Matthew 22:15-33
Then the
Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.
They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying,
"Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth,
no matter who you teach, for you aren't partial to anyone.
Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to
Caesar, or not?"
But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test
me, you hypocrites?
Show me the tax money." They brought to him a denarius.
He asked them, "Whose is this image and inscription?"
They said to him, "Caesar's." Then he said to them,
"Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the
things that are God's."
When they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away.
On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection)
came to him. They asked him,
saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies, having no children,
his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.'
Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and
having no seed left his wife to his brother.
In like manner the second also, and the third, to the seventh.
After them all, the woman died.
In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven?
For they all had her."
But Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the
Scriptures, nor the power of God.
For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage,
but are like God's angels in heaven.
But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven't you read that
which was spoken to you by God, saying,
'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?'
God is not the God of the dead, but of the living."
When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
Insight- Jesus was repeatedly tested with questions by his critics,
trying to trap him in what he said, but Jesus was too good for them and gave
apt answers.
Question- Do you face opposition in your Christian walk? Are you able
to effectively answer your critics?
Prayer- Dear Father in heaven, grant me heavenly wisdom to answer them
who question me regarding my Christian faith. In Jesus name. Amen.
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