Mark 12:16

They brought it; and he said to them: Whose image and superscription is this? They said to him: Cæsar’s.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar’s.

In Context

15Must we give, or must we not give? But, knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them: Why do you tempt me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.

17And Jesus answered and said to them: Give to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they were astonished at him.

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Cross References

Luke 20:24Show me a denarius. Whose image and superscription has it? They answered and said: Cæsar’s.

Revelation 3:12Him that overcomes, I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out no more; and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and I will write upon him my new name.

Matthew Henry on Mark 12:14-18

The Question Respecting Tribute. 13 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words. 14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Cæsar, or not? 15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it. 16 And… Read the whole commentary →

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