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.”

¹³ Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight.^(A) Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

⁹ We should not test Christ,^[a](A) as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.^(B)

⁹ Peter said to her, “How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord?^(A) Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”

¹⁷ The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”

Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?”^(A) He said, “Lord, you know all things;^(B) you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.^(C)

²⁴ But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. ²⁵ He did not need any testimony about mankind,^(A) for he knew what was in each person.^(B)

²³ He saw through their duplicity and said to them,

² Some Pharisees^(A) came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

¹⁸ But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me?