'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?"
When they had come, they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don't defer to anyone; for you aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
When they couldn't pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?"
He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
Take them, and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses for them, that they may shave their heads. Then all will know that there is no truth in the things that they have been informed about you, but that you yourself also walk keeping the law.
For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God's service, attending continually on this very thing.
who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
neither to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God's stewardship, which is in faith --
Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching.
Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.
and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing, and say, "Sit here in a good place;" and you tell the poor man, "Stand there," or "Sit by my footstool;"