Dernancourt Uniting Church - "God and Caesar" 22/10/2023

Bible Reading for Today:
Matthew 22: 15-22
The Question about Paying Taxes
Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said. So
they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one, for you do not regard people with partiality. Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to
pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why are you putting me to the
test, you hypocrites? Show me the coin used for the tax.” And they
brought him a denarius. Then he said to them, “Whose head is this and
whose title?” They answered, “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.”
When they heard this, they were amazed, and they left him and went
away.