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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Mark 12:15 - 12:15
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Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy - “their wickedness” (Mat 22:18); “their craftiness” (Luk 20:23). The malignity of their hearts took the form of craft, pretending what they did not feel - an anxious desire to be guided aright in a matter which to a scrupulous few might seem a question of some difficulty. Seeing perfectly through this,
He said unto them, Why tempt ye me? - “hypocrites!”
bring me a penny that I may see it - “the tribute money” (Mat 22:19).