"Brendan McClenahan and Isaac DeVisser read and reflect on Matthew 22:15-22. Please make sure to subscribe to this podcast! For the full Bible Reading Plan, head to victorypoint.org. To find out more about the context of Matthew 22:15-22 head to https://thebibleproject.com/explore/matthew. We would love to include your input on this podcast. Send us an email at brendanmcclenahan@victorypoint.org or leave a voice message by clicking the link below. There is more going on at VictoryPoint! (head to victorypoint.org for more trainings, events, worship gatherings, discipleship opportunities, giving, and ways to get connected). Here's the full text from today's scripture: 22:15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said.
22:16 So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, ""Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one; for you do not regard people with partiality.
22:17 Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to the emperor, or not?""
22:18 But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, ""Why are you putting me to the test, you hypocrites?
22:19 Show me the coin used for the tax."" And they brought him a denarius.
22:20 Then he said to them, ""Whose head is this, and whose title?""
22:21 They answered, ""The emperor's."" Then he said to them, ""Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor's, and to God the things that are God's.""
22:22 When they heard this, they were amazed; and they left him and went away."
