Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
"Show me the coin [used for paying the taxes]. [Note: This coin was equivalent to one day of a farm laborer's pay, or about $60-$84 in 1994]. Whose image and inscription are on this coin?" And they answered Him, "Caesar's."
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's.
Holman Bible
“Caesar’s,” they said.
International Standard Version
"Show me a denarius. Whose face and name does it have?" "Caesar's," they replied.
A Conservative Version
Display to me a denarius. Whose image and inscription has it? And having answered, they said, Caesar's.
American Standard Version
Show me a denarius. Whose image and superscription hath it? And they said, Caesar's.
Amplified
Anderson New Testament
Show me a denarius. Whose image and superscription has it? They answered and said: Caesar's.
Bible in Basic English
Let me see a penny. Whose image and name are on it? And they said, Caesar's.
Common New Testament
"Show me a denarius. Whose likeness and inscription does it have?" They said, "Caesar's."
Daniel Mace New Testament
show me a penny: whose image and inscription is this? they answer'd, Cesar's.
Darby Translation
Shew me a denarius. Whose image and superscription has it? And answering they said, Caesar's.
Godbey New Testament
Show me the denarion. Whose image and superscription has it? And they responding said, Caesar's.
Goodspeed New Testament
"Show me a denarius. Whose head and title does it bear?" They said, "The emperor's."
John Wesley New Testament
Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answering said, C?sar's.
Julia Smith Translation
Show me drachma. Whose image and inscription has it? And having answered they said, Caesar's.
King James 2000
Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription has it? They answered and said, Caesar's.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Show me a denarius! Whose image and inscription does it have?" And they answered [and] said, "Caesar's."
Modern King James verseion
Show Me a coin. Whose image and inscription does it have? They answered and said, Caesar's.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it?" They answered and said, "Caesar's."
Moffatt New Testament
"Show me a shilling. Whose likeness and inscription does it bear?" "Caesar's," they replied.
Montgomery New Testament
"Show me a shilling. Whose image and superscription does it bear?" "Caesar's," they replied.
NET Bible
"Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?" They said, "Caesar's."
New Heart English Bible
"Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?" They answered, "Caesar's."
Noyes New Testament
Show me a denary. Whose image and inscription hath it? And they answered and said, Caesars.
Sawyer New Testament
Show me a denarius [14 cents]. Whose figure and inscription has it? And they answered and said, Caesar's.
The Emphasized Bible
Shew me a denary. Of whom, hath it an image and inscription? And, they, said - Of Caesar.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Shew me a denarius. Whose image and inscription hath it? And they answering said, Caesar's.
Twentieth Century New Testament
"Show me a florin. Whose head and title are on it?"
Webster
Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Cesar's.
Weymouth New Testament
"Show me a shilling; whose likeness and inscription does it bear?" "Caesar's," they said.
Williams New Testament
"Show me a twenty-cent coin. Whose picture and title does it bear?" They answered, "Caesar's."
World English Bible
Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?" They answered, "Caesar's."
Worrell New Testament
"Show Me a denary. Whose image and inscription has it?" And, answering; they said, "Caesar's."
Worsley New Testament
Shew me a penny: whose image and inscription hath it? and they answered, Cesar's.
Youngs Literal Translation
shew me a denary; of whom hath it an image and superscription?' and they answering said, 'Of Caesar:'
Themes
Craftiness » Instances of » Jews, in seeking to entangle the master
Rendering » What should be rendered to caesar and what should be rendered to God
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 20:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paying Taxes To Caesar
23 But Jesus perceived their trickery, and said to them, 24 "Show me the coin [used for paying the taxes]. [Note: This coin was equivalent to one day of a farm laborer's pay, or about $60-$84 in 1994]. Whose image and inscription are on this coin?" And they answered Him, "Caesar's." 25 He replied, "Then pay to Caesar the things that belong to Caesar and pay to God the things that belong to God."
Cross References
Matthew 18:28
But that [same] servant went out and found one of his fellow-servants who owed him a small sum of money [Note: The amount was about days of a farm laborer's pay or about $7,000 in 1994]. He grabbed him by the throat, saying, 'Pay [me] what you owe.'
Matthew 20:2
When he had agreed with the workers [on wages] for the usual farm laborer's pay for a day's work, he [then] sent them to work in his vineyard. [Note: The coin mentioned here would amount to $60-$84 in 1994, based on $5-$7 an hour for a twelve hour day. This coin also forms the basis for calculating all other monetary references in the New Testament].
Luke 2:1
Now it happened in those days that a decree was sent out from Caesar Augustus [the Emperor of the Roman Empire] requiring [people from] the whole empire to be registered [i.e., for taxation purposes].
Luke 3:1
Now it was the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar. Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was ruler of Galilee, his brother Philip was ruler of the regions of Ituraea and Trachonitus [Note: These two men were sons of Herod the Great (See Matt. 2:1) and ruled over provinces east of the Jordan River] and Lysanias was ruler of Abilene [Note: This was a province just north of the two previously mentioned ones].
Luke 20:22
Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"
Luke 23:2
They began bringing accusations against Him, saying, "We discovered this man misleading the people of our nation and telling them not to pay taxes to Caesar, and claiming that he himself was the Messiah, a king!"
Acts 11:28
One of them, a man named Agabus, stood up and indicated by [the direction of] the Holy Spirit that there was going to be a severe worldwide famine, which [actually] took place during the time that Claudius ruled.
Acts 25:8-12
Paul replied in his defense, "I have not committed any sin against the law of the Jews, nor against the Temple, nor against Caesar."
Acts 26:32
Then Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been released if he had not appealed [his case] to Caesar."
Philippians 4:22
All the saints [here with me] send you their greetings, especially those belonging to [Emperor] Caesar's household.