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Luke chapter 20 verse 25.

Jesus said to them,

then render to Caesar the things that are Caesars,

and to God the things that are Caesars and to God the things that are God's. This verse comes

at the end of what's probably the most prominent teaching from Jesus about government in the gospel.

So these religious leaders come to him, they're trying to trap him and they say, we know,

teacher, that you are true, you don't care about anybody's opinion,

for you're not swayed by appearances, you truly teach the way of God like it's total

flattery, this insincerease on Jesus for selfish reasons.

But Jesus waits for their question and they ask, is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?

Should we pay them or should we not?

And the religious leaders know that if he says not to pay taxes to Caesar,

that would be

compromising against the government.

But if Jesus says we should pay taxes to Caesar,

then he might appear to be compromising

his devotion to God in the eyes of others.

So Jesus sees right through their hypocrisy

and he says to them, why are you putting me to the test?

Then he says, bring me a denarious, let me look at it.

And they bring him this coin that's worth about a day's

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