¹⁴ And when they^[a] came, they said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and you do not care what anyone thinks,^[b] because you do not regard the opinion of people^[c] but teach the way of God in truth. Is it permitted to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or should we not pay?” ¹⁵ But because he^[d] knew their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius so that I can look at it!”^{[e] 16} So they brought one.^[f] And he said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” And they said to him, “Caesar’s.”