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Master, is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar or not? he, perceiving their wickedness, said,
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Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Show me the tribute-money. And they brought unto Him a penny. Why did the divine Redeemer, who never did a superfluous thing, or spoke a superfluous word,--why did He, who is infinite in wisdom, call for this penny? We may safely reply, Because it was divinely _best_ and needful. He wanted to bring to bear the two great learning senses, to wit, _seeing_ and _hearing_. He then directed the eyes of these scheming men to the coin, with this pointed question:
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Whose is this image and superscription? They said unto him, Cæsar's. Then came the inimitable _application_ of the lesson--without which every lesson is a failure--viz.:
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Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which be Cæsar's, and unto God the things which be God's. We are told that
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to teach his disciples the answer to their query,
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Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?