Matthew 22:17

Paying Taxes To Caesar

¹⁶ and they send to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, 'Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and the way of God in truth thou dost teach, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men; ¹⁷ tell us, therefore, what dost thou think? is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?' ¹⁸ And Jesus having known their wickedness, said, 'Why me do ye tempt, hypocrites?

For Us

Is It Lawful

Pay Taxes to Caesar

Caesar

Cesar

No

Luke 2:1

And it came to pass in those days, there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world be enrolled --

Matthew 17:25

And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, 'What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth -- from whom do they receive custom or poll-tax? from their sons or from the strangers?'

Deuteronomy 17:14-15

When thou comest in unto the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, and hast possessed it, and dwelt in it, and thou hast said, Let me set over me a king like all the nations which are round about me, --

Ezra 4:13

Now, be it known to the king, that if this city be builded, and the walls finished, toll, tribute, and custom they do not give; and at length to the kings it doth cause loss.

Ezra 7:24

'And to you we are making known, that upon any of the priests and Levites, singers, gatekeepers, Nethinim, and servants of the house of God, tribute and custom there is no authority to lift up.

Nehemiah 5:4

And there are who are saying, 'We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, on our fields, and our vineyards;

Nehemiah 9:37

and its increase it is multiplying to the kings whom Thou hast set over us in our sins; and over our bodies they are ruling, and over our cattle, according to their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

Jeremiah 42:2-3

and they say unto Jeremiah the prophet, 'Let, we pray thee, our supplication fall before thee, and pray for us unto Jehovah thy God, for all this remnant; for we have been left a few out of many, as thine eyes do see us;

Jeremiah 42:20

for ye have shewed yourselves perverse in your souls, for ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God, and according to all that Jehovah our God saith, so declare to us, and we have done it;

Luke 3:1

And in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar -- Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother, tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene --

John 19:12-15

From this time was Pilate seeking to release him, and the Jews were crying out, saying, 'If this one thou mayest release, thou art not a friend of Caesar; every one making himself a king, doth speak against Caesar.'

Acts 5:37

'After this one rose up, Judas the Galilean, in the days of the enrolment, and drew away much people after him, and that one perished, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered;

Acts 17:7

whom Jason hath received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying another to be king -- Jesus.'

Acts 25:8

he making defence -- 'Neither in regard to the law of the Jews, nor in regard to the temple, nor in regard to Caesar -- did I commit any sin.'

Acts 28:22

and we think it good from thee to hear what thou dost think, for, indeed, concerning this sect it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against;'

Romans 13:6-7

for because of this also pay ye tribute; for servants of God they are, on this very thing attending continually;