Mark 12:13-17

Paying Taxes to Caesar

13 aAnd they sent to him some of bthe Pharisees and some of cthe Herodians, to dtrap him in his talk. 14And they came and said to him, “Teacher, ewe know that you are true and do not care about anyone’s opinion. For fyou are not swayed by appearances,
Greek  you do not look at people’s faces
but truly teach hthe way of God. Is it lawful to pay itaxes to jCaesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not?”
15But, knowing ktheir hypocrisy, he said to them, Why lput me to the test? Bring me ma denarius
A  denarius was a day’s wage for a laborer
and let me look at it.”
16And they brought one. And he said to them, Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said to him, “Caesar’s.” 17Jesus said to them, oRender to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they marveled at him.

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