Jesus took their trick question and turned it into a question about not just where you pay your money, but where you pay your respect. Jesus asked the Pharisees to show him the money that they pay taxes with, and they showed him a coin that was like this quarter. (Show the quarter or other coin.) Then Jesus asked them, “Whose picture and title are stamped on [this coin]?†“Caesar’s,†they replied. “Well then,†[Jesus] said, “give to Caesar what belongs to him, But everything that belongs to God must be given to God†(Matt. 22:20-21 NLT).
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