The Birth of Jesus

2 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus^[a](A) that the whole empire^[b] should be registered.

The Messiah’s Herald

3 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar,^[a] while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea,^(A) Herod was tetrarch^[b] of Galilee,^(B) his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Iturea^[c] and Trachonitis,^[d] and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,^[e]

²⁴ “Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?”

“Caesar’s,” they said.

²⁵ “Well then,” He told them, “give back to Caesar^(A) the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.”

² They began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, opposing payment of taxes^(A) to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is the Messiah, a King.”