Mark 12:13-15

Evangelical Heritage Version

Paying Taxes to Caesar

¹³ The Jewish leaders sent some Pharisees and some Herodians to Jesus to try to trap him in what he said. ¹⁴ They came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest and do not play favorites, since you are not partial to anyone,^[a] but you teach the way of God on the basis of the truth. Is it lawful to pay a tax to Caesar or not? ¹⁵ Should we pay it or not?”

Since Jesus knew their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why do you keep testing me? Bring me a denarius so that I can look at it.”