Instead, he simply told stories and often declared "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." A famous example of Jesus' pure truth is when he responded, "Render then to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's" to the Pharisees seeking to trap him. To understand the brilliance of this statement, some background information is necessary. At the time, the Roman Empire, primarily Herod, treated Jews as second-class citizens (Lendering, n.d.). Realizing that the people would refuse to follow a Roman sympathizer claiming to be the Messiah who would establish a new government, the Pharisees attempted to play “trap” with Jesus. However, Jesus does not use persuasive tactics to bring the crowd to his side. Instead, he asks only two questions: “Why do you test me, you hypocrites? Show me the coin used for the poll tax… Who owns this image and this inscription? Then Jesus told them the truth once he heard their response. “They said to him, “To Caesar.” Then he said to them: Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and to God the things which belong to God.' » Jesus did not employ manipulative tactics or strategies aimed at influencing opinion in his response. Instead, He only asked questions and told the truth, which caused the Pharisees to flee the scene. Thus, the Bible shows a striking contrast between the persuasion, which the serpent employed in