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Mark 12:14 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? "

Mark 12:14

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12 They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him and went away.

13 They sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.

14 When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

15 Shall we give, or shall we not give?” But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.”

16 They brought it. He said to them, “Whose is this image and inscription?” They said to him, “Caesar’s.”

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"They asked him, “Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God."

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Luke 3:12

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"Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what must we do?”"

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"They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”"

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Mark 10:2

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"Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”"

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"The high priest stood up in the middle, and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer? What is it which these testify against you?”"

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Mark 12:1

"He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country."

Mark 12:2

"When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard."

Mark 12:3

"They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty."

Mark 12:4

"Again, he sent another servant to them; and they threw stones at him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated."

Mark 12:5

"Again he sent another, and they killed him, and many others, beating some, and killing some."

Mark 12:6

"Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’"

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