THE JEWS ASKED JESUS WHETHER THEY SHOULD PAY TAX OR NOT BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO

• A. entrap him in his talk ✓
• B. praise his teaching
• C. help him and his disciples to pay their taxes
• D. evade paying taxes

The answer to the question is: A. entrap him in his talk

The Jews asked Jesus whether they should pay tax or not because they wanted to entrap him in his talk. This incident is recorded in the New Testament of the Bible, specifically in the Gospel of Matthew 22:15-22, the Gospel of Mark 12:13-17, and the Gospel of Luke 20:20-26. The Pharisees and Herodians approached Jesus with the intention of trapping him in his response to their question about paying taxes to Caesar. They sought to create a situation where Jesus’ answer would either anger the Roman authorities or alienate the Jewish people who resented Roman taxation.