Jesus ¹  said to them, “Whose image ²  is this, and whose inscription?”

biblegateway Mat 22:20

And He *said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?"

"Whose image and inscription is this?" He asked them.

And he said to them, "Whose image and inscription [is] this?

biblegateway Mat 22:20

and he asked them, "Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?"

And Jesus said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?"

bibleoremus Mat 22:20

Then he said to them, "Whose head is this, and whose title?"

Jesus asked, “Whose head is this, and whose inscription?”

biblegateway Mat 22:20

And He said to them, "Whose image and inscription is this?"

And he saith unto them, Whose [is] this image and superscription?

biblegateway Mat 22:20

Jesus ¹  said to them, “Whose image ²  is this, and whose inscription?”

¹ tn Grk “And he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

² tn Or “whose likeness.”

² sn In this passage Jesus points to the image (Grk εἰκών, eikwn) of Caesar on the coin. This same Greek word is used in Gen 1:26 (LXX) to state that humanity is made in the “image” of God. Jesus is making a subtle yet powerful contrast: Caesar’s image is on the denarius, so he can lay claim to money through taxation, but God’s image is on humanity, so he can lay claim to each individual life.