Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ

Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

Paying Taxes to Caesar

Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words.

Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

They said, “Caesar's.” Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”

Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ

And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”

Paying Taxes to Caesar

And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk.

And they came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are true and do not care about anyone's opinion. For you are not swayed by appearances, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not?”

And they brought one. And he said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said to him, “Caesar's.”

Jesus said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” And they marveled at him.

The Birth of Jesus Christ

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

Paying Taxes to Caesar

The scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?”

“Show me a denarius. Whose likeness and inscription does it have?” They said, “Caesar's.”

He said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”

And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”

From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar's friend. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.”

They cried out, “Away with him, away with him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.”

But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he preached the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

And when the brothers learned this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

Peter and Cornelius

At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort,

And on the following day they entered Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

And behold, at that very moment three men arrived at the house in which we were, sent to me from Caesarea.

And after Herod searched for him and did not find him, he examined the sentries and ordered that they should be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent time there.

and Jason has received them, and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.”