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Mk 12:15b ... he said to them, ... "Why me are you testing?"

The 2nd and 3rd phrases have these 2 narrator and 3 dialog words, ... eipen autois, Ti me peirazete (he said to them, ... "Why me are you testing")?

The 5 words are top down. Here comes a nice pun! Jesus asks why they are "under judging" him, putting him on trial (peirazete) with their "head tax" question. The word "peirazete" (are you testing) is tangent to the head of Jesus.

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