Matt.22.15

That's when the Pharisees plotted a way to trap him into saying something damaging.

Matt.22.15

Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words.

Matt.22.15

Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk.

Matt.22.15

Then the Pharisees met together to think of a way to trap Jesus into saying something for which they could accuse him.

Matt.22.16

They sent their disciples, with a few of Herod's followers mixed in, to ask, "Teacher, we know you have integrity, teach the way of God accurately, are indifferent to popular opinion, and don't pander to your students.

Matt.22.16

They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. "Teacher," they said, "we know you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren't swayed by men, because you pay no attention to who they are.

Matt.22.16

And they sent to Him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that You are true, and teach the way of God in truth; nor do You care about anyone, for You do not regard the person of men.

Matt.22.16

They decided to send some of their disciples, along with the supporters of Herod, to ask him this question: "Teacher, we know how honest you are. You teach about the way of God regardless of the consequences. You are impartial and don't play favorites.

Matt.22.17

So tell us honestly: Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"

Matt.22.17

Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"

Matt.22.17

Tell us, therefore, what do You think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"

Matt.22.17

Now tell us what you think about this: Is it right to pay taxes to the Roman government or not?"

Matt.22.18

Jesus knew they were up to no good. He said, "Why are you playing these games with me? Why are you trying to trap me?

Matt.22.18

But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, "You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me?

Matt.22.18

But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test Me, you hypocrites?

Matt.22.18

But Jesus knew their evil motives. "You hypocrites!" he said. "Whom are you trying to fool with your trick questions?

Matt.22.19

Do you have a coin? Let me see it." They handed him a silver piece.

Matt.22.19

Show me the coin used for paying the tax." They brought him a denarius,

Matt.22.19

Show Me the tax money." So they brought Him a denarius.

Matt.22.19

Here, show me the Roman coin used for the tax." When they handed him the coin,

Matt.22.20

"This engraving--who does it look like? And whose name is on it?"

Matt.22.20

and he asked them, "Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?"

Matt.22.20

And He said to them, "Whose image and inscription is this?"

Matt.22.20

he asked, "Whose picture and title are stamped on it?"

Matt.22.21

They said, "Caesar.Then give Caesar what is his, and give God what is his."

Matt.22.21

"Caesar's," they replied. Then he said to them, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's."

Matt.22.21

They said to Him, "Caesar's." And He said to them, "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

Matt.22.21

"Caesar's," they replied. "Well, then," he said, "give to Caesar what belongs to him. But everything that belongs to God must be given to God."

Matt.22.22

The Pharisees were speechless. They went off shaking their heads.

Matt.22.22

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

Matt.22.22

When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left Him and went their way.

Matt.22.22

His reply amazed them, and they went away.

Matt.22.23

That same day, Sadducees approached him. This is the party that denies any possibility of resurrection.

Matt.22.23

That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question.

Matt.22.23

The same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him,

Matt.22.23

That same day some Sadducees stepped forward--a group of Jews who say there is no resurrection after death. They posed this question:

Matt.22.24

They asked, "Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies childless, his brother is obligated to marry his widow and get her with child.

Matt.22.24

"Teacher," they said, "Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and have children for him.

Matt.22.24

saying: "Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

Matt.22.24

"Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies without children, his brother should marry the widow and have a child who will be the brother's heir.'

Matt.22.25

Here's a case where there were seven brothers. The first brother married and died, leaving no child, and his wife passed to his brother.

Matt.22.25

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother.

Matt.22.25

Now there were with us seven brothers. The first died after he had married, and having no offspring, left his wife to his brother.

Matt.22.25

Well, there were seven brothers. The oldest married and then died without children, so the second brother married the widow.

Matt.22.26

The second brother also left her childless, then the third--and on and on, all seven.

Matt.22.26

The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh.

Matt.22.26

Likewise the second also, and the third, even to the seventh.

Matt.22.26

This brother also died without children, and the wife was married to the next brother, and so on until she had been the wife of each of them.

Matt.22.27

Eventually the wife died.

Matt.22.27

Finally, the woman died.

Matt.22.27

Last of all the woman died also.

Matt.22.27

And then she also died.

Matt.22.28

Now here's our question: At the resurrection, whose wife is she? She was a wife to each of them."

Matt.22.28

Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?"

Matt.22.28

Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her."

Matt.22.28

So tell us, whose wife will she be in the resurrection? For she was the wife of all seven of them!"

Matt.22.29

Jesus answered, "You're off base on two counts: You don't know your Bibles, and you don't know how God works.

