20. So the Jewish leaders waited for the right time to get Jesus. They sent some men to him, who pretended to be sincere. They wanted to find something wrong with what Jesus said. (If they found something wrong, then they could hand him over to the governor, who had the authority to arrest him.)
21. So the men said to Jesus, “Teacher, we know that what you say and teach is true. It doesn’t matter who is listening—you teach the same to all people. You always teach the truth about God’s way.
22. Tell us, is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
23. But Jesus knew that these men were trying to trick him. He said to them,
24. “Show me a silver coin. Whose name and picture are on it?” They said, “Caesar’s.”
25. He said to them, “Then give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to God.”
26. The men were amazed at his wise answer. They could say nothing. They were not able to trick Jesus there in front of the people. He said nothing they could use against him.
27. Some Sadducees came to Jesus. (Sadducees believe that people will not rise from death.) They asked him,
28. “Teacher, Moses wrote that if a married man dies and had no children, his brother must marry his widow. Then they will have children for the dead brother.
29. One time there were seven brothers. The first brother married a woman but died. He had no children.
30. Then the second brother married the woman, and he died.
31. And the third brother married the woman, and he died. The same thing happened with all the other brothers. They all died and had no children.
32. The woman was the last to die.
33. But all seven brothers married her. So when people rise from death, whose wife will this woman be?”
34. Jesus said to the Sadducees, “On earth, people marry each other.
35. Some people will be worthy to be raised from death and live again after this life. In that life they will not marry.
36. In that life people are like angels and cannot die. They are children of God, because they have been raised from death.
37. Moses clearly showed that people are raised from death. When Moses wrote about the burning bush, he said that the Lord is ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’