Luke 20:19-24

¹⁹After this the teachers of the Law and the chief priest were eager to lay hands on Jesus then and there, but they were afraid of the people; for they saw that it was at them that he had aimed this parable.

²⁰Having watched their opportunity, they afterward sent some spies, who pretended to be good men, to catch Jesus in the course of conversation, and so enable them to give him up to the Governor's jurisdiction and authority.

²¹These spies asked Jesus a question. They said, “Teacher, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and that you do not take any account of a person's position, but teach the way of God honestly;

²²are we right in paying tribute to the Emperor or not?”

²³Seeing through their deceitfulness, Jesus said to them,

²⁴“Show me a coin. Whose head and title are on it?”