Luke 20:24

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“Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” They said,“Caesar’s.”

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  • Matt 18:28 : 28 After he went out, that same slave found one of his fellow slaves who owed him one hundred silver coins. So he grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him, saying,‘Pay back what you owe me!’
  • Matt 20:2 : 2 And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, he sent them into his vineyard.
  • Luke 2:1 : 1 The Census and the Birth of Jesus Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire for taxes.
  • Luke 3:1 : 1 The Ministry of John the Baptist In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,
  • Luke 20:22 : 22 Is it right for us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar or not?”
  • Luke 23:2 : 2 They began to accuse him, saying,“We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king.”
  • Acts 11:28 : 28 One of them, named Agabus, got up and predicted by the Spirit that a severe famine was about to come over the whole inhabited world.(This took place during the reign of Claudius.)
  • Acts 25:8-9 : 8 Paul said in his defense,“I have committed no offense against the Jewish law or against the temple or against Caesar.” 9 But Festus, wanting to do the Jews a favor, asked Paul,“Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and be tried before me there on these charges?” 10 Paul replied,“I am standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I should be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well. 11 If then I am in the wrong and have done anything that deserves death, I am not trying to escape dying, but if not one of their charges against me is true, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!” 12 Then, after conferring with his council, Festus replied,“You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you will go!”
  • Acts 26:32 : 32 Agrippa said to Festus,“This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
  • Phil 4:22 : 22 All the saints greet you, especially those who belong to Caesar’s household.

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    17Tell us then, what do you think? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

    18But Jesus realized their evil intentions and said,“Hypocrites! Why are you testing me?

    19Show me the coin used for the tax.” So they brought him a denarius.

    20Jesus said to them,“Whose image is this, and whose inscription?”

    21They replied,“Caesar’s.” He said to them,“Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

    22Now when they heard this they were stunned, and they left him and went away.

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