Mark 12:1-17

11And He began to speak to them in parables: “2A man 3planted a vineyard and put a 4fence around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower, and leased it to 5vine-growers and went on a journey. 2And at the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, in order to receive his share of the produce of the vineyard from the vine-growers. 3And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. 4And again 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 man to send, a beloved son; he sent him to them last of all, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 7But those vine-growers said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’ 8And they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. 9What will the 6owner of the vineyard do? He will come and put the vine-growers to death, and give the vineyard to others. 10Have you not even read this Scripture: ‘7A stone which the builders rejected, This has become the 8chief cornerstone;119This came about from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

1210And they were seeking to seize Him, and yet they feared the 11people, for they understood that He told the parable against them. And so 12they left Him and went away.

1313Then they sent some of the Pharisees and 14Herodians to Him in order to 15trap Him in a statement. 14They came and said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and 16do not care what anyone thinks; for You 17are not partial to anyone, but You teach the way of God in truth. Is it 18permissible to pay a 19poll-tax to Caesar, or not? 15Are we to pay, or not pay?” But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a 20denarius to look at.” 16And they brought one. And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” And they said to Him, “Caesar’s.” 17And Jesus said to them, “21Pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they were utterly amazed at Him.