Passage

They marvel and leave

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

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²²When they heard it, they marveled, and left him and went away.

Matthew 22:22World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

Those questioning Jesus about the tax to Caesar hear his answer, marvel and leave.

To understand

They had shown him a denarius and identified its image and inscription as Caesar’s. His answer tells them to give Caesar what is Caesar’s and God what is God’s.

A question

What do the questioners do after hearing Jesus’s answer?