Mark 12:14-16

The Voice

Pharisees: Teacher, we know You are truthful in what You say and that You don’t play favorites. You’re not worried about what anyone thinks of You, so You teach with total honesty what God would have us do. So tell us: is it lawful that we Jews should pay taxes to the Roman emperor or not? ¹⁵ Should we give or not?

Jesus (seeing through their ruse): Why do you test Me like this? Listen, bring Me a coin^[a] so that I can take a look at it.

Jesus: Tell Me, whose picture is on this coin? And of whom does this inscription speak?

Pharisees: Caesar, of course.