Tribute to Caesar

^15 (A)Then the Pharisees went and ^[a]plotted together how they might trap Him ^[b]in what He said. ¹⁶ And they *sent their disciples to Him, along with the ^(B)Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and ^[c]defer to no one; for You are not partial to any. ¹⁷ Tell us then, what do You think? Is it ^[d]lawful to give a ^(C)poll-tax to ^(D)Caesar, or not?” ¹⁸ But Jesus perceived their ^[e]malice, and said, “Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites? ¹⁹ Show Me the ^(E)coin used for the poll-tax.” And they brought Him a ^[f]denarius. ²⁰ And He *said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” ²¹ They *said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He *said to them, “^(F)Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.” ²² And hearing this, they were amazed, and ^(G)leaving Him, they went away.

Jesus Answers the Pharisees, Sadducees and Scribes

^13 (A)Then they *sent some of the Pharisees and ^(B)Herodians to Him in order to ^(C)trap Him in a statement. ¹⁴ They *came and *said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and ^[a]defer to no one; for You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it ^[b]lawful to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not? ¹⁵ Shall we pay or shall we not pay?” But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a ^[c]denarius to look at.” ¹⁶ They brought one. And He *said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” And they said to Him, “Caesar’s.” ¹⁷ And Jesus said to them, “^(D)Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they ^[d]were amazed at Him.

^2 (A)They were watching Him to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, ^(B)so that they might accuse Him.