Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. The famous distinction: Caesar's things to Caesar, God's things to God. The coin that bears Caesar's image belongs to Caesar; the human being who bears God's image (Genesis 1:27) belongs to God. The answer transcends the either/or of the trap: it acknowledges the legitimacy of the political sphere without making it absolute, and it places the ultimate claim on the human person with God rather than Caesar.

COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

Publish a note on this verse