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katapi HOME Luke 20:20-26 - Paying Taxes to Caesar  Lk.20.20-26 (Jerusalem)- Mt.22.15-22, Mk.12.13-17 | NEB Contents | notes
20 20 So they watched their opportunity and sent secret agents in the guise of honest men, to seize upon some word of his as a pretext for handing him over to the authority and jurisdiction of the Governor. 20 21 They put a question to him: 'Master,' they said, 'we know that what you speak and teach is sound; you pay deference to no one, but teach in all honesty the way of life that God requires. 20 22 Are we or are we not permitted to pay taxes to the Roman Emperor?' 20 23 He saw through their trick and said, 'Show me a silver piece. - The Denouncing of the Scribes  Lk.20.45-47 (Jerusalem)- Mt.23.1-36, Mk.12.38-40, Lk.11.37-54 | NEB Contents | notes
20 24 Whose head does it bear, and whose inscription?' 'Caesar's', they replied. 20 25 'Very well then,' he said, 'pay Caesar what is due to Caesar, and pay God what is due to God.' 20 26 Thus their attempt to catch him out in public failed, and, astonished by his reply, they fell silent.