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Luke 20:23

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Jesus knew that they were trying to trick him. So he told them,

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For forty years they tested God and saw the things he did.

The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tried to test him by asking for a sign from heaven.

Jesus knew their evil thoughts and said, “Why are you trying to test me? You show-offs!

Jesus' enemies kept watching him closely, because they wanted to hand him over to the Roman governor. So they sent some men who pretended to be good. But they were really spies trying to catch Jesus saying something wrong.

Tell us, should we pay taxes to the Emperor or not?”

“Show me a coin.” Then he asked, “Whose picture and name are on it?” “The Emperor's,” they answered.

Jesus knew what they were thinking, and he said, “Why are you thinking that?

Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he told the man to stand up where everyone could see him. And the man stood up.

and said, “You son of the devil! You are a liar, a criminal, and an enemy of everything that is right. When will you stop speaking against the true ways of the Lord?

And don't try to test Christ, as some of them did and were later bitten by poisonous snakes.

This is because God considers the wisdom of this world to be foolish. It is just as the Scriptures say, “God catches the wise when they try to outsmart him.”

We must stop acting like children. We must not let deceitful people trick us by their false teachings, which are like winds that toss us around from place to place.

Nothing is hidden from God! He sees through everything, and we will have to tell him the truth.




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