Pay to Caesar (Mark 12:13 - Mark 12:17)
12:13
And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.
12:14
And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
12:15
Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.
12:16
And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.
12:17
And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.
12:18
Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
12:19
Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
12:20
Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
12:21
And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.
12:22
And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.
12:23
In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
12:24
And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
12:25
For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
12:26
And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
12:27
He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
Jesus' Summary of the Law (Mark 12:28 - Mark 12:34)
12:28
And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
12:29
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
12:30
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
12:31
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
12:32
And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: