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    And the meaning in that passage is revealed by the questions: what does Caesar own? And what does God own?

    Starting from the end: God owns everything. Now what? It was a veiled subversive message.

    Most of the other passages about submitting to earthly authorities are in St Paul. It’s one of the many ways he was more conserative than JC.