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New Living Translation (NLT)

Mark 12
¹⁴ “Teacher,” they said, “we know how honest you are. You are impartial and don’t play favorites. You teach the way of God truthfully. Now tell us—is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?
¹⁵ Should we pay them, or shouldn’t we?” Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said, “Why are you trying to trap me? Show me a Roman coin, and I’ll tell you.”
¹⁶ When they handed it to him, he asked, “Whose picture and title are stamped on it?” “Caesar’s,” they replied.
¹⁷ “Well, then,” Jesus said, “give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to God.” His reply completely amazed them.
¹⁸ Then Jesus was approached by some Sadducees—religious leaders who say there is no resurrection from the dead. They posed this question:
¹⁹ “Teacher, Moses gave us a law that if a man dies, leaving a wife without children, his brother should marry the widow and have a child who will carry on the brother’s name.
²⁰ Well, suppose there were seven brothers. The oldest one married and then died without children.
²¹ So the second brother married the widow, but he also died without children. Then the third brother married her.
²² This continued with all seven of them, and still there were no children. Last of all, the woman also died.
²³ So tell us, whose wife will she be in the resurrection? For all seven were married to her.”
²⁴ Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God.