Luke 20:22

And he said unto them, render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's,.... The Arabic version renders it, "give to the king what is the king's"; the tribute that was due to him; since they…

Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar - See this insidious but important question considered at large on Mat 22:16-22 (note).

We have here Christ's evading a snare which his enemies laid for him, by proposing a question to him about tribute. We had this passage before, both in Matthew and Mark. Here is,

I. The mischief…

is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cesar, or no? The question was devised with so superlative a craft that it seemed impossible for our Lord to escape. If He said -It is lawful," the Pharisees…