Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s

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Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s

This past Monday was “Tax Day” in America. I don’t know anyone who loves Tax Day. I’m not sure the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) workers even like it. But a dislike for paying taxes is by no means a new one. Tax collectors in the time of Jesus were despised. Often they cheated the taxpayers by collecting more than the actual tax and keeping it. So, when the first century Jewish people spoke of wicked people they would say, “Tax Collectors (publ…