Luke 20:20-45

English Standard Version

^20 (A)So they ^(B)watched him and sent spies, who ^(C)pretended to be sincere, that they might ^(D)catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of ^(E)the governor. ²¹ So they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and ^(F)show no partiality,^[a] but truly teach ^(G)the way of God. ²² Is it lawful for us to give ^(H)tribute to ^(I)Caesar, or not?” ²³ But he perceived their ^(J)craftiness, and said to them, ²⁴ “Show me ^(K)a denarius.^[b] Whose likeness and inscription does it have?” They said, “Caesar's.” ²⁵ He said to them, “Then ^(L)render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” ²⁶ And they were not able in the presence of the people ^(M)to catch him in what he said, but marveling at his answer they became silent.

Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection

²⁷ There came to him ^(N)some Sadducees, ^(O)those who deny that there is a resurrection, ²⁸ and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us ^(P)that if a man's brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man^[c] must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. ²⁹ Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died without children. ³⁰ And the second ³¹ and the third took her, and likewise all seven left no children and died. ³² Afterward the woman also died. ³³ In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had her as wife.”

³⁴ And Jesus said to them, ^(Q)“The sons of this age ^(R)marry and ^(S)are given in marriage, ³⁵ but those who are ^(T)considered worthy to attain to ^(U)that age and to the resurrection from the dead ^(V)neither marry ^(W)nor are given in marriage, ³⁶ for ^(X)they cannot die anymore, because they are ^(Y)equal to angels and ^(Z)are ^(AA)sons of God, being ^(AB)sons^[d] of the resurrection. ³⁷ But that the dead are raised, ^(AC)even Moses showed, in ^(AD)the passage about the bush, where he calls ^(AE)the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. ³⁸ Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all ^(AF)live to him.” ³⁹ Then some of the scribes ^(AG)answered, “Teacher, you have spoken well.” ⁴⁰ For ^(AH)they no longer dared to ask him any question.

Whose Son Is the Christ?

^41 (AI)But he said to them, “How can they say that ^(AJ)the Christ is ^(AK)David's son? ⁴² For David himself says in the Book of Psalms,

⁴⁴ David thus calls him Lord, so ^(AN)how is he his son?”

Beware of the Scribes

^45 (AO)And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples,