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The Pharisees had evil intentions towards Jesus. In their hatred for Him, they planned to entrap Him in the answers He gave to their loaded questions. One such question was, “Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” If He answered that it was right to pay taxes to Caesar, He would be siding with the Romans against Israel and He would be considered a traitor. If however, He said taxes should not be paid to Rome, He could be accused of being a rebel to the authority of Rome. He asked them to give Him a coin used to pay the tax (a Roman denarius, which bore image of Caesar). With the coin in His hand, He answered. “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” The very fact that Israel was occupied By Roman forces, indicated the nation had been unfaithful towards their God and had failed to give God His rightful dues!
Jesus said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?”
Matthew 22:20
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