Romans 13:6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s agents, busy with this very thing.

Cross References

2 Samuel 8:5

When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand men of the Arameans.

1 Chronicles 18:14

So David reigned over all Israel, and he administered justice and equity to all his people.

Ezra 4:13

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.

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 6:8

Moreover, I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the rebuilding of this house of God: the cost is to be paid to these people, in full and without delay, from the royal revenue, the tribute of the province Beyond the River.

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.

Luke 23:2

They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man inciting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king.”

Romans 12:8

the encourager, in encouragement; the giver, in sincerity; the leader, in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness.

Romans 13:5

Therefore one must be subject, not only because of wrath but also because of conscience.

Romans 13:7

Pay to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.