Now let it now be known to the sovereign that, if this city is built and the walls completed, they are not going to pay tax, excise, or toll, and cause the revenue of the sovereign to suffer loss.
Matthew 22:17 - The Scriptures 1998 “Then say to us, what do You think? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” More versionsKing 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 let it now be known to the sovereign that, if this city is built and the walls completed, they are not going to pay tax, excise, or toll, and cause the revenue of the sovereign to suffer loss.
We further inform you that there is no authority to impose tax, excise, or toll on any of the priests and Lĕ
And there were those who were saying, “We have borrowed silver for the sovereign’s tax on our lands and vineyards.
“And its rich yield goes to the sovereigns You have set over us, because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
“For you deceived yourselves when you sent me to יהוה your Elohim, saying, ‘Pray for us to יהוה our Elohim, and according to all that יהוה your Elohim says, so declare to us and we shall do it.’
He said, “Yea.” And when he came into the house, יהושע spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Shimʽ
But knowing their wickedness, יהושע said, “Why do you try Me, you hypocrites?
And it came to be in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus for all the world to be registered.
And in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Yehuḏ
whom Jason has received. And all of them are acting contrary to the dogmas of Caesar, saying there is another sovereign, יהושע.”
while Sha’ul said in his own defence, “Neither against the Torah of the Yehuḏ
“And we think it right to hear from you what you think, for indeed, concerning this sect, we know that it is spoken against everywhere.”