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Controversies[a]

13 God or Caesar.[b] Then they sent some Pharisees and Herodians to trap him in what he said.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 12:13 The discussions continue. His opponents seek to have Jesus contradict himself so as to accede to their demands. But the questioners are caught in their own trap. And the masks of their false religion fall away. Who among us has not in some way acted like these scribes, Pharisees, and Sadducees when a decision of faith had to be made!
  2. Mark 12:13 See note on Mt 22:15-22.

Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar(A)

13 Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians(B) to Jesus to catch him(C) in his words.

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13 (A)[a]And they sent unto him certain of the Pharisees, and of the Herodians, that they might take him in his talk.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 12:13 The Gospel joineth the authority of the Magistrate with the service of God.