Why are the religious leaders so upset?  Why do they feel the need to try and entrap Jesus?

How might we be guilty of some of the same sins that are animating their behavior?

How was this question designed to entrap Jesus?  What were the potential dangers of the respective answers that they anticipated?

What does it mean to “render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s”?  What is the government entitled to?  (And why?)  What would it look like for a Christian to faithfully render these things?  What would it look like for a Christian to sinfully refuse to render these things?

What does it mean to “render to God the things that are God's”?  What is the God entitled to?  (And why?)  What would it look like for a Christian to faithfully render these things?  What would it look like for a Christian to sinfully refuse to render these things?

How does this text inform how Christians are to interact with the government?  How does it inform practices like civil disobedience?

Is it ever morally required for a Christian to disobey the government?  If so, when?  Under what circumstances?

Are there situations where it might not be morally required to disobey the government, but it might still be morally permissible?  If so, when?  Under what circumstances?

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