they came and said to him,
Teacher, we know that you are true, and care for no one, for you
respect not the face of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it
lawful to pay tribute to Caesar or not? [12:15]Shall we pay? or shall
we not pay? But he knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, Why do you
try me? Bring me a denarius [14 cents], that I may see it. [12:16]And
they brought him one. And he said to them, Whose is this figure, and
the inscription? And they said to him, Caesar's. [12:17]And Jesus said,
Render Caesar's dues to Caesar, and God's to God. And they wondered at
him.

10 [12:18]And the Sadducees came to him, who say there is no
resurrection, and asked him, saying, [12:19]Teacher, Moses wrote to us,
that if one's brother dies and leaves a wife, and leaves no child, his
brother shall take his wife and raise up children for his brother.
[12:20]There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died,
and left no child; [12:21]and the second took her, and died leaving no
child; and the third in like manner. [12:22]And the seven left no
child. Last of all, the woman died also. [12:23]In the resurrection,
when they rise, whose wife shall she be? for the seven had her as a
wife. [12:24]Jesus said to them, Do you not err on this account, not
knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God? [12:25]For when they rise
from the dead, they neither marry nor are married, but are like angels
in heaven. [12:26]But concerning the dead, that they rise, have you not
read in the book of Moses, how God spoke to him at the bush, saying, I
am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
[12:27]He is not a God of the dead, but of the living; you greatly err.

11 [12:28]And one of the scribes coming forward hearing them disputing,
knowing that he answered them well, asked him, What commandment is
first of all? [12:29] Jesus answered, First is, Hear Israel, the Lord
our God is one Lord; [12:30]and you shall love the Lord your God with
all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.
[12:31]Second is this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There
is no other commandment greater than these. [12:32]And the scribe said
to him, Well, teacher, you have said truly; there is one [God], and no
other but him; [12:33]and to love him with all the heart, and all the
understanding, and all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as
himself, is more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices. [12:34]