# Mark 12.17

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**Book:** [Mark](/codex/john-mark/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 15. <span class="rl-speech">Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why make ye trial of me? bring me a denarius, that I may see it.</span> 16. And they brought it. And he saith unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Whose is this image and superscription?</span> And they said unto him, Caesar's.
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> **17. And Jesus said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's. And they marvelled greatly at him.</span>**
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> 18. And there come unto him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, 19. Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. (Mark 12:15-19, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 15. <span class="rl-speech">Shall we give, or shall we not give?” But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.”</span> 16. They brought it. He said to them, <span class="rl-speech">“Whose is this image and inscription?”</span> They said to him, “Caesar’s.”
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> **17. Jesus answered them, <span class="rl-speech">“Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”</span> They marveled greatly at him.**
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> 18. There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying, 19. “Teacher, Moses wrote to us, ‘If a man’s brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.’ (Mark 12:15-19, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 15. <span class="rl-speech">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. <sup>penny: valuing of our money seven pence halfpenny</sup></span> 16. And they brought it. And he saith unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Whose is this image and superscription?</span> And they said unto him, Caesar's.
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> **17. And Jesus answering said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.</span>**
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> 18. Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, 19. 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. (Mark 12:15-19, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 15. <span class="rl-speech">And he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, 'Why me do ye tempt? bring me a denary, that I may see;'</span> 16. and they brought, and he saith to them, <span class="rl-speech">'Whose [is] this image, and the inscription?'</span> and they said to him, 'Caesar's;'
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> **17. and Jesus answering said to them, <span class="rl-speech">'Give back the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;'</span> and they did wonder at him.**
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> 18. And the Sadducees come unto him, who say there is not a rising again, and they questioned him, saying, 19. 'Teacher, Moses wrote to us, that if any one's brother may die, and may leave a wife, and may leave no children, that his brother may take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother. (Mark 12:15-19, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Mark 12](/codex/mark-12/)
- [Theocracy](/codex/theocracy/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.