12 (A)And they were seeking to seize Him, and yet they feared the [a]people, for they understood that He told the parable against them. And so (B)they left Him and went away.

Jesus Answers the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Scribes

13 (C)Then they *sent some of the Pharisees and (D)Herodians to Him in order to (E)trap Him in a statement. 14 They came and *said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and [b]do not care what anyone thinks; for You [c]are not partial to anyone, but You teach the way of God in truth. Is it [d]permissible to pay a [e]poll-tax to Caesar, or not?

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 12:12 Lit crowd
  2. Mark 12:14 Lit it is not a concern to You about anyone
  3. Mark 12:14 Lit do not look at the face of people
  4. Mark 12:14 I.e., by Jewish law and tradition
  5. Mark 12:14 I.e., a tax on each person in the census

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