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17 Tell us therefore what you think: is it lawful to remit tribute to Caesar, or not?

18 Jesus perceived their wickedness and said, Why do you bait me, you hypocrites? 19 Let me see the tribute coin. So they brought him a denarius.

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17 Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay the imperial tax[a](A) to Caesar or not?”

18 But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? 19 Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius,

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 22:17 A special tax levied on subject peoples, not on Roman citizens