Whose Image Is This?

Authority, the Stone, and the Living God · Luke 20

Story guide: Jesus holds up a single coin between questioners in the temple court. Spies pretend sincerity and ask whether paying tax to Caesar is lawful.

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20And after watching him closely, they sent spies who pretended to be righteous, so that they might catch him in something he said, and thus hand him over to the rule and authority of the governor.

21And they questioned him, saying, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and you do not show partiality, but truly teach the way of God.”

22Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

23But perceiving their cunning, he said to them,

24Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have? And they answered, 'Caesar's.'

25But he said to them, “Then give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

26And they were not able to seize on his statement before the people, and marveling at his answer, they became silent.

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