Jesus Answers the Pharisees, Sadducees and Scribes
131Then they sentsome of the Pharisees and 2Herodians to Him in order to 3trap Him in a statement.
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They came and said to Him, "Teacher, we know that You are truthful and defer to noone; for You are not partial* to any, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?
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"Shall we payor shall we not pay?" But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to look at."
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They brought one. And He said to them, "Whoselikeness and inscription is this?" And they said to Him, "Caesar's."
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And Jesussaid to them, "4Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they were amazed at Him.