Luke 20:21-25
New American Standard Bible
21 And the spies questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You [a]are not partial to anyone, but You teach the way of God on the basis of truth. 22 Is it [b]permissible for us (A)to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” 23 But He saw through their trickery and said to them, 24 “Show Me a [c]denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?” They said, “Caesar’s.” 25 And He said to them, “Then (B)pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
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- Luke 20:21 Lit do not receive a face
- Luke 20:22 I.e., by Jewish law and tradition
- Luke 20:24 The denarius was a day’s wages for a laborer
Luke 20:21-25
New International Version
21 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.(A) 22 Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
23 He saw through their duplicity and said to them, 24 “Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?”
“Caesar’s,” they replied.
25 He said to them, “Then give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s,(B) and to God what is God’s.”
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