"ShowMe a denarius.Whoselikenessand inscriptiondoes it have?"They said,"Caesar's."
"But that slavewentout and foundoneof his fellow slaveswhoowedhim a hundreddenarii;and he seizedhim and [began] to choke[him], saying,'Pay backwhatyou owe.'
"When he had agreedwith the laborersfor a denariusfor the day,he sentthem into his vineyard.
And He saidto them, "Whoselikenessand inscriptionis this?"
They brought[one]. And He saidto them, "Whoselikenessand inscriptionis this?"And they saidto Him, "Caesar's."
Nowin thosedaysa decreewentout from CaesarAugustus,that a census be takenof allthe inhabited earth.
"Is it lawfulfor us to paytaxesto Caesar,ornot?"
But He detectedtheir trickeryand saidto them,
And He saidto them, "Thenrenderto Caesarthe things that are Caesar's,and to Godthe things that are God's."
And they beganto accuseHim, saying,"We foundthis manmisleadingour nationand forbiddingto paytaxesto Caesar,and sayingthat He Himselfis Christ,a King."
Nowin the fifteenthyearof the reignof TiberiusCaesar,when PontiusPilatewas governorof Judea,and Herodwas tetrarchof Galilee,and his brotherPhilipwas tetrarchof the regionof Ituraeaand Trachonitis,and Lysaniaswas tetrarchof Abilene,
Oneof them namedAgabusstoodup and [began] to indicateby the Spiritthat there would certainlybe a greatfaminealloverthe world.And thistook placein the [reign] of Claudius.
And Agrippasaidto Festus,"Thismanmighthave beenset freeifhe had not appealedto Caesar."
Allthe saintsgreetyou, especiallythoseof Caesar'shousehold.
