Luke 20:20-26 So watching insidiously for an opportunity they sent spies, who pretended to be honest men, to seize upon anything he might say, so as to hand him over to the authorities and to the power of the Governor.

Riverside⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁰ So watching insidiously for an opportunity they sent spies, who pretended to be honest men, to seize upon anything he might say, so as to hand him over to the authorities and to the power of the Governor. ²¹ They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly and that you do not regard personal influences, but you teach the way of God according to truth. ²² Is it right for us to give tribute to Caesar or not?" ²³ He saw through their cunning and said to them, ²⁴ "Show me a coin. Whose head and inscription does it have on it?" They said, "Caesar's." ²⁵ He said to them, "Then pay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and pay to God what belongs to God." ²⁶ They could not seize upon his words before the people, and in astonishment at his answer they were silent.