Also we inform you that it shall not be lawful to impose tax, tribute, or custom on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God.

But if a man is just And does what is lawful and right;

Turn and Live

“Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not bear the guilt of the father?’ Because the son has done what is lawful and right, and has kept all My statutes and observed them, he shall surely live.

“But if a wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

Again, when a wicked man turns away from the wickedness which he committed, and does what is lawful and right, he preserves himself alive.

Again, when I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right,

None of his sins which he has committed shall be remembered against him; he has done what is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is lawful and right, he shall live because of it.

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!”

how he entered the house of God and ate the showbread which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?

And behold, there was a man who had a withered hand. And they asked Him, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—that they might accuse Him.

Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

Because John had said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?”

Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’

The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?

Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk.

Tell us, therefore, what do You think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

But the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because they are the price of blood.”

And the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why do they do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

how he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and also gave some to those who were with him?”

Then He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they kept silent.

Because John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”

The Pharisees came and asked Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” testing Him.

The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?

Then they sent to Him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, to catch Him in His words.

When they had come, they said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and care about no one; for You do not regard the person of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?