Luke 20:21

They asked him, “Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.

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They asked him, “Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.

BSB

“Teacher,” they inquired, “we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.

KJV

And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:

ASV

And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and acceptest not the person [of any], but of a truth teachest the way of God:

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καὶ kai And G2532 ἐπηρώτησαν epērōtēsan they questioned G1905 αὐτὸν auton Him G846 λέγοντες legontes saying G3004 διδάσκαλε didaskale Teacher G1320 οἴδαμεν oidamen we know G6063 ὅτι hoti that G3754 ὀρθῶς orthōs rightly G3723 λέγεις legeis You speak G3004 καὶ kai and G2532 διδάσκεις didaskeis You teach G1321 καὶ kai and G2532 οὐ ou not G3756 λαμβάνεις lambaneis You receive G2983 πρόσωπον prosōpon [any] person G4383 ἀλλ all᾽ but G235 ἐπ ep᾽ on the basis of G1909 ἀληθείας alētheias truth G225 τὴν tēn the G3588 ὁδὸν hodon way G3598 τοῦ tou (the) G3588 θεοῦ theou of God G2316 διδάσκεις didaskeis teach G1321

The early church

This smooth and artful question was to entice the answerer to say that he fears God rather than Cæsar, for it follows, Neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly.
Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
They laid snares for our Lord, but got their own feet entangled in them. Listen to their cunning, And they asked Him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly. Therefore it was intended, in case He said they ought to give tribute to Cæsar, that He should be accused by the people, as placing the nation under the yoke of slavery, but if He forbade them to pay the tax, that they should denounce Him as a stirrer up of divisions to the governor.
Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 20–26

Those who are most crafty in their designs against Christ and his gospel, cannot hide them. He did not give a direct answer, but reproved them for offering to impose upon him; and they could not fasten upon any thing wherewith to stir up either the governor or the people against him. The wisdom which is from above, will direct all who teach the way of God truly, to avoid the snares laid for them by wicked men; and will teach our duty to God, to our rulers, and to all men, so clearly, that opposers will have no evil to say of us.

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Matthew 22:16–17Mark 12:13–14

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.