Ezra 4:13

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Now may it be known to the king that, if this city is rebuilt and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and the royal revenue will be reduced.

Cross References

Ezra 4:14

Now because we share the salt of the palace and it is not fitting for us to witness the king’s dishonor, therefore we send and inform the king,

Ezra 4:20

Jerusalem has had mighty kings who ruled over the whole province Beyond the River, to whom tribute, custom, and toll were paid.

Ezra 7:24

We also notify you that it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll on any of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the doorkeepers, the temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.

Nehemiah 5:4

And there were those who said, “We are having to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay the king’s tax.

Psalm 119:69

The arrogant smear me with lies, but with my whole heart I keep your precepts.

Psalm 52:2

you are plotting destruction. Your tongue is like a sharp razor, you worker of treachery.

Matthew 17:25

He said, “Yes, he does.” And when he came home, Jesus spoke of it first, asking, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tribute? From their children or from others?”

Matthew 9:9

As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-collection station, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him.