give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

22. When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.

23. The same day some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came up to Him and questioned Him:

24. “Teacher, Moses said, if a man dies, having no children, his brother is to marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

25. Now there were seven brothers among us. The first got married and died. Having no offspring, he left his wife to his brother.

26. The same happened to the second also, and the third, and so to all seven.

27. Then last of all the woman died.