Mat 22:16-33 | ESV | STEP | And they sent their disciples to him , along with the Herodians , saying , Teacher , we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully , and you do not care about anyone’s opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances .

Matthew 22:16-33

16 And they sent ^atheir disciples to him, along with ^bthe Herodians, saying, “Teacher, ^cwe know that you are true and teach ^dthe way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone’s opinion, for ^eyou are not swayed by appearances. ^{▼▼Greek for you do not look at people’s faces} 17 Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay ^gtaxes to ^hCaesar, or not?” 18 But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why ⁱput me to the test, you hypocrites? 19 Show me the coin for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius. ^{▼▼A denarius was a day’s wage for a laborer} 20 And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” 21 They said, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, ^k“Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” 22 When they heard it, they marveled. And they ^lleft him and went away.

Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection

23 The same day ^mSadducees came to him, ⁿwho say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question, 24 saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ^o‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.’ 25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother. 26 So too the second and third, down to the seventh. 27 After them all, the woman died. 28 In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her.”

29 But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, ^pbecause you know neither the Scriptures nor ^qthe power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither ^rmarry nor ^sare given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 31 And as for the resurrection of the dead, ^thave you not read what was said to you by God: 32 ^u‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.” 33 And when the crowd heard it, ^vthey were astonished at his teaching.