'Pay' in the Bible
When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter, and said, "Doesn't your teacher pay the didrachma?"
But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
"But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'
He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.
His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him.
When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.'
Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"