Render Unto Caesar

In Matthew 22, the Pharisees attempt to trip Jesus up again with a question about paying taxes to Caesar. Attempting to trap Jesus with a question that has problematic consequences no matter how he answered it if he would have answered it directly, Jesus tells the Pharisees and other listeners to render unto Caesar that which belongs to Caesar and to God that which belongs to God.

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[JackManhire]

Dr Pitre has brought my entire family closer to Christ thru these videos. Thank you so much @CatholicProductions

[mattboudwin]

I am a Protestant minister and I love this teaching. God bless you brother.

[humphreyobanor]

I love the part were you say: you just can't trap Jesus.

[TheDarkknight]

I like how he btings historical facts to add reality and not just faith. Our Lord is a real historical character the enemies and haters of christianity have taken out of school..
No wonder atheism is on the raise.
Thank you for being such an intelligent teacher in both faith and history.

[bitty_bytes]

Thank you. It is a confusing quote frequently quoted as to pay taxes but its way deeper than it. Very ingenius answer, indeed.

[eddyendee]

One of my all time favorite passages. In daily life people will always make expectations of you. Just comply (render to Caesar disinterestedly). But for your heart, soul and life...that's a different matter (give to God enthusiastically ). Both beautiful and really helpful. Thank you Doc!

[tillo]

My priests homily was pretty much the same as Dr. Pitre!!! Great stuff👍

[giovannipagliari]

Thank you Dr. Pitre for another faith-filled explanation. God bless you and your family.

[diegofuentes]

What a great Biblical exegesis of this passage. God Bless you, Dr. PITRE 🙏🙏🙏

[RGTomoenage]

Never looked at it that way, I couldn’t grasp the part of give God what belongs to God before.

I heard protestants use that part to explain the giving of 10 percent of their salaries but that never sat well with me for some reason.
Matter fact, I was thinking about this passage a few days ago.

Thank you 🙏

[mazikode]

This is brilliant, you open my eyes to the scriptures every time. Thank you

[colmwhateveryoulike]

I think this is the most important verse to bear in mind when engaging in politics. If democracy is the new caesar then voting is giving it its due, but we should remain detached from identifying ourselves by political party because we serve God first.

[alexantony]

It a beauty to listen to Dr Brant. Beautifully explained.

[MrRondonmon]

You got it pretty much spot on, I think you missed why the Pharisees and Scribes marveled. In essence, Jesus told them this, but in fact, he knew that the learned Pharisees and Scribes would intuitively understand that "ALL WAS Gods" and nothing is Ceasars. In other words, he gave them an answer they couldn't entrap him with, but also an answer that basically stated, all is God's, and you very well now this to be true.

[sunilsabir]

God bless you abundantly Professor Pitre

[richard]

Dr. Pitre, thanks for the invaluable insight. Please make a video on Papal Infallibility. There are a lot of cults these days pulling Catholics away from the faith by stating that the Infallibility of the pope is blasphemous(I'm not sure if this is false either, considering the shocking events of the pagan goddess pachamama worship by pope Francis). Apostasy is on the rise. I'm positive you'll clear a lot of these doubts. Thank you.

[michaelrome]

Who’s watching this exactly 3 years later to where the cycle has this as Sundays reading?

[marountayar]

Dr Pitre. Thank you very much and God bless you. This is exactly what Saint Augustine said : Caeser wants his image ( coins and taxes ) And God who created us on his own image, and that image which was disfigured by original sin, also God wants His image back from us. Now our Lord Jesus Christ is the perfect image of God ( Colossians 1:15-17 ). What does all this mean someone might ask? Well, if we want to become again an image of God, we need to be born again from above and become adopted sons of God in the only begotten Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ. And the more Jesus increases in us and the more we decrease ( John 3:30 ), the more we turn back into the image of God that God created us to be. But we cannot do that on our own: For without Him there is nothing we can do ( John 15:5 ), but we can do all things through Christ who strenghtens us ( Philippians 4:13 ). Again, this is why, for us Christians, grace comes always first...

[ajamusic]

What great context! To add in a way, by saying 'Render unto Caesar what is caesars, and to God what is God's, " he is saying "Caesar may claim himself a god, but Caesar is not God."

[EnavSounds]

Dr. Pitre how many mind blowers can a person withstand?. So in this video Jesus is giving the prophecy of his own crucifixion. Mind blown 🤯