Mark 12:14-16
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14 And they came up and said to Him, Teacher, we know that You are [a]sincere and what You profess to be, that You cannot lie, and that You have no personal bias for anyone; for You are not influenced by partiality and have no [b]regard for anyone’s external condition or position, but in [and on the basis of] truth You teach the way of God. Is it lawful (permissible and right) to give tribute ([c]poll taxes) to Caesar or not?
15 Should we pay [them] or should we not pay [them]? But knowing their hypocrisy, He asked them, Why do you put Me to the test? Bring Me a coin (a denarius), so I may see it.
16 And they brought [Him one]. Then He asked them, Whose image (picture) is this? And whose superscription ([d]title)? They said to Him, Caesar’s.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Mark 12:14 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
- Mark 12:14 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Mark 12:14 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Mark 12:16 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.
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