Markos 12:12-14

Orthodox Jewish Bible

¹² And they were seeking to seize him, and they were afraid of the multitude, for they knew that against them he told the mashal. And leaving him, they went away.

¹³ And they send to him some of the Perushim (Pharisees) and the Herodians in order that they might catch him in a dvar.

¹⁴ And having come, they say to him: Rabbi, we have daas that you are an ish Emes and you do not show deference toward anyone. Ki ein masso panim (For there is no partiality) with you but rather on the Derech Hashem you give Divrei Torah in Emes. Is it mutar to give a poll tax to Caesar or not? Should we give or should we not give?