Matt.22.29

Jesus replied, "You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

Matt.22.29

Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.

Matt.22.29

Jesus replied, "Your problem is that you don't know the Scriptures, and you don't know the power of God.

Matt.22.30

At the resurrection we're beyond marriage. As with the angels, all our ecstasies and intimacies then will be with God.

Matt.22.30

At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.

Matt.22.30

For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven.

Matt.22.30

For when the dead rise, they won't be married. They will be like the angels in heaven.

Matt.22.31

And regarding your speculation on whether the dead are raised or not, don't you read your Bibles? The grammar is clear: God says,

Matt.22.31

But about the resurrection of the dead--have you not read what God said to you,

Matt.22.31

But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,

Matt.22.31

But now, as to whether there will be a resurrection of the dead--haven't you ever read about this in the Scriptures? Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said,

Matt.22.32

"I am--not was--the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob.' The living God defines himself not as the God of dead men, but of the living."

Matt.22.32

'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of the dead but of the living."

Matt.22.32

"I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living."

Matt.22.32

'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' So he is the God of the living, not the dead."

Matt.22.33

Hearing this exchange the crowd was much impressed.

Matt.22.33

When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.

Matt.22.33

And when the multitudes heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

Matt.22.33

When the crowds heard him, they were impressed with his teaching.

Matt.22.34

When the Pharisees heard how he had bested the Sadducees, they gathered their forces for an assault.

Matt.22.34

Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together.

Matt.22.34

But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.

Matt.22.34

But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees with his reply, they thought up a fresh question of their own to ask him.

Matt.22.35

One of their religion scholars spoke for them, posing a question they hoped would show him up:

Matt.22.35

One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:

Matt.22.35

Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying,

Matt.22.35

One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question:

Matt.22.36

"Teacher, which command in God's Law is the most important?"

Matt.22.36

"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?"

Matt.22.36

"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"

Matt.22.36

"Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?"

Matt.22.37

Jesus said, Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence.'

Matt.22.37

Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'

Matt.22.37

Jesus said to him, ""You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

Matt.22.37

Jesus replied, "'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.'

Matt.22.38

This is the most important, the first on any list.

Matt.22.38

This is the first and greatest commandment.

Matt.22.38

This is the first and great commandment.

Matt.22.38

This is the first and greatest commandment.

Matt.22.39

But there is a second to set alongside it: "Love others as well as you love yourself.'

Matt.22.39

And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'

Matt.22.39

And the second is like it: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

Matt.22.39

A second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'

Matt.22.40

These two commands are pegs; everything in God's Law and the Prophets hangs from them."

Matt.22.40

All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

Matt.22.40

On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."

Matt.22.40

All the other commandments and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments."

Matt.22.41

As the Pharisees were regrouping, Jesus caught them off balance with his own test question:

Matt.22.41

While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

Matt.22.41

While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

Matt.22.41

Then, surrounded by the Pharisees, Jesus asked them a question:

Matt.22.42

"What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said, "David's son."

Matt.22.42

"What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?The son of David," they replied.

Matt.22.42

saying, "What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?" They said to Him, "The Son of David."

Matt.22.42

"What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?" They replied, "He is the son of David."

Matt.22.43

Jesus replied, "Well, if the Christ is David's son, how do you explain that David, under inspiration, named Christ his "Master'?

Matt.22.43

He said to them, "How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him 'Lord'? For he says,

Matt.22.43

He said to them, "How then does David in the Spirit call Him "Lord,' saying:

Matt.22.43

Jesus responded, "Then why does David, speaking under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, call him Lord? For David said,

Matt.22.44

God said to my Master, "Sit here at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool."

Matt.22.44

"'The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet."'

Matt.22.44

"The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool"'?

Matt.22.44

'The LORD said to my Lord, Sit in honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies beneath your feet.'

Matt.22.45

"Now if David calls him "Master,' how can he at the same time be his son?"

Matt.22.45

If then David calls him 'Lord,' how can he be his son?"

Matt.22.45

If David then calls Him "Lord,' how is He his Son?"

Matt.22.45

Since David called him Lord, how can he be his son at the same time?"

Matt.22.46

That stumped them, literalists that they were. Unwilling to risk losing face again in one of these public verbal exchanges, they quit asking questions for good.

Matt.22.46

No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.

Matt.22.46

And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore.

Matt.22.46

No one could answer him. And after that, no one dared to ask him any more questions.