Mark 12:14-16

International Standard Version

¹⁴ They came and told him, “Teacher, we know that you are sincere. You don’t favor any individual, because you pay no attention to external appearance. Instead, you teach the way of God truthfully. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or shouldn’t we?”

¹⁵ Seeing through their hypocrisy, Jesus^[a] replied to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.”

¹⁶ So they brought one. Then he asked them, “Whose face and name are on this?”

They told him, “Caesar’s.”