Now let it be known to the king that if this city is rebuilt, and the walls completed, they will not give tax, tribute, and forced labor, and it will cause the king’s revenue to suffer.
And a decree is set out by me as to what you shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of that house of God, that the exact expense be given to these men from the king’s property, out of the tax Beyond the River, so that they may not have to cease working.
And they began to accuse Him, saying, we found this man perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying Himself to be Christ, a king.
Therefore give over to all their dues: to the one due tax, the tax; to the one due tribute, the tribute; to the one due fear, the fear; to the one due honor, the honor.