Mark 12:13-15

New International Reader's Version

Is It Right to Pay the Royal Tax to Caesar?

¹³ Later the religious leaders sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus. They wanted to trap him with his own words. ¹⁴ They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are a man of honor. You don’t let other people tell you what to do or say. You don’t care how important they are. But you teach the way of God truthfully. Is it right to pay the royal tax to Caesar or not? ¹⁵ Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”

But Jesus knew what they were trying to do. So he asked, “Why are you trying to trap me? Bring me a silver coin. Let me look at it.”