Whose Image?: Mark 12:13-17

They sent Pharisees and Herodians—strange bedfellows united only by hatred of Jesus. The Pharisees resented Roman occupation; the Herodians collaborated with it. Together they crafted a perfect trap.

"Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren't swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth."

The flattery dripped like honey over poison.

"Is it right to pay the imperial tax to Caesar or not? Should we pay or shouldn't we?"