Mark 12:16

And they brought one to him. And he said to them: Whose is this image and inscription? They said to him: Caesar's.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

15And he knew their wile, and said to them: Why tempt ye me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.

17Jesus said to them: What is Caesar's, give to Caesar; and what is God's, give to God. And they wondered at him.

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Cross References

Luke 20:24Show me a denarius. Whose is this image and superscription upon it? They said to him, Caesar's.

Revelation 3:12Him that is victorious, will I make a pillar in the temple of my God; and he shall not again go out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and of the new Jerusalem which descendeth from heaven from my God, and my own 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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