Matthew 22:17 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

¹⁷ Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to the emperor, or not?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ 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)

¹⁷ Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not?

Common English Bible

¹⁷ So tell us what you think: Does the Law allow people to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Therefore, tell us, how does it seem to you? Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar, or not?"

Matthew 22:17 Cross References

Ezra 4:13

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.

Ezra 7:24

We also notify you that it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll on any of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the doorkeepers, the temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.

Nehemiah 5:4

And there were those who said, “We are having to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay the king's tax.

Nehemiah 9:37

Its rich yield goes to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins; they have power also over our bodies and over our livestock at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.”

Jeremiah 42:20

that you have made a fatal mistake. For you yourselves sent me to the Lord your God, saying, ‘Pray for us to the Lord our God, and whatever the Lord our God says, tell us and we will do it.’

Matthew 17:25

He said, “Yes, he does.” And when he came home, Jesus spoke of it first, asking, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tribute? From their children or from others?”

Matthew 22:18

But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why are you putting me to the test, you hypocrites?

Luke 2:1

In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered.

Luke 20:22

Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to the emperor, or not?”

Luke 3:1

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler of Abilene,

Acts 17:7

and Jason has entertained them as guests. They are all acting contrary to the decrees of the emperor, saying that there is another king named Jesus.”

Acts 25:8

Paul said in his defense, “I have in no way committed an offense against the law of the Jews, or against the temple, or against the emperor.”

Acts 28:22

But we would like to hear from you what you think, for with regard to this sect we know that everywhere it is spoken against.”

Acts 5:37

After him Judas the Galilean rose up at the time of the census and got people to follow him; he also perished, and all who followed him were scattered.