orthjbc Mark:12:13-17
orthjbc@Mark:12:13 @ And they send to him some of the Perushim and the Herodians in order that they might catch him in a dvar.
orthjbc@Mark:12:14 @ And having come, they say to him, "Rabbi, we have da'as that you are an ish of Emes and you do not show deference toward anyone. Ki ein masso panim with you. but rather on the Derech Hashem you give Divrei Torah in Emes. Is it mutar (note:)permissible(:note) to give a poll tax to Caesar or not? Should we give or should we not give?"
orthjbc@Mark:12:15 @ But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, having seen their tzevi'ut (note:)hypocrisy(:note), said to them, "Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius that I may look [at it]."
orthjbc@Mark:12:16 @ And they brought [one]. And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to them, "Whose demut is this and whose inscription?" And they said to him, "Caesar's."
orthjbc@Mark:12:17 @ And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, "The things of Caesar, give to Caesar, and the things of Hashem [give] to Hashem." And they were amazed at Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach. THE SHEILAH (note:)QUESTION(:note) ABOUT THE TECHIYAS HAMESIM--A VAIN EFFORT TO CHALLENGE THE CHOCHMAH OF REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH; WHEN THE TZEDUKIM CALL HIM "RABBI" THEY INTEND IT AS A SHTOCH MOCKING AND IRONIC JABMT strkjv@22:23-33; MK strkjv@12:18-27; LK strkjv@20:27-40