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Power without accountability crumbles, and Luke 20 shows it in real time. We trace how Jesus faces entrapment with questions that reveal hearts, expose hollow authority, and point to a kingdom built on truth. From the temple courts to a coin in the palm of his hand, every move reframes our assumptions about status, money, and the afterlife, while revealing who the Messiah truly is.

We start with a challenge to Jesus’ credentials and watch him redirect the conversation to God’s authority through John’s baptism. The parable of the tenants sharpens the point: stewardship is not ownership, and rejecting the son has consequences. When the trap shifts to taxes, the image on the denarius becomes a mirror—Caesar’s image marks the coin, but God’s image marks every person. Instead of a tidy church-state split, Jesus calls rulers and citizens alike to live under God’s rule with integrity, paying dues without surrendering devotion.

Then comes the Sadducees’ riddle about seven brothers and one wife. Jesus cuts through it by teaching that resurrection life is different: no marriage, no death, and joy anchored in the God of the living. Finally, he asks how the Messiah can be both David’s son and David’s Lord, revealing his full humanity and full divinity—the cornerstone that some reject and others build upon. We end with practical takeaways: render to God what bears his image, bear fruit that matches repentance, resist performative spirituality, and hold hope in the resurrection that reshapes how we work, love, and lead.

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