King James Version
Mark 12:17 in the King James Version says “And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's....” — study this verse from Mark chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.”
Mark 12:17 · KJV
Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it. penny: valuing of our money seven pence halfpenny
And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.
And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.
Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“answering”
G611to conclude for oneself, i.e., (by implication) to respond; by hebraism (compare h6030) to begin to speak (where an address is expected)
“the things that are”
G3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
“Jesus”
G2424jesus (i.e., jehoshua), the name of our lord and two (three) other israelites
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“the things that are”
G3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“the things that are”
G3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
“the things that are”
G3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
“God's”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
“the things that are”
G3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
“God's”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“at”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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