Reference: Tribute, Toll, Taxing
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TRIBUTE, TOLL, TAXING
1. In OT the subject is obscure. The word most frequently rendered 'tribute' is mas, which denotes a body of forced labourers (2Sa 20:24; 1Ki 9:21 etc.; see RV), and then later 'forced service'
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And when they came to Capernaum, they who receive the tax of two drachmas came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? He saith, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth receive customs and tax? from their own children, or from aliens?
tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to pay tribute to Caesar, or not?
(And this first enrolment was made by Cyrenius, [afterwards] governor of Syria)
And after him arose Judas the Galilean, in the days of the enrolment, and drew away a multitude of the populace after him: he also perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom custom, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour.