Matthew 22:15-46.
Matthew 22:15-46 (Good News Translation)
15The Pharisees went off and made a plan to trap Jesus with questions.
16Then they sent to him some of their disciples and some
members of Herod's party.
"Teacher," they said,
we know that you tell the truth. You teach the truth about God's
will for people, without worrying about what others think, because you pay
no attention to anyone's status.
17Tell us, then, what do you think? Is it against our Law to
pay taxes to the Roman Emperor, or not?
18Jesus, however, was aware of their evil plan, and so he said,
You hypocrites! Why are you trying to trap me?
19Show me the coin for paying the tax!
They brought him the coin,
20and he asked them,
"Whose face and name are these?"
21"The Emperor's," they answered.
So Jesus said to them,
"Well, then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and
pay to God what belongs to God."
22When they heard this, they were amazed; and they left him and
went away.
23That same day some Sadducees came to Jesus and claimed that
people will not rise from death.
24"Teacher," they said,
Moses said that if a man who has no children dies, his brother
must marry the widow so that they can have children who will be considered
the dead man's children.
25Now, there were seven brothers who used to live here. The
oldest got married and died without having children, so he left his widow
to his brother.
26The same thing happened to the second brother, to the third,
and finally to all seven.
27Last of all, the woman died.
28Now, on the day when the dead rise to life, whose wife will
she be? All of them had married her.
29Jesus answered them,
How wrong you are! It is because you don't know the Scriptures
or God's power.
30For when the dead rise to life, they will be like the angels
in heaven and will not marry.
31Now, as for the dead rising to life: haven't you ever read
what God has told you? He said,
32"I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob." He is the God of the living, not of the dead.
33When the crowds heard this, they were amazed at his teaching.
34When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the
Sadducees, they came together,
35and one of them, a teacher of the Law, tried to trap him with
a question.
36"Teacher," he asked,
"which is the greatest commandment in the Law?"
37Jesus answered,
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul,
and with all your mind."
38This is the greatest and the most important commandment.
39The second most important commandment is like it:
"Love your neighbor as you love yourself."
40The whole Law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets
depend on these two commandments.
41When some Pharisees gathered together, Jesus asked them,
42"What do you think about the Messiah? Whose descendant is
he?"
"He is David's descendant," they answered.
43"Why, then," Jesus asked,
did the Spirit inspire David to call him
"Lord"? David said,
44The Lord said to my Lord:
Sit here at my right side
until I put your enemies under your feet.
45If, then, David called him
"Lord," how can the Messiah be David's descendant?
46No one was able to give Jesus any answer, and from that day
on no one dared to ask him any more questions.
God bless you.
15The Pharisees went off and made a plan to trap Jesus with questions.
16Then they sent to him some of their disciples and some
members of Herod's party.
"Teacher," they said,
we know that you tell the truth. You teach the truth about God's
will for people, without worrying about what others think, because you pay
no attention to anyone's status.
17Tell us, then, what do you think? Is it against our Law to
pay taxes to the Roman Emperor, or not?
18Jesus, however, was aware of their evil plan, and so he said,
You hypocrites! Why are you trying to trap me?
19Show me the coin for paying the tax!
They brought him the coin,
20and he asked them,
"Whose face and name are these?"
21"The Emperor's," they answered.
So Jesus said to them,
"Well, then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and
pay to God what belongs to God."
22When they heard this, they were amazed; and they left him and
went away.
23That same day some Sadducees came to Jesus and claimed that
people will not rise from death.
24"Teacher," they said,
Moses said that if a man who has no children dies, his brother
must marry the widow so that they can have children who will be considered
the dead man's children.
25Now, there were seven brothers who used to live here. The
oldest got married and died without having children, so he left his widow
to his brother.
26The same thing happened to the second brother, to the third,
and finally to all seven.
27Last of all, the woman died.
28Now, on the day when the dead rise to life, whose wife will
she be? All of them had married her.
29Jesus answered them,
How wrong you are! It is because you don't know the Scriptures
or God's power.
30For when the dead rise to life, they will be like the angels
in heaven and will not marry.
31Now, as for the dead rising to life: haven't you ever read
what God has told you? He said,
32"I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob." He is the God of the living, not of the dead.
33When the crowds heard this, they were amazed at his teaching.
34When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the
Sadducees, they came together,
35and one of them, a teacher of the Law, tried to trap him with
a question.
36"Teacher," he asked,
"which is the greatest commandment in the Law?"
37Jesus answered,
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul,
and with all your mind."
38This is the greatest and the most important commandment.
39The second most important commandment is like it:
"Love your neighbor as you love yourself."
40The whole Law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets
depend on these two commandments.
41When some Pharisees gathered together, Jesus asked them,
42"What do you think about the Messiah? Whose descendant is
he?"
"He is David's descendant," they answered.
43"Why, then," Jesus asked,
did the Spirit inspire David to call him
"Lord"? David said,
44The Lord said to my Lord:
Sit here at my right side
until I put your enemies under your feet.
45If, then, David called him
"Lord," how can the Messiah be David's descendant?
46No one was able to give Jesus any answer, and from that day
on no one dared to ask him any more questions.
God bless you.
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