Matthew 22

17 So let us know your opinion. Is it right to pay Caesar’s taxes, or not?"

18 Jesus knew their motives were evil. He asked them, "Why are you trying to trap me, you hypocrites? 19 Show me the coin that is used to pay the tax." They brought a denarius coin*22:19. A silver Roman coin used for paying the tax imposed by the Romans. to him. 20 "Whose image and whose title is inscribed here?" he asked them.

21 "Caesar’s," they replied.

"You should give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God," he told them.