Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
John Kavanaugh, SJ
I propose that it is not the choice between two political parties that pulls us one way or the other. (They are both pulling the same way: toward the empire of money, nationalism, and entertainment.)
John J. Pilch
Jesus’ concluding exhortation, “Give to God the things that belong to God,” implies that neither the Pharisees nor the Herodians are doing that. This is a serious charge.
The coin bearing Caesar’s likeness and inscription must be given to Caesar, and the one stamped with the divine image and likeness must be given to God.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
Jesus has left us with another difficult question: How do you sort out what is Caesar's and what is God’s?
Reginald H. Fuller
Matthew seeks to speak directly to the situation of the church in
his day, locked as it was in mortal combat with the Jewish leaders
of Jamnia over the question of what was true orthodoxy and who
were the true people of God.