Luke 20:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Tell us, should we pay taxes to the Emperor or not?”

Cross References

Ezra 4:13

You should also know that if the walls are completed and the city is rebuilt, the Jews won't pay any kind of taxes, and there will be less money in your treasury.

Ezra 9:7

Since the time of our ancestors, all of us have sinned. That's why we, our kings, and our priests have often been defeated by other kings. They have killed some of us and made slaves of others; they have taken our possessions and made us ashamed, just as we are today.

Nehemiah 5:4

Then others said, “We had to borrow money from those in power to pay the government tax on our fields and vineyards.

Nehemiah 9:37

Its plentiful harvest is taken by kings you placed over us because of our sins. Our suffering is unbearable, because they do as they wish to us and our livestock.

Matthew 17:25

“Yes, he does,” Peter answered. After they had returned home, Jesus went up to Peter and asked him, “Simon, what do you think? Do the kings of this earth collect taxes and fees from their own people or from foreigners?”

Luke 20:21

The spies said to him, “Teacher, we know that you teach the truth about what God wants people to do. And you treat everyone with the same respect, no matter who they are.

Luke 20:23

Jesus knew that they were trying to trick him. So he told them,

Luke 23:2

They started accusing him and said, “We caught this man trying to get our people to riot and to stop paying taxes to the Emperor. He also claims that he is the Messiah, our king.”

Acts 5:37

Later, when the people of our nation were being counted, Judas from Galilee appeared. A lot of people followed him, but he was killed, and all his followers were scattered.

Romans 13:7

Pay all that you owe, whether it is taxes and fees or respect and honour.

Deuteronomy 17:15

Go ahead and appoint a king, but make sure that he is an Israelite and that he is the one the LORD has chosen.