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Mark 12:17 — Meaning and Application
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" And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him. "
Mark 12:17
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Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see
And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.
And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.
Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
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Mark 12:1
"And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country."
Mark 12:2
"And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard."
Mark 12:3
"And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty."
Mark 12:4
"And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled."
Mark 12:5
"And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some."
Mark 12:6
"Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son."
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