MARK 12:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Cesar, or not?”
They came to him and said: teacher, we know 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 lawful to pay the imperial tax to Caesar or not? Should we pay or shouldn't we? — the flattery is transparent but the question is genuine in its danger: yes means collaboration with Rome and alienation from the crowd; no means sedition against Rome and the basis for an arrest. The tribute question (the denarius tax for the poll tax) was deeply resented by Jewish nationalists.
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