Luke Chapter 20 - ACC NT Study

Paying Taxes to Caesar
20 Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be honest. They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said so that they might hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.
21 So the spies questioned him: "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is right, and that you do not show partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.
22 Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"
23 He saw through their duplicity and said to them,
24 "Show me a denarius. Whose portrait and inscription are on it?"
25 "Caesar's," they replied. He said to them, "Then give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's."
26 They were unable to trap him in what he had said there in public. And astonished by his answer, they became silent.

In a few words:
If we look to Him, we can trust God to provide for our needs.

Matthew Chapter 20 - ACC NT Study

The parable of the workers in the vineyard is an analogy of God's grace. Everyone can repent, accept Jesus as Lord and receive forgiveness at any stage of their life. That is how God's grace works. Christians should rejoice when someone comes to Jesus, in lieu of grumbling because a new believer has received the same gift of grace.


Jesus tells a mother "You don't know what you are asking" when she requests her sons sit at His left and His right in the Kingdom. He also heals two blind men who were bold enough to make themselves known to Him.

In a few words:
Boldly rejoice for a new believer!