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Mark 12:13-17
New American Standard Bible

Jesus Answers the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Scribes

13 (A)Then they *sent some of the Pharisees and (B)Herodians to Him in order to (C)trap Him in a statement. 14 They came and *said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and [a]do not care what anyone thinks; for You [b]are not partial to anyone, but You teach the way of God in truth. Is it [c]permissible to pay a [d]poll-tax to Caesar, or not? 15 Are we to pay, or not pay?” But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a [e]denarius to look at.” 16 And they brought one. And He *said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” And they said to Him, “Caesar’s.” 17 And Jesus said to them, “(D)Pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they were utterly amazed at Him.

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  1. Mark 12:14 Lit it is not a concern to You about anyone
  2. Mark 12:14 Lit do not look at the face of people
  3. Mark 12:14 I.e., by Jewish law and tradition
  4. Mark 12:14 I.e., a tax on each person in the census
  5. Mark 12:15 The denarius was a day’s wages for a laborer
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Mark 12:13-17
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Paying Taxes to Caesar

13 And they sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him so that they could catch him unawares in a statement. 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.” 17 And Jesus said to them, “Give to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God!” And they were utterly amazed at him.

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  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
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Mark 12:13-17
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Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar(A)

13 Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians(B) to Jesus to catch him(C) in his words. 14 They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay the imperial tax[a] to Caesar or not? 15 Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”

But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. “Why are you trying to trap me?” he asked. “Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.” 16 They brought the coin, and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”

“Caesar’s,” they replied.

17 Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.”(D)

And they were amazed at him.

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  1. Mark 12:14 A special tax levied on subject peoples, not on Roman citizens
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