22:18-22
We now get the famous words “Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, and unto God what is God’s”. Jesus knew exactly what they were up to. So He gets them to show Him a coin, which, of course, contains the image of Caesar. We all bear the image of God, so we owe allegiance to God. But the Pharisees and the Herodians, along with all other men, were living only for themselves. We all need to pay attention to this, it is our duty to live for God. Look at all the arguments of secularists, look at all the arguments on sex and sexuality, and we see that time and time again the crux of the argument is “I can have the right to live as I want”. That is fundamentally wrong, we do not. We have a duty towards the Lord.
The Pharisees and Herodians did not have a clue what to do with this answer. They could not respond, except by repenting and submitting to Jesus.
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