'Pay' in the Bible
After their arrival at Capernaum the collectors of the half-shekel came and asked Peter, "Does not your Teacher pay the half-shekel?"
and was unable to pay. So his master ordered that he and his wife and children and everything that he had should be sold, and payment be made.
The servant therefore falling down, prostrated himself at his feet and entreated him. "'Only give me time,' he said, 'and I will pay you the whole.'
But no sooner had that servant gone out, than he met with one of his fellow servants who owed him 100 shillings; and seizing him by the throat and nearly strangling him he exclaimed, "'Pay me all you owe.'
"His fellow servant therefore fell at his feet and entreated him, "'Only give me time,' he said, 'and I will pay you.'
"He would not, however, but went and threw him into prison until he should pay what was due.
"So his master, greatly incensed, handed him over to the jailers until he should pay all he owed him.
"When evening came, the master said to his steward, "'Call the men and pay them their wages. Begin with the last set and finish with the first.'
Give us your judgement therefore: is it allowable for us to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?"
"Caesar's," they replied. "Pay therefore," He rejoined, "what is Caesar's to Caesar; and what is God's to God."
"Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you pay the tithe on mint, dill, and cumin, while you have neglected the weightier requirements of the Law--just judgement, mercy, and faithful dealing. These things you ought to have done, and yet you ought not to have left the others undone.
So they came to Him. "Rabbi," they said, "we know that you are a truthful man and you do not fear any one; for you do not recognize human distinctions, but teach God's way truly. Is it allowable to pay poll-tax to Caesar, or not?
Shall we pay, or shall we refuse to pay?" But He, knowing their hypocrisy, replied, "Why try to ensnare me? Bring me a shilling for me to look at."
"What is Caesar's," replied Jesus, "pay to Caesar--and what is God's, pay to God." And they wondered exceedingly at Him.
The soldiers also once and again inquired of him, "And we, what are we to do?" His answer was, "Neither intimidate any one nor lay false charges; and be content with your pay."
But neither of them could pay anything; so he freely forgave them both. Tell me, then, which of them will love him most?"
"But alas for you Pharisees! for you pay tithes on your mint and rue and every kind of garden vegetable, and are indifferent to justice and the love of God. These are the things you ought to have attended to, while not neglecting the others.
"Pay therefore," He replied, "what is Caesar's to Caesar--and what is God's to God."
This gave them great pleasure, and they agreed to pay him.
The reaper gets pay and gathers in a crop in preparation for the Life of the Ages, that so the sower and the reapers may rejoice together.
Peter however, together with the Eleven, stood up and addressed them in a loud voice. "Men of Judaea, and all you inhabitants of Jerusalem," he said, "be in no uncertainty about this matter but pay attention to what I say.
So Paul rose, and motioning with his hand for silence, said, "Israelites, and you others who fear God, pay attention to me.
Associate with these men and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses so that they can shave their heads. Then everybody will know that there is no truth in these stories about you, but that in your own actions you yourself scrupulously obey the Law.
A short time after this, Agrippa the king and Bernice came to Caesarea to pay a complimentary visit to Festus;
But in the case of a man who works, pay is not reckoned a favour but a debt;
Pay back to no man evil for evil. Take thought for what is right and seemly in every one's esteem.
Do not be revengeful, my dear friends, but give way before anger; for it is written, "'Revenge belongs to Me: I will pay back,' says the Lord."
Why, this is really the reason you pay taxes; for tax-gatherers are ministers of God, devoting their energies to this very work.
Pay promptly to all men what is due to them: taxes to those to whom taxes are due, toll to those to whom toll is due, respect to those to whom respect is due, honour to those to whom honour is due.
But now, as there is no more unoccupied ground in this part of the world, and I have for years past been eager to pay you a visit,
Let a man pay his wife her due, and let a woman also pay her husband his.
Other Churches I robbed, receiving pay from them in order to do you service.
These men pay court to you, but not with honourable motives. They want to exclude you, so that you may pay court to them.
They will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, being banished from the presence of the Lord and from His glorious majesty,
For the Scripture says, "You are not to muzzle the ox while it is treading out the grain;" and the workman deserves his pay.
I Paul write this with my own hand--I will pay you in full. (I say nothing of the fact that you owe me even your own self.)
For this reason we ought to pay the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, for fear we should drift away from them.
For we know who it is that has said, "Vengeance belongs to Me: I will pay back;" and again, "The Lord will be His people's judge."
and you pay court to the one who wears the fine clothes, and say, "Sit here; this is a good place;" while to the poor man you say, "Stand there, or sit on the floor at my feet;"
I tell you that the pay of the labourers who have gathered in your crops--pay which you are keeping back--is calling out against you; and the outcries of those who have been your reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of the armies of Heaven.
And in the written word of prophecy we have something more permanent; to which you do well to pay attention--as to a lamp shining in a dimly-lighted place--until day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.