Evening: Psalm 78: 40-72; Luke 20:19-26
As the religious leaders perceive Jesus’s authority and wisdom, they try to trap him into betraying either the emperor or God – should they pay taxes to the foreign occupying power that oppresses the people, or not? Should they rebel on God’s account? Jesus leaves them to resolve this for themselves – “Give to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s and to God the things that are God’s.” In effect ... don’t try to catch me in being disloyal. It’s your own loyalties that are divided, not mine; so decide whom you will serve when the chips are down.
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