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Matthew 22:17-22
English Standard Version
Matthew 22:17-22
English Standard Version
17 Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay (A)taxes to (B)Caesar, or not?” 18 But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why (C)put me to the test, you hypocrites? 19 Show me the coin for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius.[a] 20 And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” 21 They said, “Caesar's.” Then he said to them, (D)“Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” 22 When they heard it, they marveled. And they (E)left him and went away.
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- Matthew 22:19 A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer
Matthew 22:17-22
New International Version
Matthew 22:17-22
New International Version
17 Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay the imperial tax[a](A) to Caesar or not?”
18 But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? 19 Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius, 20 and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”
21 “Caesar’s,” they replied.
Then he said to them, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s,(B) and to God what is God’s.”
22 When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.(C)
Footnotes
- Matthew 22:17 A special tax levied on subject peoples, not on Roman citizens
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