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The^(F1) stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.^(C2)
11 This came about from the Lord

¹² They were looking for a way to arrest him but feared the crowd because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. So they left him and went away.

God and Caesar

¹³ Then^(C1) they sent some of the Pharisees^(C2) and the Herodians^(C3) to Jesus to trap him in his words.^{(C4) 14} When they came, they said to him, “Teacher, we know you are truthful and don’t care what anyone thinks, nor do you show partiality^(C1) but teach the way of God truthfully. Is it lawful to pay taxes^(C2) to Caesar or not? Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”

¹⁵ But knowing their hypocrisy,^(C1) he said to them, “Why are you testing¹⁶ They brought a coin. “Whose image

“Caesar’s,” they replied.

¹⁷ Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

The Sadducees and the Resurrection

¹⁸ Sadducees,^(C1) who say there is no resurrection,^(C2) came to him and questioned him: ¹⁹ “Teacher,^(C1) Moses^(C2) wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife behind but no child,^(C3) that man should take the wife^(C4) and raise up offspring for his brother.^{(F1)(C5) 20} There were seven brothers. The first married a woman, and dying, left no offspring. ²¹ The second also took her, and he died, leaving no offspring. And the third likewise. ²² None of the seven^(F1) left offspring. Last of all, the woman died too. ²³ In the resurrection, when they rise,^(F1) whose wife will she be, since the seven had married her?”

²⁴ Jesus spoke to them, “Isn’t this the reason why you’re mistaken: you don’t know the Scriptures²⁵ For when they rise²⁶ And as for the dead being raised—haven’t you read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God said to him: I²⁷ He is not the God of the dead but of the living. You are badly mistaken.”

The Primary Commands

²⁸ One^(C1) of the scribes^(C2) approached. When he heard them debating and saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, “Which command is the most important of all?”

²⁹ Jesus answered, “The most important³⁰ Love³¹ The second is, Love your neighbor

³² Then the scribe said to him, “You are right, teacher. You have correctly said that he is one, and there is no one^(C1) else except him.^{(C2) 33} And to love^(C1) him with all your heart, with all your understanding,^(F1) and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.”^(C2)

³⁴ When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”

The Question about the Christ

³⁵ While^(C1) Jesus was teaching in the temple, he asked,^(C2) “How can the scribes³⁶ David

³⁷ David himself calls him ‘Lord’; how then can he be his son?”

Warning against the Scribes

³⁸ He^(C1) also said in his teaching, “Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes³⁹ the best seats⁴⁰ They devour

The Widow’s Gift

⁴¹ Sitting^(C1) across from the temple treasury,^(C2) he watched how the crowd dropped money into the treasury. Many rich^(C3) people were putting in large sums. ⁴² Then a poor^(C1) widow came and dropped in two tiny coins worth very little. ⁴³ Summoning his disciples,^(C1) he said to them, “Truly I tell you,⁴⁴ For they all gave out of their surplus,