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.

^20 (A)So they watched Him, and sent spies who ^[a]pretended to be righteous, in order ^(B)that they might ^[b]catch Him in some statement, so that they could deliver Him to the rule and the authority of ^(C)the governor. ²¹ They questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You ^[c]are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth. ²² Is it ^[d]lawful for us ^(D)to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” ²³ But He detected their trickery and said to them, ²⁴ “Show Me a ^[e]denarius. Whose ^[f]likeness and inscription does it have?” They said, “Caesar’s.” ²⁵ And He said to them, “Then ^(E)render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” ²⁶ And they were unable to ^[g](F)catch Him in a saying in the presence of the people; and being amazed at His answer, they became silent.