路加福音20:20-26

 

20:20 於是窺探耶穌，打發奸細裝作好人，要在他的話上得把柄，好將他交在巡撫的政權之下。
20:21 奸細就問耶穌說：「夫子，我們曉得你所講所傳都是正道，也不取人的外貌，乃是誠誠實實傳上帝的道。
20:22 我們納稅給凱撒，可以不可以？」
20:23 耶穌看出他們的詭詐，就對他們說：
20:24 「拿一個銀錢來給我看。這像和這號是誰的？」他們說：「是凱撒的。」
20:25 耶穌說：「這樣，凱撒的物當歸給凱撒，上帝的物當歸給上帝。」
20:26 他們當著百姓，在這話上得不著把柄，又希奇他的應對，就閉口無言了。

 

²⁰ Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be sincere. They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said, so that they might hand him over to the power and authority of the governor. ²¹ So the spies questioned him: “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is right, and that you do not show partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. ²² Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

²³ He saw through their duplicity and said to them, ²⁴ “Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?”

“Caesar’s,” they replied.

²⁵ He said to them, “Then give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

²⁶ They were unable to trap him in what he had said there in public. And astonished by his answer, they became silent.

 

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    主耶穌雖然面對許多陰險的人，但是卻能用機智接這些人制伏，可見惡是不能勝過善！