Thematic Bible: Payment of taxes (tribute)
Thematic Bible
The Nation » Payment of taxes (tribute) » Civil liberty, general references to
And let this fiftieth year be kept holy, and say publicly that everyone in the land is free from debt: it is the Jubilee, and every man may go back to his heritage and to his family.
For by your hand the yoke on his neck and the rod on his back, even the rod of his cruel master, have been broken, as in the day of Midian.
And in that day the weight which he put on your back will be taken away, and his yoke broken from off your neck.
To let the Assyrian be broken in my land, and crushed under foot on my mountains: there will his yoke be taken away from them, and his rule over them come to an end.
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah had made an agreement with all the people in Jerusalem, to give news in public that servants were to be made free;
If you were a servant when you became a Christian, let it not be a grief to you; but if you have a chance to become free, make use of it.
The Nation » Payment of taxes (tribute) » Examples of
And when they had come to Capernaum, those who took the Temple tax came to Peter and said, Does not your master make payment of the Temple tax?
And Jehoiakim gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh, taxing the land by his orders to get the money; the people of the land had to give silver and gold, everyone as he was taxed, to make the payment to Pharaoh-necoh.
Then Joseph made a law which is in force to this day, that Pharaoh was to have the fifth part; only the land of the priests did not become his.
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him put overseers over the land of Egypt to put in store a fifth part of the produce of the land in the good years.
He will take a tenth of your seed and of the fruit of your vines and give it to his servants.
And there were others who said, We have given up our fields and our vine-gardens to get money for the king's taxes.
The Nation » Payment of taxes (tribute) » General references to
And some of the Philistines took offerings to Jehoshaphat, and made him payments of silver; and the Arabians gave him flocks, seven thousand, seven hundred sheep, and seven thousand, seven hundred he-goats.
And when they had come to Capernaum, those who took the Temple tax came to Peter and said, Does not your master make payment of the Temple tax?
For the same reason, make payment of taxes; because the authority is God's servant, to take care of such things at all times.
The Nation » Payment of taxes (tribute) » Civil strife, general references to
And they were broken by divisions, nation against nation and town against town, because God sent all sorts of trouble on them.
So that your hearts may not become feeble and full of fear because of the news which will go about in the land; for a story will go about one year, and after that in another year another story, and violent acts in the land, ruler against ruler.
And when you have news of wars and talk of wars, do not be troubled; these things have to be, but it is still not the end.
Then he said to them, Nation will be moved against nation and kingdom against kingdom: There will be great earth-shocks and outbursts of disease in a number of places, and men will be without food; and there will be wonders and great signs from heaven.