Should we pay, or shouldn’t we?” But Jesus knew they had bad motives for asking. So he responded, “Why are you trying to trap me? Bring me a silver coin and let me look at it.”
I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I’m the one who searches hearts and minds and that I pay each person back for what they’ve done.
Peter asked her, “How could the two of you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! Those footsteps you hear are of the men coming back from burying your husband. They’re going to carry you out too.”
Jesus said to him a third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” It made Peter sad that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love me?” He answered, “Lord, you know all things. You know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.
They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you’re honest and that you don’t let other people tell you what to do or say, no matter how important they are. Instead, you teach the way of God truthfully. So, according to the law of Moses, is it right to pay the royal tax to Caesar, or not?
They were trying to trap Jesus with that question, so they’d have a reason to bring charges against him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger.