No matter what leader is in office or which party is in control, Jesus remains King. So the call for Christians is not to withdraw, but to engage culture with a kingdom mindset. This week we look at the amazing way in which Jesus responds to a political dispute.
Mark 12:13-17
Mark 12:13-17 / New International Version (NIV)
Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar
13 Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words. 14 They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that 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 right to pay the imperial tax[a] to Caesar or not? 15 Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”
But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. “Why are you trying to trap me?” he asked. “Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.” 16 They brought the coin, and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”
“Caesar’s,” they replied.
17 Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.”
And they were amazed at him.
Footnote:
[a] A special tax levied on subject peoples, not on Roman citizens.
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