Luke 20:19-24

¹⁹Immediately the religious teachers and the chief priests wanted to arrest him because they realized that the story Jesus told was aimed at them, but they were afraid of what the people would do.

²⁰Watching for an opportunity they sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They tried to catch Jesus out in something he said so they could hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.

²¹They said, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is good and right, and that you're not swayed by the opinions of others. You truly teach the way of God.

²²So should we pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

²³But Jesus saw through their trickery, and said to them,

²⁴“Show me a coin—a denarius. Whose image and inscription is on it?” “Caesar's,” they answered.