Luke 20:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let me see a penny. Whose image and name are on it? And they said, Caesar's.

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  • Matt 18:28 : 28 But that servant went out, and meeting one of the other servants, who was in debt to him for one hundred pence, he took him by the throat, saying, Make payment of your debt.
  • Matt 20:2 : 2 And when he had made an agreement with the workmen for a penny a day, he sent them into his vine-garden.
  • Luke 2:1 : 1 Now it came about in those days that an order went out from Caesar Augustus that there was to be a numbering of all the world.
  • Luke 3:1 : 1 Now in the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being ruler of Judaea, and Herod being king of Galilee, his brother Philip king of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias king of Abilene,
  • Luke 20:22 : 22 Is it right for us to make payment of taxes to Caesar or not?
  • Luke 23:2 : 2 And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king.
  • Acts 11:28 : 28 And one of them, named Agabus, said publicly through the Spirit that there would be serious need of food all over the earth: which came about in the time of Claudius.
  • Acts 25:8-9 : 8 Then Paul, in his answer to them, said, I have done no wrong against the law of the Jews, or against the Temple, or against Caesar. 9 But Festus, desiring to get the approval of the Jews, said to Paul, Will you go up to Jerusalem, and be judged before me there in connection with these things? 10 And Paul said, I am before the seat of Caesar's authority where it is right for me to be judged: I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you are well able to see. 11 If, then, I am a wrongdoer and there is a cause of death in me, I am ready for death: if it is not as they say against me, no man may give me up to them. Let my cause come before Caesar. 12 Then Festus, having had a discussion with the Jews, made answer, You have said, Let my cause come before Caesar; to Caesar you will go.
  • Acts 26:32 : 32 And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been made free, if he had not put his cause before Caesar.
  • Phil 4:22 : 22 All the saints send their love to you, specially those who are of Caesar's house.

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    16 And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position.

    17 Give us, then, your opinion of this: Is it right to give tax to Caesar, or not?

    18 But Jesus saw their trick and said, Oh false ones, why are you attempting to put me in the wrong?

    19 Let me see the tax money. And they gave him a penny.

    20 And he said to them, Whose is this image and name on it?

    21 They say to him, Caesar's. Then he said to them, Give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's.

    22 And hearing it, they were full of wonder, and went away from him.

  • Mark 12:13-17
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    13 Then they sent to him certain of the Pharisees and the Herodians, so that they might make use of his words to take him by a trick.

    14 And when they had come, they said to him, Master, we are certain that you are true, and have no fear of anyone: you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God: Is it right to give taxes to Caesar or not?

    15 Are we to give or not to give? But he, conscious of their false hearts, said to them, Why do you put me to the test? give me a penny, so that I may see it.

    16 And they gave him one. And he said to them, Whose is this image and name on it? And they said to him, Caesar's.

    17 And Jesus said to them, Give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's. And they were full of wonder at him.

  • Luke 20:25-26
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    25 And he said, Then give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's.

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  • Luke 20:20-23
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    20 And they kept watch on him, and sent out secret representatives, who were acting the part of good men, in order that they might get something from his words, on account of which they might give him up to the government and into the power of the ruler.

    21 And they put a question to him, saying, Master, we are certain that your teaching and your words are right, and that you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God:

    22 Is it right for us to make payment of taxes to Caesar or not?

    23 But he saw through their trick and said to them,

  • Matt 17:24-27
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    24 And when they had come to Capernaum, those who took the Temple tax came to Peter and said, Does not your master make payment of the Temple tax?

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    26 And when he said, From other people, Jesus said to him, Then are the sons free.

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  • Luke 23:2-3
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    2 And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

    3 And Pilate said to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he said in answer, You say so.

  • Luke 20:2-3
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    2 That the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people came to him and said, Make clear to us by what authority you do these things and who gave you this authority.

    3 And in answer he said to them, I will put a question to you, and do you give me an answer:

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    2 And when he had made an agreement with the workmen for a penny a day, he sent them into his vine-garden.

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    24 And Jesus said to them in answer, I will put one question to you, and if you give me the answer, I will say by what authority I do these things.

  • Luke 19:24-25
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    24 And he said to the others who were near, Take the pound away from him, and give it to the man who has ten.

    25 And they say to him, Lord, he has ten pounds.

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    34 Jesus made answer, Do you say this of yourself, or did others say it about me?

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    10 Then those who came first had the idea that they would get more; and they, like the rest, were given a penny.

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    15 What will you give me, if I give him up to you? And the price was fixed at thirty bits of silver.

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    27 And Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the little towns round Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he put a question to his disciples, saying, Who do men say that I am?

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    24 And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents.

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    7 And they made answer that they had no idea where it came from.

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    28 And they said to him, By what authority do you do these things? or who gave you authority to do these things?

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    26 Truly I say to you, You will not come out from there till you have made payment of the very last farthing.

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    30 So they said, What sign do you give us, so that we may see and have faith in you? What do you do?