Verse 17
Mark 12:17
Free Bible Version
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Then the Sadducees, who deny the resurrection, came and asked a question:
Original Language Text
greek
⸂ὁ δὲ⸃ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν ⸀αὐτοῖς· ⸂Τὰ Καίσαρος ἀπόδοτε⸃ Καίσαρι καὶ τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ τῷ θεῷ. καὶ ⸀ἐξεθαύμαζον ἐπ’ αὐτῷ.
English Translation
But Jesus said to them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's." And they were astonished at him.
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Chapter 12 Context
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Then Yashua (Jesus) began to speak to them using illustrated stories. “Once there was a man who plan...
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When harvest-time came, he sent one of his servants to the tenant farmers to collect some of the gra...
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But they grabbed hold of him, beat him up, and sent him away with nothing.
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So the man sent another servant. They hit him over the head and abused him.
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He sent another servant, and this one they killed. He sent many other servants, and they beat some o...
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In the end the only one left was his son whom he loved, and eventually he sent him, thinking ‘They w...
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But the farmers said to themselves, ‘Here's the owner's heir—if we kill him, we can get what he woul...
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So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
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Now what is the owner of the vineyard going to do? He will come and kill those farmers, and then he...
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Haven't you even read this Scripture: ‘The stone rejected by the builders has become the chief corne...
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This is from the Lord, and it's marvelous to see!’”
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12
The Jewish leaders tried to have him arrested because they realized that the illustration was direct...
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They arrived and said, “Teacher, we know you are a truthful person and you don't look for approval,...
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Should we pay up, or should we refuse?” Yashua (Jesus), realizing how hypocritical they were, asked...
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They gave him a coin. “Whose is this image, and whose inscription?” Yashua (Jesus) asked them. “Caes...
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“Then give back to Caesar what belongs to him, and give back to God (Elohim) what belongs to him,” Y...
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Then the Sadducees, who deny the resurrection, came and asked a question:
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“Teacher, Moses instructed us that if a man dies, leaving his widow childless, then his brother shou...
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Once there were seven brothers. The first one got married, and then died without having children.
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The second married his widow, and then died, childless. The third did the same.
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In fact all seven died without having children. In the end the woman died too.
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In the resurrection, whose wife will she be, because she was the wife of all seven brothers?”
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Yashua (Jesus) told them, “This proves you're mistaken, and that you don't know the Scriptures or th...
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When the dead rise, they don't marry, and aren't given in marriage. They're like the angels in heave...
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But concerning the resurrection, haven't you read in Moses' writings the story of the burning bush,...
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He's not the God (Elohim) of the dead, but of the living. You are completely mistaken!”
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One of the religious teachers came and heard them arguing. He recognized that Yashua (Jesus) had giv...
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Yashua (Jesus) replied, “The first commandment is, ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God (Elohim) is one.
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Love the Lord your God (Elohim) with all your heart, with all your spirit, with all your mind, and w...
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The second is ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There's no more important commandment than these.”
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“That's right, Teacher,” the man replied. “It's true as you said that God (Elohim) is one, and there...
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We are to love him with all our heart, all our understanding, and all our strength, and we are to lo...
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Yashua (Jesus) saw that he gave a thoughtful answer, and said, “You're not far from the kingdom of G...
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While Yashua (Jesus) was teaching in the Temple, he asked, “Why do the religious teachers state that...
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David himself declared, inspired by the Holy Spirit, that the Lord said to my Lord, ‘Sit at my right...
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Since David himself calls him Lord, how can he be David's son?” The large crowd listened to what Yas...
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Yashua (Jesus) continued to teach them, saying, “Beware of religious leaders! They love to walk arou...
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They love to have the most important seats in the synagogues, and the best places at banquets.
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They cheat widows out of what they own, and cover up the kind of people they really are with long-wi...
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Yashua (Jesus) sat down opposite the treasury collection box, watching people tossing in coins. Many...
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He called his disciples together and told them, “I tell you the truth: this poor widow has put in mo...
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All of them gave from their wealth what they had, but she gave from her poverty what she didn't have...
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