The Parable of the Lost Coin In Luke 15:8-10, Jesus tells a story about a woman who loses a silver coin and searches her house for it until she finds it. Jesus uses this story to illustrate how God's angels rejoice when someone stops sinning and follows God. Encounter with the Pharisees and Herodians about taxes In Matthew 22:15-22, Mark 12:13-17, and Luke 20:20-26, Jesus encounters the Pharisees and Herodians who ask him if it is lawful to pay taxes to Caesar. To trap Jesus, they show him a coin and ask, "Whose image and name are on the coin?" When Jesus replies, "Caesar's," he tells them, "Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and give to God the things that are God's"