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Mark 12:12-14
New American Standard Bible
Mark 12:12-14
New American Standard Bible
12 (A)And they were seeking to seize Him, and yet they feared the [a]people, for they understood that He told the parable against them. And so (B)they left Him and went away.
Jesus Answers the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Scribes
13 (C)Then they *sent some of the Pharisees and (D)Herodians to Him in order to (E)trap Him in a statement. 14 They came and *said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and [b]do not care what anyone thinks; for You [c]are not partial to anyone, but You teach the way of God in truth. Is it [d]permissible to pay a [e]poll-tax to Caesar, or not?
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- Mark 12:12 Lit crowd
- Mark 12:14 Lit it is not a concern to You about anyone
- Mark 12:14 Lit do not look at the face of people
- Mark 12:14 I.e., by Jewish law and tradition
- Mark 12:14 I.e., a tax on each person in the census
Mark 12:12-14
New International Version
Mark 12:12-14
New International Version
12 Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd;(A) so they left him and went away.(B)
Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar(C)
13 Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians(D) to Jesus to catch him(E) in his words. 14 They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay the imperial tax[a] to Caesar or not?
Footnotes
- Mark 12:14 A special tax levied on subject peoples, not on Roman citizens
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