The deepness of His simplicity

In an attempt to trap Jesus with His words, the Pharisees asked Jesus if it was right to pay taxes to Caesar. A denarius had the portrait of Caesar so Jesus said, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's" (Mt. 22:21). Since Jesus' reasoning for giving the denarius to Caesar was the fact that it beared the image of Caesar, it would lend to reason that God is to be given what bears His image.

Genesis 1:27 says, "God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them."

I'll let you connect the dots and end with this: Jesus answered a question about taxes asked by intellectuals with evil intentions with one statement and taught about our origin (created by God), identity (bearing His image), and destiny (to give our lives to God) in the process.

The deepness of His simplicity is Awesome!!!