14 And when they[a] came, they said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and you do not care what anyone thinks,[b] because you do not regard the opinion of people[c] but teach the way of God in truth. Is it permitted to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or should we not pay?” 15 But because he[d] knew their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius so that I can look at it!”[e] 16 So they brought one.[f] And he said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” And they said to him, “Caesar’s.”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 12:14 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Mark 12:14 Literally “it is not a care to you concerning anyone”
  3. Mark 12:14 Literally “because you do not look at the face of men”
  4. Mark 12:15 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“knew”) which is understood as causal
  5. Mark 12:15 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  6. Mark 12:16 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation