Verse 17

Tell us, then, what you think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?

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  • Luke 2:1 : 1 At that time, a decree was issued by Caesar Augustus that the entire Roman world should be registered.
  • Matt 17:25 : 25 'Yes, He does,' Peter replied. When Peter entered the house, Jesus was the first to speak. 'What do you think, Simon?' He asked. 'From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes—from their own sons or from others?'
  • Deut 17:14-15 : 14 When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you and take possession of it and settle in it, and you say, 'Let us appoint a king over us, like all the nations around us,' 15 be sure to appoint a king the LORD your God chooses. He must be from among your fellow Israelites. Do not place a foreigner over you, one who is not an Israelite.
  • Ezra 4:13 : 13 Now let it be known to the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are completed, they will not pay tribute, taxes, or customs, and the king’s treasury will suffer.
  • Ezra 7:24 : 24 Furthermore, we notify you that it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, tax, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, or other workers in this house of God.
  • Neh 5:4 : 4 Still others were saying, 'We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.'
  • Neh 9:37 : 37 Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please, and we are in great distress.
  • Jer 42:2-3 : 2 They said to Jeremiah the prophet, "Please let our petition fall before you and pray to the LORD your God for us, for all this remnant. For we are few left from many, as your own eyes can see us. 3 May the LORD your God tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do."
  • Jer 42:20 : 20 For you have deceived yourselves when you sent me to the LORD your God, saying, 'Pray to the LORD our God for us, and whatever the LORD our God says, tell us and we will do it.'
  • Luke 3:1 : 1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,
  • John 19:12-15 : 12 Because of this, Pilate tried to release him. But the Jews kept shouting, "If you release this man, you are not a friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar." 13 So Pilate, when he heard this statement, brought Jesus out and sat on the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, which in Aramaic is called Gabbatha. 14 It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Here is your king!" 15 But they shouted, "Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your king?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar."
  • Acts 5:37 : 37 'After him, Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and led a number of people in revolt. He too perished, and all who followed him were scattered.'
  • Acts 17:7 : 7 And Jason has welcomed them. They are all acting contrary to Caesar's decrees, saying that there is another king—Jesus.
  • Acts 25:8 : 8 Paul defended himself, saying, 'I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews, the temple, or Caesar.'
  • Acts 28:22 : 22 But we would like to hear from you what you think, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.
  • Rom 13:6-7 : 6 This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are servants of God, continually attending to this very thing. 7 Render to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs are due, respect to whom respect is due, and honor to whom honor is due.