15 AbaFarisi basebesuka bayabumba icebo lokumthiya ngamazwi akhe.+ 16 Ngakho bathuma abafundi babo kanye labalandeli bakaHerodi+ kuye, bafika bathi: “Mfundisi, siyakwazi ukuthi wena uhlala ukhuluma iqiniso lokuthi ufundisa iqiniso ngendlela kaNkulunkulu. Kawenzi izinto uhlose ukuthabisa abantu ngoba awukhangeli ukuthi umuntu ulesikhundla bani. 17 Ngakho sitshele, ubona njani? Kusemthethweni* yini ukubhadala umthelo* kuKhesari kumbe hatshi?” 18 Kodwa uJesu esazi inhloso yabo embi wathi kubo: “Lingilingelani lina bazenzisi? 19 Ngitshengisani imali yomthelo.” Bamphathela udenariyu.* 20 Wasesithi kubo: “Ngumfanekiso kabani lo futhi libizo likabani elibhalwe lapha?” 21 Bathi kuye: “NgokukaKhesari.” Yena wathi kubo: “Ngakho buyiselani okukaKhesari kuKhesari, kodwa okukaNkulunkulu kuNkulunkulu.”+ 22 Bathi besizwa lokho bamangala, bamtshiya bahamba.

20 Bakhangelisisa konke ayekwenza, basebethuma amadoda ababewaqhatshile bawatshela ukuthi azenze alungileyo ukuze amthiye ngamazwi akhe.+ Babesenzela ukuthi bayemnikela kuhulumende lakumbusi.* 21 Amadoda la afika athi kuye: “Mfundisi, siyakwazi ukuthi konke okukhulumayo lokufundisayo kuqondile lokuthi awukhethi muntu, kodwa ufundisa iqiniso ngendlela kaNkulunkulu. 22 Kusemthethweni* yini ukuthi sibhadale umthelo kuKhesari kumbe hatshi?” 23 Kodwa uJesu wabunanzelela ubuqili babo wasesithi kubo: 24 “Ngitshengisani udenariyu.* Ngumfanekiso kabani lo futhi libizo likabani elibhalwe lapha?” Bathi kuye: “NgokukaKhesari.” 25 Wasesithi kubo: “Yikho kufanele libuyisele okukaKhesari kuKhesari,+ kodwa okukaNkulunkulu+ kuNkulunkulu.” 26 Bamangala besizwa impendulo yakhe bathula. Behluleka ukumthiya ngamazwi akhe phambi kwabantu.