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Matthew 22:17-21
New American Standard Bible
Matthew 22:17-21
New American Standard Bible
17 Tell us then, what do You think? Is it [a]permissible to pay a [b](A)poll-tax to (B)Caesar, or not?” 18 But Jesus perceived their [c]malice, and said, “Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites? 19 Show Me the (C)coin used for the poll-tax.” And they brought Him a [d]denarius. 20 And He *said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” 21 They *said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He *said to them, “(D)Then pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”
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- Matthew 22:17 Or lawful; i.e., by Jewish law and tradition
- Matthew 22:17 I.e., a tax on each person in the census
- Matthew 22:18 Or wickedness
- Matthew 22:19 The denarius was a day’s wages for a laborer
Matthew 22:17-21
New International Version
Matthew 22:17-21
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.”
Footnotes
- Matthew 22:17 A special tax levied on subject peoples, not on Roman citizens
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