Paying Taxes to Caesar
15 Then the Pharisees went {and consulted} so that they could entrap him with a statement.
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And they sent their disciples to him with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and {you do not care what anyone thinks}, {because you do not regard the opinion of people}.
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Therefore tell us what you think. Is it permitted to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"
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But [because he] knew their maliciousness, Jesus said, "Hypocrites! Why are you testing me?
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Show me the coin for the tax!" So they brought him a denarius.
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And he said to them, "Whose image and inscription [is] this?"
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They said to him, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, "Therefore give to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God!"
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And [when they] heard [this], they were astonished, and they left him [and] went away.