They sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Mark 12:13 in context
Mark 12:10–16
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Haven’t you even read this Scripture:
‘The stone which the builders rejected
was made the head of the corner.
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This was from the Lord.
It is marvelous in our eyes’?”
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They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him and went away.
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They sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.
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When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
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Shall we give, or shall we not give?”
But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.”
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They brought it.
He said to them, “Whose is this image and inscription?”
They said to him, “Caesar’s.”
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