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Mark 12:11-14 English Standard Version (ESV)

11. this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

12. And they were seeking to arrest him but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they left him and went away.

13. And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk.

14. And they came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are true and do not care about anyone’s opinion. For you are not swayed by appearances, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not?”