Paying Taxes to Caesar
Pharisees and Herodians try to trap Jesus with a question about paying taxes to Caesar. He asks for a coin and replies, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."
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Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain.
All three Synoptics tell this nearly identically, but differ on who asks: Matthew says "Pharisees and Herodians," Mark agrees, while Luke says "spies who pretended to be sincere" sent by the scribes and chief priests. The denarius would have borne Tiberius's image with the inscription "Son of the Divine Augustus," making Jesus's question about the image politically charged.
Notes the questioners are disciples of the Pharisees along with Herodians.
Records Jesus recognizing their "hypocrisy" and asking, "Why put me to the test?"
Describes the questioners as spies pretending to be sincere, hoping to hand Jesus over to the governor.
From the triumphal entry into Jerusalem through the crucifixion and burial of Jesus.
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