Mark 12:14
14Andκαὶhaving comeἐλθόντεςthey sayλέγουσινto Himαὐτῷ·TeacherΔιδάσκαλε,we knowοἴδαμενthatὅτιtrueἀληθὴςYou areεἶandκαὶnotοὐthere is careμέλειto Youσοιaboutπερὶno oneοὐδενός,notοὐforγὰρYou lookβλέπειςon [the]εἰςappearanceπρόσωπονof menἀνθρώπων,butἀλλ’on the basis ofἐπ’[the] truthἀληθείαςtheτὴνwayὁδὸντοῦof Godθεοῦteachδιδάσκεις·Is it lawfulἔξεστινto giveδοῦναιtributeκῆνσονto CaesarΚαίσαριorἢnotοὔ;Should we payδῶμενorἢnotμὴpayδῶμεν;
And having come, they say to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and to You there is no care about [anyone]; for You do not look to the appearance of men, but You teach the way of God on the basis of truth. Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not? Should we pay or not pay?”
Vocab difficulty
46.4
Rare words
κῆνσον
κῆνσος
a poll-tax.