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Mark 12:14

Bible in Basic English 1965

And when they had come, they said to him, Master, we are certain that you are true, and have no fear of anyone: you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God: Is it right to give taxes to Caesar or not?

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And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.

So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.

And it gives much increase to the kings whom you have put over us because of our sins: and they have power over our bodies and over our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great trouble.

O Lord, be the saviour of my soul from false lips, and from the tongue of deceit.

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.

For you have been acting with deceit in your hearts; for you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, Make prayer for us to the Lord our God, and give us word of everything he may say, and we will do it.

But I truly am full of the spirit of the Lord, with power of judging and with strength to make clear to Jacob his wrongdoing and to Israel his sin.

And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position.

Give us, then, your opinion of this: Is it right to give tax to Caesar, or not?

Then they sent to him certain of the Pharisees and the Herodians, so that they might make use of his words to take him by a trick.

Are we to give or not to give? But he, conscious of their false hearts, said to them, Why do you put me to the test? give me a penny, so that I may see it.

And when he had come, he went straight to him and said, Master; and gave him a kiss.

Is it right for us to make payment of taxes to Caesar or not?

And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

The man whose words come from himself is looking for glory for himself, but he who is looking for the glory of him who sent himthat man is true and there is no evil in him.

For the same reason, make payment of taxes; because the authority is God's servant, to take care of such things at all times.

For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.

For if I give you sorrow, who then will make me glad, but he who is made sad by me?

For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong:

Having in mind, then, the fear of the Lord, we put these things before men, but God sees our hearts; and it is my hope that we may seem right in your eyes.

For this reason, from this time forward we have knowledge of no man after the flesh: even if we have had knowledge of Christ after the flesh, we have no longer any such knowledge.

Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

But from those who seemed to be important whatever they were has no weight with me: God does not take man's person into account: those who seemed to be important gave nothing new to me;

You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.

But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.




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