Matthew 22:17 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁷ Tell us therefore, what do You think? Is it permitted to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

More versions

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?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Tell us therefore what dost thou think, is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

Matthew 22:17 Cross References

Ezra 4:13

“Furthermore, let it be known to the king, that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are completed, no more tribute, taxes or duty will be paid and the royal revenue will suffer.

Ezra 7:24

We also notify you that you have no authority to impose tribute, tax or duty on any of the kohanim, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, sanctuary servants, or attendants at this House of God.

Nehemiah 5:4

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

Nehemiah 9:37

Its abundant produce goes to the kings You have set over us due to our sins. They rule over our bodies and over our livestock as they please. We are in great distress!

Jeremiah 42:20

For you have led your own souls in error, since it was you who sent me to Adonai your God, saying: ‘Pray to Adonai our God on our behalf, and in accord with all that Adonai our God will say, so declare to us, and we will do it.

Matthew 17:25

“Yes,” Peter said. Now when Peter came into the house, Yeshua spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? The kings of the earth, from whom do they collect tolls or tax? From their sons or from strangers?”

Matthew 22:18

But Yeshua, knowing their wickedness, said, “Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites?

Luke 2:1

Now it happened in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the world’s inhabitants.

Luke 20:22

Is it permitted for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

Luke 3:1

It was now the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of the Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene.

Acts 17:7

and Jason has welcomed them! They are all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king, Yeshua.”

Acts 25:8

Paul said in his defense, “I have committed no offense against the Torah of the Jewish people, or against the Temple, or against Caesar.”

Acts 28:22

But we think it appropriate to hear from you about what you think. For indeed, it is known to us that regarding this sect, it is spoken against everywhere.”

Acts 5:37

After this fellow, Judah the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and got people to follow him. He also perished, and all who followed him were scattered.