Paying Taxes

for because of this also pay ye tribute; for servants of God they are, on this very thing attending continually; — read the full passage →

tell us, therefore, what dost thou think? is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?' — read the full passage →

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

And they having come to Capernaum, those receiving the didrachms came near to Peter, and said, `Your teacher--doth he not pay the didrachms?' He saith, `Yes.' — read the full passage →

so that he who is setting himself against the authority, against God's ordinance hath resisted; and those resisting, to themselves shall receive judgment.

render, therefore, to all <FI>their<Fi> dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour.

Then the Pharisees having gone, took counsel how they might ensnare him in words, — read the full passage →

Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience, — read the full passage →

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,

render, therefore, to all <FI>their<Fi> dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour. — read the full passage →

they say to him, `Caesar's;' then saith he to them, `Render therefore the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;'

And there came also tax-gatherers to be baptised, and they said unto him, `Teacher, what shall we do?' — read the full passage →

And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that against them he spake this simile. — read the full passage →

and they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they may ensnare him in discourse, — read the full passage →

but, that we may not cause them to stumble, having gone to the sea, cast a hook, and the fish that hath come up first take thou up, and having opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater, that having taken, give to them for me and thee.'

tell us, therefore, what dost thou think? is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?' — read the full passage →

And, having watched <FI>him<Fi> , they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor, — read the full passage →

for because of this also pay ye tribute; for servants of God they are, on this very thing attending continually;

And they having come to Capernaum, those receiving the didrachms came near to Peter, and said, `Your teacher--doth he not pay the didrachms?' He saith, `Yes.'

And it came to pass in those days, there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world be enrolled-- — read the full passage →

And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, `What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth--from whom do they receive custom or poll-tax? from their sons or from the strangers?'

and Jesus answering said to them, `Give back the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;' and they did wonder at him.

the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners, and wisdom was justified of her children.'

tell us, therefore, what dost thou think? is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?'

and they having come, say to him, `Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men, but in truth the way of God dost teach; is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not? may we give, or may we not give?'

Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest, — read the full passage →

and began to accuse him, saying, `This one we found perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ a king.'

and having heard they wondered, and having left him they went away.

which of the two did the will of the father?' They say to him, `The first.' Jesus saith to them, `Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God, — read the full passage →

`For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon; — read the full passage →

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest, — read the full passage →

Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience,

And it came to pass in those days, there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world be enrolled--

and they having come, say to him, `Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men, but in truth the way of God dost teach; is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not? may we give, or may we not give?' — read the full passage →

and passing by, he saw Levi of Alpheus sitting at the tax-office, and saith to him, `Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

show me the tribute-coin?' and they brought to him a denary;

Is it lawful to us to give tribute to Caesar or not?'

And Jesus answering, again spake to them in similes, saying, — read the full passage →

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,

And Jesus passing by thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, named Matthew, and saith to him, `Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer;

And Jesus having known their wickedness, said, `Why me do ye tempt, hypocrites?

Then the Pharisees having gone, took counsel how they might ensnare him in words, — read the full passage →

And after these things he went forth, and beheld a tax-gatherer, by name Levi, sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, `Be following me;'

And he began to speak to them in similes: `A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around, and digged an under-wine-vat, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad; — read the full passage →

Jesus answered, `My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my officers had struggled that I might not be delivered up to Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence.'

and they were not able to take hold on his saying before the people, and having wondered at his answer, they were silent.

and he said to them, `Give back, therefore, the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;'

and they send to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, `Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and the way of God in truth thou dost teach, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men;

And, having watched <FI>him<Fi> , they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor,

And in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar--Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother, tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene-- — read the full passage →

Then the Pharisees having gone, took counsel how they might ensnare him in words,

and he said unto them, `Exact no more than that directed you.'

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

And he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, `Why me do ye tempt? bring me a denary, that I may see;'

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

`Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

this enrolment first came to pass when Cyrenius was governor of Syria--

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,

And one of the scribes having come near, having heard them disputing, knowing that he answered them well, questioned him, `Which is the first command of all?' — read the full passage →

`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom; — read the full passage →

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

And it came to pass in those days, there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world be enrolled-- — read the full passage →

In that day there came near to him Sadducees, who are saying there is not a rising again, and they questioned him, saying,

At that hour came the disciples near to Jesus, saying, `Who, now, is greater in the reign of the heavens?' — read the full passage →

And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, did question him, to shew to them a sign from the heaven, — read the full passage →

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, `What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth--from whom do they receive custom or poll-tax? from their sons or from the strangers?' — read the full passage →