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Luke 20:23

New Living Translation

He saw through their trickery and said,

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For there your ancestors tested and tried my patience, even though they saw everything I did.

One day the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, demanding that he show them a miraculous sign from heaven to prove his authority.

But Jesus knew their evil motives. “You hypocrites!” he said. “Why are you trying to trap me?

Watching for their opportunity, the leaders sent spies pretending to be honest men. They tried to get Jesus to say something that could be reported to the Roman governor so he would arrest Jesus.

Now tell us—is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

“Show me a Roman coin. Whose picture and title are stamped on it?” “Caesar’s,” they replied.

Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he asked them, “Why do you question this in your hearts?

But Jesus knew their thoughts. He said to the man with the deformed hand, “Come and stand in front of everyone.” So the man came forward.

Then he said, “You son of the devil, full of every sort of deceit and fraud, and enemy of all that is good! Will you never stop perverting the true ways of the Lord?

Nor should we put Christ to the test, as some of them did and then died from snakebites.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say, “He traps the wise in the snare of their own cleverness.”

Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth.

Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes, and he is the one to whom we are accountable.




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