17 Tell us, therefore, your opinion: Is it lawful to give tribute to Cesar, or not?18 Jesus, perceiving their malice, said, Dissemblers, why would you entangle me?19 Show me the tribute money. And they reached him a denarius.20 He asked them, Whose image and inscription is this?21 They answered, Cesar's. He replied, Render, then, to Cesar that which is Cesar's, and to God that which is God's.