Mark 12:13-17

Paying Taxes to Caesar

13 ¹And they sent to him some of ²the Pharisees and some of ³the Herodians, to ⁴trap him in his talk.

14 And they came and said to him, “Teacher, ⁵we know that you are true and do not care about anyone’s opinion. For ⁶you are not swayed by appearances, ^[a] but truly teach ⁷the way of God. Is it lawful to pay ⁸taxes to ⁹Caesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not? ”

15 But, knowing ¹⁰their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why ¹¹put me to the test? Bring me ¹²a denarius^[b] and let me look at it. ”

16 And they brought one. And he said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this? ”They said to him, “Caesar’s. ”

17 Jesus said to them, ¹³“Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. ”And they marveled at him.