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The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?

13 aThen they sent to Him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, to catch Him in His words.  
14 When they had come, they said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and1 care about no one; for You do not2 regard the person of men, but teach the away of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?  
15 Shall we pay, or shall we not pay?” But He, knowing their ahypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test Me? Bring Me a denarius that I may see it.”  
16 So they brought it. And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” They said to Him, “Caesar’s.”
17 And Jesus answered and said to them,1 “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to aGod the things that are God’s.” And they marveled at Him.  

The Sadducees: What About the Resurrection?

18 aThen some Sadducees, bwho say there is no resurrection, came to Him; and they asked Him, saying:  
19 “Teacher, aMoses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies, and leaves his wife behind, and leaves no children, his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Mark 12:15

Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy—"their wickedness" (Matthew 22:18); "their craftiness" (Luke 20:23). The malignity of their hearts took the form of craft, pretending what they did not feel—an anxious desire to be guided aright in a matter which to a scrupulous few might seem a question of some difficulty. Seeing perfectly through this,

He said unto them, Why tempt ye me?—"hypocrites!"

bring me a penny that I may see it—"the tribute money" (Matthew 22:19).




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