Then said he to them, Pay therefore to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's.

Shew me a denarius. Whose image and inscription hath it? And they answering said, Caesar's.

NOW it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that the whole land should be registered.

NOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene:

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

and began to accuse him, saying, We have found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to pay tribute to Caesar; pretending that he himself is the King Messiah.