In handling this dilemma the Lord was again
In handling this dilemma the Lord was again honest, pure, and wise. Considering their craft iness, He said to them, "Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have? And they said, Caesar's. And He said to them, There fore pay the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God" (vv. 24-25). To pay the things of Caesar to Caesar is to pay tribute to Caesar according to his governmental regu lation. To pay the things of God to God is to pay the half shekel to God according to Exo dus 30:11-16 and to offer all the tithes to God according to the law of God.
In Luke 20:20-26 we see two completely dif ferent standards of morality. The Pharisees and Herodians were base, dishonest, and insidious. But the Man-Savior was genuine, frank, honest, and wise.
EXAMINED BY THE SADDUCEES
In Luke 20:27-38 the Man-Savior was exam ined by the Sadducees. Verse 27 says, "And some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrec tion, came to Him and questioned Him." They went on to present to the Lord a case of a man who died, leaving his wife childless: "Teacher, Moses