15 Ngako baFarisi besuka bayewukwakha lisu lekugiba Jesu ngaloko lakushoko.+ 16 Batfuma bafundzi babo nemalunga elicembu laHerodi,+ bafike batsi kuye: “Mfundzisi, siyati kutsi ukhuluma liciniso futsi ufundzisa indlela yaNkulunkulu ngeliciniso, nekutsi awutsengi emehlo emuntfu, ngobe awubuki loko umuntfu langiko ngephandle. 17 Sitjele-ke: Ucabangani? Kuvumelekile* yini kutsi sikhiphe umtselo kuKhesari?” 18 Ngenca yekutsi Jesu abekwati lokubi lebebakuhlosile, watsi: “Batentisi, ningilingelani? 19 Ngikhombiseni luhlavu lwemali lenitsela ngayo.” Ngako bamnika denariyo.* 20 Watsi kubo: “Sabani lesitfombe nalelibito lelilapha?” 21 Batsi kuye: “KwaKhesari.” Jesu watsi kubo: “Ngako nikani Khesari lokukwakhe, kodvwa ninike Nkulunkulu lokukwakhe.”+ 22 Nabeva loko, bamangala futsi bamshiya babese bayahamba.

13 Babese batfumela labanye bebaFarisi nemalunga elicembu laHerodi kuze bamgibe ngaloko lakushoko.+ 14 Nabefika batsi kuye: “Mfundzisi, siyakwati kutsi ukhuluma liciniso nekutsi awutsengi emehlo emuntfu, futsi awubuki loko umuntfu langiko ngephandle, kodvwa ufundzisa indlela yaNkulunkulu ngeliciniso. Kuvumelekile* yini kutsi sikhiphe umtselo kuKhesari? 15 Kufanele yini vele sitsele?” Wakubona kutentisa kwabo, ngako watsi kubo: “Ningilingelani? Aseningikhombise denariyo.”* 16 Bamniketa, wabese uyababuta watsi: “Sabani lesitfombe nalelibito lelilapha?” Bona batsi kuye: “KwaKhesari.” 17 Ngako Jesu watsi kubo: “Nikani Khesari+ lokukwakhe, kodvwa ninike Nkulunkulu lokukwakhe.”+ Nabeva loku bamangala kakhulu.