Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar? Tribute was the tax paid to the Roman government.

Caesar. The Roman emperor. The na…

Is it lawful to give tribute ...? — The question was obviously framed as a dilemma. If He answered yes, the Pharisees would be abl…

"Tell us therefore," "because you are true, because you teach the way of God in truth, because you care not for any man’s opinion when you are your…

Pseudo-Chrysostom: Just as when someone tries to dam a flowing stream, as soon as one outlet is blocked, it carves out …

(15–16a) After Jesus spoke the three parables of warning to the Jewish leaders, the Pharisees went out from the temple courts where Jesus was preac…

Ver. 17 Tell us therefore what do you think ,
&c:] Since, as they suggested he was a person of great understanding a…

The Pharisees sent their disciples with the Herodians, a party among the Jews who favored full subjection to the Roman emperor. Though opposed to e…

Above, the Lord refuted the Pharisees by a parable; here, He manifests His wisdom in a second way by disputing with them. He does so in two ways: