Matthew 22:15-22

New American Standard Bible 1995

Tribute to Caesar

^15 (A)Then the Pharisees went and ^[a]plotted together how they might trap Him ^[b]in what He said. ¹⁶ And they *sent their disciples to Him, along with the ^(B)Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and ^[c]defer to no one; for You are not partial to any. ¹⁷ Tell us then, what do You think? Is it ^[d]lawful to give a ^(C)poll-tax to ^(D)Caesar, or not?” ¹⁸ But Jesus perceived their ^[e]malice, and said, “Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites? ¹⁹ Show Me the ^(E)coin used for the poll-tax.” And they brought Him a ^[f]denarius. ²⁰ And He *said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” ²¹ They *said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He *said to them, “^(F)Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.” ²² And hearing this, they were amazed, and ^(G)leaving Him, they went away.