They questioned him: “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and that you show no favoritism, but teach the way of God truthfully.
In context
19The scribes and the chief priests wanted to lay hands on him then and there, but they were afraid of the people; for they knew he had told this parable against them. 20So they kept watch on him and sent men who pretended to be sincere, in order to catch him in something he said and hand him over to the rule and authority of the governor. 21They questioned him: “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and that you show no favoritism, but teach the way of God truthfully. 22Is it lawful for us to pay tribute to Caesar or not?” 23He saw through their cunning and said to them,
