“But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:” Acts 24:14
We have lost words, many pages and books in the Bible. It's okay. The Scriptures are not complete or perfect. This is not a deterrent to finding a relationship with Jesus Christ. The Lord Jesus said, if you keep my commandments, the Father (Holy Spirit) and I will teach you "from the inside."
Greatest commandment, "Shema, Israel." "Love the Lord your God with all your heart soul mind and strength; the second is like unto it, "Love your neighbor as yourself." I'm the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; the God of the Living not the Dead. Silenced; not convinced.
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Matthew 22:15-40; Mark 12:13-34, Luke 20:20-40
Shall We Pay Tribute To Caesar?
The chief priests, scribes, and elders sent spies into the multitude that gathered around Jesus, hoping that he might do or say something that would enable them to turn him over to the civil authorities.
These opponents of Jesus asked him, saying:
“Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man; for thou regardest not the person of men. Tell us, therefore, what thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?”
Jesus perceived the craftiness behind the question. He said:
“Why tempt ye me? Bring me a penny, that I may see it.”
When it was brought, he said to his tempters:
“Whose is this image and superscription?”
His opponents said:
“Caesar’s.”
Thereupon Jesus said to them:
“Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
Jesus’ enemies could find nothing in this answer that warranted accusing him; so they went away.
Which Of The Brothers Shall Have The Wife In The Resurrection?
Some Sadducees, a sect that denied that there was a resurrection, came to Jesus and said to him:
“Master, Moses wrote unto us, ‘If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.’ There were therefore seven brethren, and the first took a wife and died without children. And the second took her to wife and he died childless.
And the third took her and, in like manner, the seven also. And they left no children and died. Last of all the woman died also. Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she, for seven had her to wife?”
Jesus replied to them:
“Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
For when they shall rise from the dead, they...
