Paying Taxes to Caesar
15 1Then the Pharisees went and plotted how
2to entangle him in his words.
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And they sent
3their disciples to him, along with
4the Herodians, saying, "Teacher,
5we know that you are true and teach
6the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for
7you are not swayed by appearances.
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Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay
8taxes to
9Caesar, or not?"
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But Jesus, aware of their malice, said,
"Why 10put me to the test, you hypocrites?
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Show me the coin for the tax." And they brought him a denarius.
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And Jesus said to them,
"Whose likeness and inscription is this?"
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They said, "Caesar's." Then he said to them,
11"Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."
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When they heard it, they marveled. And they
12left him and went away.