Section XXXIV.

[1] 2241Then went the Pharisees and considered how they might ensnare him in a word, [2] and deliver him into the power of the judge,2242 and into the power of the ruler.  2243And they sent unto him their disciples, with the kinsfolk of Herod; and they said unto him, [Arabic, p. 129] Teacher, we know that thou speakest the truth, and teachest the way of God with equity,2244 and art not lifted up2245 by any man:  for thou actest not so as to [3] be seen of any man.  2246Tell us now, What is thy opinion?  Is it lawful that we should [4] pay the tribute to Cæsar, or not? shall we give, or shall we not give?  2247But Jesus knew [5] their deceit, and said unto them, 2248Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?  Shew me the [6] penny of the tribute.  2249So they brought unto him a penny.  Jesus said unto them, To whom belongeth this image and inscription?  They said unto him, To Cæsar.  [7, 8] 2250He said unto them, Give what is Cæsar’s to Cæsar, and what is God’s to God.  2251And they could not make him slip in a single word before the people; and they marvelled at his word, and refrained.

[9] 2252And on that day came the Sadducees, and said unto him,2253 There is no life for [10] the dead.  2254And they asked him, and said unto him, Teacher, Moses said unto us, If a man die, not having children, let his brother take his wife, and raise up seed [11] for his brother.  2255Now there were with us seven brethren:  and the first took a wife, [12] and died without children; 2256and the second took his wife, and died without children; [13] 2257and the third also took her; and in like manner the seven of them also, and they [14, 15] died without leaving children.  2258And last of them all the woman died also.  2259At the resurrection, then, which of these seven shall have this woman? for all of them took [16] her.  2260Jesus answered and said unto them, Is it not for this that ye have erred, [17] because ye know not the scriptures, nor the power of God?  2261And the sons of this [18] world take wives, and the women become the men’s;22622263but those that have become worthy of that world, and the resurrection from among the dead, do2264 not take [19] [Arabic, p. 130] wives, and the women also do2265 not become the men’s.  2266Nor is it possible that they should die; but they2267 are like the angels, and are the children of [20] God, because they have become the children of the resurrection.  2268For in2269 the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read in the book of Moses, how from the bush God said unto him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?  [21] 2270And God is not the God of the dead, but of the living:  for all of them are alive with him.  And ye have erred greatly.

[22, 23] 2271And when the multitudes heard, they were wondering at his teaching.  2272And [24] some of the scribes answered and said unto him, Teacher, thou hast well said.  2273But the rest of the Pharisees, when they saw his silencing the Sadducees on this point, gathered against him to contend with him.

[25] 2274And one of the scribes, of those that knew the law, when he saw the excellence [26] of his answer to them, desired to try him, and said unto him, 2275What shall I do to inherit eternal life? and, 2276Which of the commandments is greater, and has precedence [27] in the law?  2277Jesus said unto him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O [28] Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one:  2278and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy thought, and with all thy [29, 30] strength.  2279This is the great and preëminent2280 commandment.  2281And the second, which is like it, is, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.  And another commandment [31] greater than these two there is not.  2282On these two commandments, then, are hung the [32] [Arabic, p. 131] law and the prophets.  2283That scribe said unto him, Excellent! my Master;2284 thou hast said truly that he is one, and there is no other outside of him:  [33] 2285and that a man should love him with all his heart, and with all his thought, and with all his soul, and with all his strength, and that he should love his neighbour as [34] himself, is better than all savours and sacrifices.  2286And Jesus saw him that he had answered wisely; and he answered and said unto him, Thou art not far from the [35, 36] kingdom of God.  2287Thou hast spoken rightly:  do this, and thou shalt live.  2288And he, as his desire was to justify himself, said unto him, And who is my neighbour?  [37] 2289Jesus said unto him, A man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and the robbers fell upon him, and stripped2290 him, and beat him, his life remaining in him but little,2291 [38] and went away.  2292And it happened that there came down a certain priest that way; [39] and he saw him, and passed by.  2293And likewise a Levite also came and reached [40] that place, and saw him, and passed by.  2294And a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, [41] came to2295 the place where he was, and saw him, and had compassion on him, 2296and came near, and bound up his strokes,2297 and poured on them wine and oil; and he set2298 him on the ass, and brought him to the inn, and expend