“Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar’s.”
Luke 20:24 (KJV) |
Luke 20:24
From Luke 20, in the Book of Luke (New Testament).
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Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?
But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar’s.
And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.
And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.