Now to be known to the king that if this city shall be built and the walls be completed, tribute, excise, and toll, they will not give, and in the end it will endamage the kings.
Luke 20:22 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cæsar, or no? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar or not? American Standard Version (1901) Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not? Common English Bible Does the Law allow people to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” Catholic Public Domain Version Is it lawful for us to pay the tribute to Caesar, or not?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or no? |
Now to be known to the king that if this city shall be built and the walls be completed, tribute, excise, and toll, they will not give, and in the end it will endamage the kings.
From the days of our fathers we are in a great trespass even to this day; and in our iniquities we were given, we, our kings, our priests, into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity and to plunder, and to shame of face as this day.
And there are those saying, We borrowed silver for the king's tribute, our fields and our vineyards.
And its produce being much for the kings whom thou gavest over us in our sins: and ruling over our bodies and upon our cattle according to their will, and we in great straits.
He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What seems to thee, Simon? from whom do the kings of the earth take taxes or census? from their sons, or from strangers?
And they asked him, saying. Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and thou receivest not the face, but teachest in truth the way of God:
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ a King.
After this Judas the Galilean arose in the days of enrolling, and misled enough people after him: and he perished; and all, as many as believed him, were scattered.
Therefore restore debts to all; to whom tribute, tribute; to whom recompense, recompense; to whom fear, fear; to whom honour, honour.
Setting, thou shalt set over thee a king whom Jehovah thy God shall choose in him: from the midst of thy brethren thou shalt set over thee a king: thou shalt not be able to set over thee a foreigner who is not of thy brethren.