17 Therefore tell us what you think. Is it permitted to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” 18 But because he[a] knew their maliciousness, Jesus said, “Hypocrites! Why are you testing me? 19 Show me the coin for the tax!” So they brought him a denarius. 20 And he said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” 21 They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Therefore give to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God!”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 22:18 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“knew”) which is understood as causal