Matthew 22:22 (WEB)

Passage

When they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away.

Nearby Context

Matthew 22:20 He asked them, “Whose is this image and inscription?”

Matthew 22:21 They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

Matthew 22:22 When they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away.

Matthew 22:23 On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,

Matthew 22:24 saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.’

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "heard", "marveled", "left", "went", and "away". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heard" and "marveled", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "They said to him Caesar s Then..." into verse 23's "On that day Sadducees those who say...", so "heard" and "marveled" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "heard" and "marveled" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.