Matthew 22:15
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Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar(A)
15 Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words.
Luke 20:20-26
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Paying Taxes to Caesar(A)
20 Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be sincere. They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said,(B) so that they might hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.(C) 21 So the spies questioned him: “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is right, and that you do not show partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.(D) 22 Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
23 He saw through their duplicity and said to them, 24 “Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?”
“Caesar’s,” they replied.
25 He said to them, “Then give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s,(E) and to God what is God’s.”
26 They were unable to trap him in what he had said there in public. And astonished by his answer, they became silent.
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.
Footnotes
- Mark 12:14 A special tax levied on subject peoples, not on Roman citizens
Psalm 56:5-7
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Footnotes
- Psalm 56:7 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text does not have do not.
Psalm 59:3
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3 See how they lie in wait for me!
Fierce men conspire(A) against me
for no offense or sin of mine, Lord.
Psalm 2:2
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Hebrews 12:3
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3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary(A) and lose heart.
Luke 11:53-54
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53 When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to oppose him fiercely and to besiege him with questions, 54 waiting to catch him in something he might say.(A)
Jeremiah 20:10
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Jeremiah 18:18
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Isaiah 29:21
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Psalm 57:6
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Psalm 41:6
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