Luke 20:19-21

International Standard Version

¹⁹ When the scribes and the high priests realized that Jesus^[a] had told this parable about them, they wanted to arrest him right then, but they were afraid of the crowd.

A Question about Paying Taxes^(A)

²⁰ So they watched him closely and sent spies who pretended to be honest men in order to trap him in what he would say. They wanted to hand him over to the jurisdiction^[b] of the governor, ²¹ so they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you’re right in what you say and teach, and that you don’t favor any individual, but teach the way of God truthfully.