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Matthew 22:20 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" He asked them, “Whose is this image and inscription?” "
Matthew 22:20
Verse in Context
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18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
19 Show me the tax money.” They brought to him a denarius.
20 He asked them, “Whose is this image and inscription?”
21 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.”
22 When they heard it, they marveled, and left him and went away.
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Matthew 22:1
"Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables, saying,"
Matthew 22:2
"“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a wedding feast for his son,"
Matthew 22:3
"and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come."
Matthew 22:4
"Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding feast!”’"
Matthew 22:5
"But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise;"
Matthew 22:6
"and the rest grabbed his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them."
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