Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's

Cultural  

1. Keep politics separate from certain other fields, such as religion. This is part of a saying of Jesus in the Gospels; the full version is “Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's.”

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Example Sentences

Nearly 400 readers wrote, and some quoted the Bible to the bishops: "Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's."

From Time Magazine Archive

He spoke as one who had long thought out the subject and had chosen his policy: "Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's."

From Cavour by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

"Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and to God the things which are God's."

From Westways by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)

It was a greater than Socrates who summed up and put the problem with his incomparable directness and irony: Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s and unto God the things which are God’s.

From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by Livingstone, R.W.

His doctrine was, "Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things which are God's."

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity by Lord, John