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This year, we are reading through all four Gospels.

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Hey, welcome back to the Catholic Sprouts podcast where we are reading the Gospels this school year.

We are on day 143 of this journey.

Today we are reading the Gospel of Luke chapter 20 verses 21 through 47.

In this section, Jesus will discuss the question of the resurrection with the scribes and the Pharisees.

Now, as always, I'm reading from the New American translation of the Bible, but before we begin, let's pray. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen. Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful

and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your spirit and they shall be created and you will renew the face of the

earth. Amen. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen. A reading from the

Holy Gospel according to Luke chapter 20, 21 through 47 they watched him closely and sent agents

pretending to be righteous who were to trap him in speech in order to hand him over to the

authority and power of the governor they They posed this question to him.

Teacher, we know that what you say and teach is correct, and you show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.

Is it lawful for us to pay tribute to Caesar or not?

Recognizing their craftiness, he said to them, show me a

denarius, whose image and name does it bear? They replied, Caesars. He said to them, then repay to Caesar

what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God.

They were unable to trap him by something he might say before the people,

and so amazed were they at his reply that they fell silent.

Some sagacies, those who deny that there is a resurrection,

came forward and put this question to him, saying,

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