In this passage, we find Jesus teaching the parable of the wedding feast which was clearly directed toward the hypocritical and self-righteous Jewish leaders of the day who largely failed to recognize Him as their Messiah despite their clear invitation to join Him in His “wedding feast.” Afterward, we see them once more trying to discredit Him by asking whether it was “lawful” to pay taxes to the Roman occupiers. No doubt they saw their ploy as a dilemma from which Jesus could make no good choice, but Jesus didn’t fall into their trap.