GaryB although I agrre in your point of dishonesty, being honets is relative.
Jesus was dishonest when he did not hosnestly answer the tax question by Stating"Although tax is the law, it is an unfair amont that the law is demanding" or something lile that outright saying that it could not be paid because the people were robbed by the state.
It is not possible to be honest concerning law, only clever.