Matthew 22:17 “So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?…”

Matthew 22:17

So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?

World English Bible

Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

American Standard Version

Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not?

Geneva Bible 1599

Tell vs therefore, how thinkest thou? Is it lawfull to giue tribute vnto Cesar, or not?

Darby Translation

tell us therefore what thou thinkest: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Give us, then, your opinion of this: Is it right to give tax to Caesar, or not?

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Cross references

“What”

Acts 28:22 Jeremiah 42:20 Jeremiah 42:2 Jeremiah 42:3

Acts 28:22 · BSB

But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”

Jeremiah 42:20 · BSB

For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’

Jeremiah 42:2 · BSB

Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.

Jeremiah 42:3 · BSB

Pray that the LORD your God will tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do.”

“is”

Ezra 4:13 Ezra 7:24 Nehemiah 5:4 Nehemiah 9:37 Acts 5:37 Deuteronomy 17:14

Ezra 4:13 · BSB

Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, they will not pay tribute, duty, or toll, and the royal treasury will suffer.

Ezra 7:24 · BSB

And be advised that you have no authority to impose tribute, duty, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.

Nehemiah 5:4 · BSB

Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

Nehemiah 9:37 · BSB

Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.

Acts 5:37 · BSB

After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.

Deuteronomy 17:14 · BSB

When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”

“Caesar”

Luke 2:1 John 19:12–15 Acts 17:7 Acts 25:8

Luke 2:1 · BSB

Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.

John 19:12–15 · BSB

From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”

Acts 17:7 · BSB

and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”

Acts 25:8 · BSB

Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”

Also

Matthew 17:25 Luke 3:1

Matthew 17:25 · BSB

“Yes,” he answered. When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. “What do you think, Simon?” He asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others?”

Luke 3:1 · BSB

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.

18But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?

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