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Mark 12:14

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When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

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Mark 12:14 in other translations

And when they were come, they say unto him, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and carest not for any one; for thou regardest not the person of men, but of a truth teachest the way of God: Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not?

Mark 12:14 · American Standard Version

Mark 12:14 in context

  1. 12They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.
  2. 13They sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.
  3. 14When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
  4. 15Shall we give, or shall we not give?”
    But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.”
  5. 16They brought it.
    He said to them, “Whose is this image and inscription?”
    They said to him, “Caesar’s.”