30 Bible Verses about taxes

That is why you pay taxes. They are God's ministers continually serving this very purpose.

Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?

He said to them: Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.

Jesus said: Pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. They greatly marveled at him.

He told them: Collect no more than that which is prescribed.

Render therefore to all their due. Provide tribute to whom tribute is due. Give custom to whom custom is owed. Render fear to whom fear is owed and offer honor to whom honor is deserved.

Show me the tribute money. They brought a penny (denarius) to him.

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of all the inhabited earth.

And they brought it. He said to them: Whose is this image and superscription? They said: Caesar's.

But the tax collector stood far away and would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven. He beat his breast, saying: God, be merciful to me a sinner.

He said: Yes. When he entered the house, Jesus said to him: What is your opinion, Simon? Who pays the tax assessed by the kings of the earth? Is it from their sons or from other people?

After that he met a tax collector named Levi sitting at his place of business. He told him: Follow me.

When he said: From other people, Jesus replied: Are the sons free of tax?

When the people heard, they acknowledged God's justice. They received their baptism from John.

Teacher, they said, we know that you are truthful, and not concerned about what other people think. You truthfully teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

They arrived at Capernaum. The collectors of the two-drachma tax asked Peter: Does your master make payment of the Temple tax?

He asked: Whose image and superscription is on this coin?

We will not cause them trouble. Go to the sea, and let down a hook, and take the first fish you catch. You will see money (a stater coin) in its mouth. Give it to them for me and for you.

What good is there, when you love only those who love you? Even [corrupt] tax collectors do that!

Then one will stand up in his place who will send an oppressor (tax collecter) to pass through the glory of the kingdom. However, he will be destroyed within a few days, neither in anger, nor in battle.

Which of the two pleased his father? They replied: The first. Jesus said to them: I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes will go into the kingdom of God before you.

Jesus moved on. He then saw Matthew seated at his work collecting taxes. He said to him: Follow me. He rose and followed him.

He gave up everything and followed him.

They accused him, saying: We found this man perverting our nation. He forbids payment of tax to Caesar. He claims to be Christ a king.

When the Pharisees saw it, they asked his disciples: Why does your Teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners?

I fast twice per week. I give tithes of all that I get.

Two men went to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.

Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

You impose unfair rent on the poor and defraud a tribute of grain from them. You haave built houses of hewn stone yet you will not live in them. You planted pleasant vineyards, but you will not drink the wine from them.

One day a large number of tax collectors and other outcasts came to listen to Jesus.