When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand men of the Arameans.
Romans 13:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s agents, busy with this very thing. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For this same reason you pay taxes, for [the civil authorities] are official servants under God, devoting themselves to attending to this very service. American Standard Version (1901) For for this cause ye pay tribute also; for they are ministers of God’s service, attending continually upon this very thing. Common English Bible You should also pay taxes for the same reason, because the authorities are God’s assistants, concerned with this very thing. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, you must also offer tribute. For they are the ministers of God, serving him in this. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For therefore also you pay tribute. For they are the ministers of God, serving unto this purpose. |
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand men of the Arameans.
So David reigned over all Israel, and he administered justice and equity to all his people.
Now may it be 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 reduced.
Jerusalem has had mighty kings who ruled over the whole province Beyond the River, to whom tribute, custom, and toll were paid.
Moreover, I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the rebuilding of this house of God: the cost is to be paid to these people, in full and without delay, from the royal revenue, the tribute of the province Beyond the River.
And there were those who said, “We are having to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay the king’s tax.
They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man inciting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king.”
the encourager, in encouragement; the giver, in sincerity; the leader, in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness.
Therefore one must be subject, not only because of wrath but also because of conscience.
Pay to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.