Now be it known to the king that if this city is rebuilt and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and the royal revenue will be impaired.
Matthew 22:17 - English Standard Version 2016 Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Tell us then what You think about this: Is it lawful to pay tribute [levied on individuals and to be paid yearly] to Caesar or not? American Standard Version (1901) Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not? Common English Bible So tell us what you think: Does the Law allow people to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, tell us, how does it seem to you? Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar, or not?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Tell us therefore what dost thou think, is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? |
Now be it known to the king that if this city is rebuilt and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and the royal revenue will be impaired.
We also notify you that it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll on anyone of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the doorkeepers, the temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.
And there were those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our fields and our vineyards.
And its rich yield goes to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and over our livestock as they please, and we are in great distress.
that you have gone astray at the cost of your lives. For you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, ‘Pray for us to the Lord our God, and whatever the Lord our God says, declare to us and we will do it.’
He said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?”
But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites?
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
and Jason has received them, and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.”
Paul argued in his defense, “Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I committed any offense.”
But we desire to hear from you what your views are, for with regard to this sect we know that everywhere it is spoken against.”
After him Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and drew away some of the people after him. He too perished, and all who followed him were scattered.