17 Tell us therefore what you think. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"

18 But Jesus knew their wickedness and said, "Why are you trying to test me, you hypocrites?

19 Show me a piece of tax money." They brought him a shilling.

20 He asked them, "Whose head is this, and whose inscription?"

21 They said, "Caesar's." He said to them, "Then pay to Caesar what is Caesar's, and pay to God what is God's."