Daily Discovery Bible Study

15 Then the Pharisees left and met together to plot how they could trap him by what he said.16 They sent their disciples to him, together with some of Herod's supporters.

“Teacher, we know you are a honest man, and that you teach God's way is the truth,” they began. “You don't allow yourself to be influenced by anyone, and you don't care about rank or status. 17 So let us know your opinion. Is it right to pay Caesar's taxes, or not?”

18 Jesus knew their motives were evil. He asked them, “Why are you trying to trap me, you hypocrites?19 Show me the coin that is used to pay the tax.” They brought a denarius coin to him.20 “Whose image and whose title is inscribed here?” he asked them.

21 “Caesar's,” they replied.

“You should give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God,” he told them. 22 When they heard Jesus' answer they were stunned. They went away and left him.

Matthew 22: 15-22