Luke 20:20
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The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?(A)
20 (B)So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on His words, in order to deliver Him to the power and the authority of the governor.
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Luke 11:54
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54 lying in wait for Him, [a]and (A)seeking to catch Him in something He might say, [b]that they might accuse Him.
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- Luke 11:54 NU omits and seeking
- Luke 11:54 NU omits that they might accuse Him
Matthew 22:15-22
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The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?(A)
15 (B)Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk. 16 And they sent to Him their disciples with the (C)Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and teach the way of God in truth; nor do You care about anyone, for You do not [a]regard the person of men. 17 Tell us, therefore, what do You think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
18 But Jesus [b]perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test Me, you hypocrites? 19 Show Me the tax money.”
So they brought Him a denarius.
20 And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?”
21 They said to Him, “Caesar’s.”
And He said to them, (D)“Render[c] therefore to Caesar the things that are (E)Caesar’s, and to God the things that are (F)God’s.” 22 When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left Him and went their way.
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- Matthew 22:16 Lit. look at the face of
- Matthew 22:18 knew
- Matthew 22:21 Pay
Matthew 27:2
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2 And when they had bound Him, they led Him away and (A)delivered Him to [a]Pontius Pilate the governor.
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- Matthew 27:2 NU omits Pontius
Jeremiah 11:19
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19 But I was like a docile lamb brought to the slaughter; and I did not know that they had devised schemes against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, (A)and let us cut him off from (B)the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
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Psalm 81:15
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15 (A)The haters of the Lord would pretend submission to Him,
But their [a]fate would endure forever.
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- Psalm 81:15 Lit. time
2 Peter 2:3
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3 By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction [a]does not slumber.
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- 2 Peter 2:3 M will not
John 18:28-32
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In Pilate’s Court(A)
28 (B)Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the Praetorium, and it was early morning. (C)But they themselves did not go into the [a]Praetorium, lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the Passover. 29 (D)Pilate then went out to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this Man?”
30 They answered and said to him, “If He were not [b]an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him up to you.”
31 Then Pilate said to them, “You take Him and judge Him according to your law.”
Therefore the Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,” 32 (E)that the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled which He spoke, (F)signifying by what death He would die.
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- John 18:28 The governor’s headquarters
- John 18:30 a criminal
Luke 20:26
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26 But they could not catch Him in His words in the presence of the people. And they marveled at His answer and kept silent.
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Mark 12:13-17
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The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?(A)
13 (B)Then they sent to Him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, to catch Him in His words. 14 When they had come, they said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and [a]care about no one; for You do not [b]regard the person of men, but teach the (C)way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? 15 Shall we pay, or shall we not pay?”
But He, knowing their (D)hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test Me? Bring Me a denarius that I may see it.” 16 So they brought it.
And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” They said to Him, “Caesar’s.”
17 And Jesus answered and said to them, [c]“Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to (E)God the things that are God’s.”
And they marveled at Him.
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- Mark 12:14 Court no man’s favor
- Mark 12:14 Lit. look at the face of men
- Mark 12:17 Pay
Isaiah 29:20-21
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20 For the [a]terrible one is brought to nothing,
(A)The scornful one is consumed,
And all who (B)watch for iniquity are cut off—
21 Who make a man an offender by a word,
And (C)lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,
And turn aside the just (D)by empty words.
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- Isaiah 29:20 terrifying
Mark 3:2
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2 So they (A)watched Him closely, whether He would (B)heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might [a]accuse Him.
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- Mark 3:2 bring charges against
Jeremiah 20:10
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10 (A)For I heard many [a]mocking:
“Fear on every side!”
“Report,” they say, “and we will report it!”
(B)All my acquaintances watched for my stumbling, saying,
“Perhaps he can be induced;
Then we will prevail against him,
And we will take our revenge on him.”
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- Jeremiah 20:10 slandering
Jeremiah 18:18
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Jeremiah Persecuted
18 Then they said, (A)“Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; (B)for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”
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Psalm 66:3
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3 Say to God,
“How (A)awesome are Your works!
(B)Through the greatness of Your power
Your enemies shall submit themselves to You.
Psalm 38:12
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12 Those also who seek my life lay snares for me;
Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction,
And plan deception all the day long.
Psalm 37:32-33
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32 The wicked (A)watches the righteous,
And seeks to slay him.
33 The Lord (B)will not leave him in his hand,
Nor condemn him when he is judged.
1 Kings 14:2-6
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2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, “Please arise, and disguise yourself, that they may not recognize you as the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh. Indeed, Ahijah the prophet is there, who told me that (A)I would be king over this people. 3 (B)Also take [a]with you ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him; he will tell you what will become of the child.” 4 And Jeroboam’s wife did so; she arose (C)and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were [b]glazed by reason of his age.
5 Now the Lord had said to Ahijah, “Here is the wife of Jeroboam, coming to ask you something about her son, for he is sick. Thus and thus you shall say to her; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will pretend to be another woman.”
6 And so it was, when Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why do you pretend to be another person? For I have been sent to you with bad news.
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- 1 Kings 14:3 Lit. in your hand
- 1 Kings 14:4 Lit. set
2 Samuel 14:2
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2 And Joab sent to (A)Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, “Please pretend to be a mourner, (B)and put on mourning apparel; do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has been mourning a long time for the dead.
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