Mark 12:16
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New International Version (©1984)
They brought the coin, and he asked them, "Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?" "Caesar's," they replied.

New Living Translation (©2007)
When they handed it to him, he asked, "Whose picture and title are stamped on it?" "Caesar's," they replied.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And they brought one. And he said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said to him, “Caesar’s.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
They brought one. And He said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" And they said to Him, "Caesar's."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.

International Standard Version (©2008)
So they brought one. Then he asked them, "Whose face and name are on this?" They said to him, "Caesar's."

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And they brought it; he said to them: “Whose is this image and writing?” They said, “Caesar's.”

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
They brought a coin. He said to them, "Whose face and name is this?" They told him, "The emperor's."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And they brought it. And he said unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.

American King James Version
And they brought it. And he said to them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said to him, Caesar's.

American Standard Version
And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they brought it him. And he saith to them: Whose is this image and inscription? They say to him, Caesar's.

Darby Bible Translation
And they brought it. And he says to them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said to him, Caesar's.

English Revised Version
And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they brought it: and he saith to them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said to him, Cesar's.

Weymouth New Testament
They brought one; and He asked them, "Whose is this likeness and this inscription?" "Caesar's," they replied.

World English Bible
They brought it. He said to them, "Whose is this image and inscription?" They said to him, "Caesar's."

Young's Literal Translation
and they brought, and he saith to them, 'Whose is this image, and the inscription?' and they said to him, 'Caesar's;'

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they brought it,.... The penny, which was a Roman one, and worth seven pence halfpenny of our money:

and he saith unto them, whose is this image, and superscription; for it had the head of an emperor upon it, very likely the image of the then reigning emperor Tiberius, and a superscription on it, expressing his name, and perhaps a motto along with it:

and they said unto him, Caesar's; one of the Roman emperors, Augustus, or Tiberius; most probably the latter; See Gill on Matthew 22:20, Matthew 22:21.


Vincent's Word Studies

Image and superscription

See on Matthew 22:20.


Geneva Study Bible

And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.


People's New Testament

12:13-17 They send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians. For notes on the effort to entrap Jesus on the matter of tribute to Caesar, see Mt 22:15-22. Compare Lu 20:20-26.


Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

16. And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image-stamped upon the coin.

and superscription?-the words encircling it on the obverse side.

And they said unto him, Cæsar's.


Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

12:13-17 The enemies of Christ would be thought desirous to know their duty, when really they hoped that which soever side he took of the question, they might find occasion to accuse him. Nothing is more likely to insnare the followers of Christ, than bringing them to meddle with disputes about worldly politics. Jesus avoided the snare, by referring to the submission they had already made as a nation; and all that heard him, marvelled at the great wisdom of his answer. Many will praise the words of a sermon, who will not be commanded by the doctrines of it.


Matthew 22:20 and he asked them, "Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?"
Mark 12:15 Should we pay or shouldn't we?" But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. "Why are you trying to trap me?" he asked. "Bring me a denarius and let me look at it."
Mark 12:17 Then Jesus said to them, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's." And they were amazed at him.

Caesar's Cesar's Coin Image Inscription Likeness Portrait Superscription


And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.

image. Mt 22:19-22 Lu 20:24-26 2Ti 2:19 Re 3:12

Mark Chapter 12 Verse 16

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