It is astonishing that centuries of biblical scholarship have miscast these words as an appeal by Jesus to put aside "the things of this world"-taxes and tributes-and focus one's heart instead on the only things that matter: worship and obedience to God. Such an interpretation perfectly accommodates the perception of Jesus as a detached, celestial spirit wholly unconcerned with material matters, a curious assertion about a man who not only lived in one of the most politically charged periods in Israel's history, but who claimed to be the promised messiah sent to liberate the Jews from Roman occupation.
( Reza Aslan )
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