Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

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

New American Standard Bible

Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

King James Version

Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?

Holman Bible

Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

International Standard Version

Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"

A Conservative Version

Is it permitted for us to give tribute to Caesar or not?

American Standard Version

Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?

Amplified

Is it lawful [according to Jewish law and tradition] for us to pay taxes (tribute money) to Caesar or not?”

An Understandable Version

Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"

Anderson New Testament

Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

Common New Testament

Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"

Daniel Mace New Testament

should we pay tribute to Cesar, or no?

Darby Translation

Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

Godbey New Testament

is it lawful for us give tribute to Caesar, or not?

Goodspeed New Testament

Is it right for us to pay taxes to the emperor, or not?"

John Wesley New Testament

Is it lawful for us, to give tribute to C?sar, or no?

Julia Smith Translation

Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not

King James 2000

Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?

Lexham Expanded Bible

Is it permitted [for] us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"

Modern King James verseion

Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar or not?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Is it lawful for us to give Caesar tribute, or no?"

Moffatt New Testament

Is it right for us to pay tribute to Caesar or not?"

Montgomery New Testament

"Is it lawful for us to pay tribute to Caesar or not?"

NET Bible

Is it right for us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar or not?"

New Heart English Bible

Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"

Noyes New Testament

Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

Sawyer New Testament

Is it lawful for us to pay tribute to Caesar, or not?

The Emphasized Bible

Is it allowable for us to give, unto Caesar, tribute, or not?

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Is it lawful for us to pay tribute to Caesar, or not?

Twentieth Century New Testament

Are we right in paying tribute to the Emperor or not?"

Webster

Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Cesar, or not?

Weymouth New Testament

Is it allowable to pay a tax to Caesar, or not?"

Williams New Testament

Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"

World English Bible

Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"

Worrell New Testament

Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?"

Worsley New Testament

is it lawful for us to give tribute to Cesar, or not?

Youngs Literal Translation

Is it lawful to us to give tribute to Caesar or not?'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Is it lawful
ἔξεστι 
Exesti 
be lawful, may, let
Usage: 24

for us
ἡμῖν 
hemin 
us, we, our, for us
Usage: 160

to give
δίδωμι 
Didomi 
Usage: 254

φόρος 
Phoros 
Usage: 5

untosar
Καῖσαρ 
Kaisar 
Usage: 24

or
ἤ 
or, than, either, or else, nor, not tr,
Usage: 199

Context Readings

Paying Taxes To Caesar

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,


Cross References

Deuteronomy 17:15

Then see that you take as your king the man named by the Lord your God: let your king be one of your countrymen, not a man of another nation who is not one of yourselves.

Ezra 4:13

The king may be certain that when the building of this town and its walls is complete, they will give no tax or payment in goods or forced payments, and in the end it will be a cause of loss to the kings.

Ezra 4:19-22

And I gave orders for a search to be made, and it is certain that in the past this town has made trouble for kings, and that outbursts against authority have taken place there.

Ezra 9:7

From the days of our fathers till this day we have been great sinners; and for our sins, we and our kings and our priests have been given up into the hands of the kings of the lands, to the sword and to prison and to loss of goods and to shame of face, as it is this day.

Nehemiah 5:4

And there were others who said, We have given up our fields and our vine-gardens to get money for the king's taxes.

Nehemiah 9:37

And it gives much increase to the kings whom you have put over us because of our sins: and they have power over our bodies and over our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great trouble.

Matthew 17:25

He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus said to him, What is your opinion, Simon? from whom do the kings of the earth get payment or tax? from their sons or from other people?

Matthew 22:17-21

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

Mark 12:14-17

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?

Acts 5:37

After this man, there was Judas of Galilee, at the time of the numbering, and some of the people went after him: he was put to death, and all his supporters were put to flight.

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