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21 Then they asked Him, saying, "Teacher, we know that You say and teach rightly, and You do not show personal favoritism, but teach the way of God in truth:
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So the spies questioned him: “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is right, and that you do not show partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.
22 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"
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Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
23 But He perceived their craftiness, and said to them, "Why do you test Me?
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He saw through their duplicity and said to them,
24 Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?" They answered and said, "Caesar's."
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“Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?”“Caesar’s,” they replied.
25 And He said to them, "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."
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He said to them, “Then give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
26 But they could not catch Him in His words in the presence of the people. And they marveled at His answer and kept silent.
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They were unable to trap him in what he had said there in public. And astonished by his answer, they became silent.
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