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Episode 100! Jesus gets gotcha'd by the Pharisees, and the Pharisees get Wile E. Coyote'd.

It's our hundredth episode, and we're marking it with a short take on the Gospel for the 21st Sunday after Pentecost (October 18): Matthew 22:15-22. The Pharisees and Herodians try to trap Jesus with a question about paying taxes to Caesar. Say yes and he loses the crowd, say no and Rome has him arrested for insurrection. Jesus asks whose face is on the coin, then walks right out of the trap.

Pastor Bob and Pastor Eric are joined by comedians Abby Evans and Erick WIlliams for a Bible study that includes:

• Why a milestone might just be a really big kidney stone
• Jesus as the Roadrunner, the Pharisees as the coyote, and a surprise Bugs Bunny revision
• The Houdini escape act and the hidden meaning of the "H" in Jesus H. Christ
• What it means that they were the ones carrying Caesar's coin
• Faces on currency, idolatry, and why rulers love putting themselves on the money
• Eric's take on what "give to Caesar" meant for Matthew's first readers after the fall of Jerusalem

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Matthew 22:15–22 (NRSVue)

[15] Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said. [16] So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one, for you do not regard people with partiality. [17] Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” [18] But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why are you putting me to the test, you hypocrites? [19] Show me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius. [20] Then he said to them, “Whose head is this and whose title?” [21] They answered, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.” [22] When they heard this, they were amazed, and they left him and went away.

Hosted by Pastor Eric Damon and Pastor Bob Schaefer.

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