Mark 12:1-17

11And He began to speak to them in parables: “2A man 3planted a vineyard and put a 4wall around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower, and rented it out to 5vine-growers and went on a journey. 2At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, in order to receive some of the produce of the vineyard from the vine-growers. 3They took him, and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 4Again he sent them another slave, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully. 5And he sent another, and that one they killed; and so with many others, beating some and killing others. 6He had one more to send, a beloved son; he sent him last of all to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 7But those vine-growers said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’ 8They took him, and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard. 9What will the 6owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others. 10Have you not even read this Scripture: ‘7The stone which the builders rejected, This became the chief corner stone;118This came about from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

129And they were seeking to seize Him, and yet they feared the 10people, for they understood that He spoke the parable against them. And so 11they left Him and went away.

1312Then they sent some of the Pharisees and 13Herodians to Him in order to 14trap Him in a statement. 14They came and said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and 15defer to no one; for You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it 16lawful to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not? 15Shall we pay or shall we not pay?” But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a 17denarius to look at.” 16They brought one. And He said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” And they said to Him, “Caesar’s.” 17And Jesus said to them, “18Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they 19were amazed at Him.