There's more in the Gospel than meets the eye! This week Jill Bevilacqua and Seàn-Patrick
Lovett bring us reflections and readings for the Twentyninth Sunday of the Year:
Listen: GospelMt
22:15-21
The Pharisees went off and plotted how they might entrap Jesus
in speech. They sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher,
we know that you are a truthful man and that you teach the way of God in accordance
with the truth. And you are not concerned with anyone's opinion, for you do
not regard a person's status. Tell us, then, what is your opinion: Is it lawful
to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?" Knowing their malice, Jesus said, "Why
are you testing me, you hypocrites? Show me the coin that pays the census tax."
Then they handed him the Roman coin. He said to them, "Whose image is this
and whose inscription?" They replied, "Caesar's." At that he said to them, "Then
repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God."