1When the Pharisees held counsel on how they could snare Jmmanuel in his speech, they sent their followers to him, including some of Herod's people.
2They then said, "Master, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of the laws rightly, and don't inquire about anyone, since you do not care about people's reputations, but only about the laws of god and, in fact, the laws of Creation.
3"Therefore, tell us your opinion. Is it right to pay tax to the emperor or not?"
4But Jmmanuel sensed their malice and said, "You deceivers, hypocrites and swindlers, how low in intelligence and understanding are you that you want to tempt me in such a sick and foolish manner?
5"Show me a tax coin so that I can heal you from your sick folly" And so they gave him a denarius.
6And he said to them, "Whose image and whose inscription are on this coin?"
7They replied, "-They are the emperor's.”
Give to the Emperor
8He then said to them, "Give therefore to the emperor what is the emperor's, and give to god what is god's, and give to Creation what is Creation's.
9"Yet beware and know that god and the emperor are men above whom is the omnipotence of Creation to which you must give the highest praise,
10"for although god is indeed ruler over humankind and the emperor is indeed ruler over peoples, above them stands Creation as the highest authority, to which they are subordinate in the law, as is every human being and all life."
11When they heard this they were astonished, left him alone and went away.
Rebirth
12On the same day the Sadducees, who hold the opinion there is no reincarnation, came to him.
13They asked him, "Master, Moses has said, 'When a man dies and has no children his brother shall take the widow as his wife and begot descendants for his brother.'
14"Once there were seven brothers among us. The first one was married and died, and because he had no descendants he left his wife to his brother;
15"and so did the second and the third, until the seventh.
16"At last the woman also died.
17"Now you teach there is a renewed life. Whose wife will she be among the seven in the new life, for she was the wife to all of them."
18Jmmanuel, however, answered, saying, "You are mistaken and do not know the unadulterated scriptures of the elders, nor do you know the laws of Creation.
19"Truly, I say to you, Moses never gave this commandment; but he gave the commandment that a brother should take his brother's wife to himself in honour, so if one died the other would take care of the widow of his brother.
20"How is it possible for a brother to begot descendants for his brother, since everyone's seed is different?
21"In the next incarnation they all will be strangers because they will not recognize each other; therefore, no law says the wife then belongs to this one or that one.
22"In each new life the person determines for himself whom he wishes to marry; thus he can marry whoever is not spoken for.
23"Take heed of the laws of Creation, which teach that in a new life people do not remember their former lives. Thus your question is superfluous.
24"At this point it is only the prophets who remember former lives, since they follow the laws of Creation and therefore live in wisdom.
25"But since you and the Israelite people will continue to live in piercing darkness for an extended period, cognizance and wisdom of the spirit and of the consciousness will remain hidden from you for a long time.
26"Other peoples will advance beyond you and will evolve greatly in spirit and consciousness, and will follow the laws of Creation.
27"Therefore, other peoples will be superior to you in spirit and in consciousness and gather great wisdom, so that many among them will soon be like the prophets and have recollections about their former lives.
28"But you and the Israelite people shall remain poor in consciousness, and thus drift in piercing darkness.
29"To wit: whoever incurs punishment shall also endure it."
30When the people heard that, they were aghast and afraid.
The Greatest Commandment
31But when the Pharisees heard that Jmmanuel had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered and deliberated.
32And one among them, a scribe, tested him by asking, Jmmanuel, which is the foremost commandment in the law?
33Jmmanuel asked in return, "Whose law are you thinking of, the law of the emperor, or are you thinking of the law of god, or are you thinking of the law of Creation?"
34The scribe said, "l am thinking of the laws of all three."
35But Jmmanuel said, "The highest directive in the law of Creation is this: Achieve the wisdom of knowledge, so that you may wisely follow the laws of Creation.
36"But the highest commandment of the law of god is this: You shall honour god as the ruler of the three human lineages and obey his laws, for he is their king of wisdom and a good and just counselor.
37"And the highest command of the laws of the emperor is this: You shall be obedient to the emperor, follow his laws and give to him the tithe, because he is the ruler over the people and their guardian and protector
38"These are the foremost and greatest commandments in the laws of the three, as applied to their categories.
39"But the other directive, equal to the first, is this: You shall consider only Creation as omnipotent, for it alone is constant in all things and therein is timeless.
40"The emperor and god are transitory, but Creation is eternal.
41"Upon these two directives depend the entire law and the prophets.
42"The laws of god and those of the emperor are human laws and are intended to maintain law and order among the people.
43"But the laws of Creation are the laws of life and the spirit and, therefore, they are eternal and constant.
Person's Spirit
44"Likewise eternal is a person's spirit, which is a tiny fragment of Creation spirit, for how could Creation itself ever cease to be?
45"Hence, when a person dies, their spirit lives on and leaves this side of existence for the other side, where it continues to gather the wisdom of knowledge.
46"The greater the spiritual wisdom gained through the learning of the consciousness, the more the spirit itself determines its future, its return, and its subsequent activities.
47"Since I am also a prophet and know the future, I tell you that I shall return as representative of god for the purpose of instructively rendering judgment over all those who live according to false teachings and who degrade the wisdom of the spirit.
48"Therefore the words of truth will be harsh and without mercy, and many a person will see the in rage because of them.
49"The harsh words of truth themselves will be the instructive judgment and penalty for all those who live according to false teachings and degrade the wisdom of the spirit."
50Since the Pharisees were together, Jmmanuel asked them, "What do you think about me, whose son am I?"
51They said, "The son of David."
52But he spoke to them, "How can I be the son of David, when he has been dead for a long time and I was begotten by Gabriel, the guardian angel?
53"And haven't you read that David called me lord when he said,
54"'The LORD said to my lord, sit down at my right side, until I can place your enemies beneath your feet, because you are my foster son and my successor.'
55"Since David calls me lord, how can I be his son?"
56And no one could give him an answer, but secretly they said, "He blasphemes God and the prophets. Let's try to catch and kill him, because he endangers our position in that we will no longer be respected by the people."