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Matthew 22:17
King James Version
Matthew 22:17
King James Version
17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
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Matthew 22:17
1599 Geneva Bible
Matthew 22:17
1599 Geneva Bible
17 [a]Tell us therefore, how thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give [b]tribute unto Caesar, or not?
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- Matthew 22:17 The Christians must obey their Magistrates, although they be wicked and extortioners, but so far forth as the authority that God hath over us may remain safe unto him, and his honor be not diminished.
- Matthew 22:17 The word that is used here, signifieth a valuing and rating of men’s substance, according to the proportion whereof they paid tribute in those provinces which were subject to tribute, and it is here taken for the tribute itself.
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