Tuesday of Week 9 in Ordinary Time - Mark 12: 13-17

Daily Gospel Exegesis

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🗓️ 3 March 2025

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Mark 12: 13-17 - 'Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.'

Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:

- 450 (in 'Lord') - From the beginning of Christian history, the assertion of Christ's lordship over the world and over history has implicitly recognized that man should not submit his personal freedom in an absolute manner to any earthly power, but only to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Caesar is not "the Lord". "The Church. . . believes that the key, the centre and the purpose of the whole of man's history is to be found in its Lord and Master."

- "The principle Jesus enunciates here forms part of the basis of Catholic teaching on the relationship of Church and state. Other New Testament writings elaborate on Jesus’ principle, affirming both our duty to respect civil authority (Rom 13:1–7; 1 Tim 2:1–6; Titus 3:1–2; 1 Pet 2:13–17) and our overriding allegiance to God wherever civil authority oversteps its bounds or imposes laws contrary to the moral law (Acts 5:29; Rev 13:1–18). The Catechism articulates this balanced understanding. “Those subject to authority should regard those in authority as representatives of God” (2238); “Submission to authority and co-responsibility for the common good make it morally obligatory to pay taxes, to exercise the right to vote, and to defend one’s country” (2240). However, “The citizen is obliged in conscience not to follow the directives of civil authorities when they are contrary to the demands of the moral order, to the fundamental rights of persons or the teachings of the Gospel” (2242)." - The Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture: Mark.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone. Welcome back to Daily Gospel Exegesis, which is a production from logical Bible study.
0:18.3	And here in this podcast, we look at the reading from Mass, the gospel reading, and we try
0:23.7	to pull it apart of it to see what it meant in its original context.
0:26.8	So we're giving you tools to help you understand the Word of God.
0:30.3	And in particular, in this podcast, the Gospels, what does it mean in its original context?
0:35.6	We're looking at a very famous passage today.
0:38.7	It's one that people know quite well, and perhaps people think they know the interpretation
0:43.8	of quite well.
0:45.6	But as you'll see, there's a lot of really interesting stuff going on underneath the
0:49.3	text that you may not have considered.
0:51.7	So let's have a look at the passage.
0:53.1	It is Mark chapter 12 verses 13 to 17.
1:00.7	The chief priests and the scribes and the elders sent to Jesus some Pharisees and some Herodians
1:08.3	to catch him out in what he said.
1:12.9	These came to him and said,
1:18.0	Master, we know you are an honest man, that you are not afraid of anyone,
1:23.6	because a man's rank means nothing to you, and that you teach the way of God in all honesty.
1:28.3	Is it permissible to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay?
1:30.3	Yes or no?
1:32.3	Seeing through their hypocrisy, he said to them,
1:35.3	Why do you set this trap for me?
1:37.3	Hand me a denarius and let me see it.
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