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Mark 12:17 KJV
Mark · chapter 12 · verse 17
And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at him.Mark 12:17 · King James Version
Mark 12:17 in context
15Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.
16And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar’s.
17And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at him.
18Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
19Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
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Key words (Strong's)
- answeringapokrinomaito give an answer to a question proposed, to answer, to begin to speak, but always where…G611 →
- marvelledthaumazōto wonder, wonder at, marvel, to be wondered at, to be had in admirationG2296 →
- Renderapodidōmito deliver, to give away for one s own profit what is one s own, to sell, to pay off…G591 →
- CaesarkaisarCaesar = " severed" , the surname of Julius Caesar, which adopted by Octavius…G2541 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
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When the enemies of Christ, who thirsted for his blood, could not find occasion against him from what he said against them, they tried to ensnare him by putting questions to him. Here we have him tempted, or attempted rather, with a question about the lawfulness of paying tribute to Caesar.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-17