Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

“Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?”

“Caesar’s,” they said.

New American Standard Bible

“Show Me a denarius. Whose likeness and inscription does it have?” They said, “Caesar’s.”

King James Version

Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's.

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

“Show Me a [Roman] denarius. Whose image and inscription does the coin have?” They answered, “[the Emperor Tiberius] Caesar’s.”

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."

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:'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἐπιδείκνυμι 
Epideiknumi 
Usage: 6

me
μοί 
Moi 
me, my, I, mine
Usage: 152

a penny
δηνάριον 
Denarion 
Usage: 7

τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 344

εἰκών 
Eikon 
Usage: 20

and


δέ 
De 
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 0
Usage: 2184

ἐπιγραφή 
Epigraphe 
Usage: 2

hath it
ἔχω 
Echo 
have, be, need , , vr have
Usage: 479

ἀποκρίνομαι 
Apokrinomai 
Usage: 231

ἔπω 
Epo 
say, speak, tell, command, bid, , vr say
Usage: 824

References

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Context Readings

Paying Taxes To Caesar

23 But detecting their craftiness, He said to them, 24 “Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?”

“Caesar’s,” they said. 25 “Well then,” He told them, “give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.”


Cross References

Matthew 18:28

“But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him 100 denarii. He grabbed him, started choking him, and said, ‘Pay what you owe!’

Matthew 20:2

After agreeing with the workers on one denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.

Luke 2:1

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole empire should be registered.

Luke 3:1

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

Luke 20:22

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

Luke 23:2

They began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, opposing payment of taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is the Messiah, a King.”

Acts 11:28

Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world. This took place during the time of Claudius.

Acts 25:8-12

while Paul made the defense that, “Neither against the Jewish law, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I sinned at all.”

Acts 26:32

Then Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

Philippians 4:22

All the saints greet you, but especially those from Caesar’s household.

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