የማቴዎስ ወንጌል 22:15-22 (አማ54)
ስለዚህ ፈሪሳውያን ሄዱና እንዴት አድርገው በነገር እንዲያጠምዱት ተማከሩ። ደቀ መዛሙርታቸውንም ከሄሮድስ ወገን ጋር ላኩበት፥ እነርሱም። መምህር ሆይ፥ እውነተኛ እንደ ሆንህ በእውነትም የእግዚአብሔርን መንገድ እንድታስተምር እናውቃለን፥ ለማንምም አታደላም፥ የሰውን ፊት አትመለከትምና፤ እንግዲህ ምን ይመስልሃል? ንገረን ለቄሣር ግብር መስጠት ተፈቅዶአልን ወይስ አልተፈቀደም? አሉት። ኢየሱስም ክፋታቸውን አውቆ። እናንተ ግብዞች፥ ስለ ምን ትፈትኑኛላችሁ? የግብሩን ብር አሳዩኝ አለ። እነርሱም ዲናር አመጡለት። እርሱም። ይህች መልክ ጽሕፈቲቱስ የማን ናት? አላቸው። የቄሣር ነው አሉት። በዚያን ጊዜ። እንኪያስ የቄሣርን ለቄሣር የእግዚአብሔርንም ለእግዚአብሔር አስረክቡ አላቸው። ይህንም ሰምተው ተደነቁ፥ ትተውትም ሄዱ።
Matthew 22:15-22 (ESV)
Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words. And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone’s opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances.Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites? Show me the coin for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius. And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away.
