Jesus answered them, “Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
They marveled greatly at him.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Mark 12:17 in context
Mark 12:14–20
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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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Jesus answered them, “Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
They marveled greatly at him.
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Some Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came to him. They asked him, saying,
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“Teacher, Moses wrote to us, ‘If a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.’
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There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring.
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