Theophylact of Ohrid, on Mark 12:13

“And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians; that they should catch him in his words.”

“The inevitable wants of our bodies is as Cæsar unto each of us; the Lord therefore orders that there should be given to the body its own, that is, food and raiment, and to God the things that are God’s. It goes on: And they marvelled at him. They who ought to have believed, wondered at such great wisdom, because they had found no place for their craftiness.”

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