paying taxes

⁶Therefore, you must also offer tribute. For they are the ministers of God, serving him in this. ⁷Therefore, render to all whatever is owed. Taxes, to whom taxes is due; revenue, to whom revenue is due; fear, to whom fear is due; honor, to whom honor is due.

¹⁷Therefore, tell us, how does it seem to you? Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar, or not?” ¹⁸But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said: “Why do you test me, you hypocrites? ¹⁹Show me the coin of the census tax.” And they offered him a denarius. ²⁰And Jesus said to them, “Whose image is this, and whose inscription?” ²¹They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Then render to Caesar what is of Caesar; and to God what is of God.”

¹Let every soul be subject to higher authorities. For there is no authority except from God and those who have been ordained by God. ²And so, whoever resists authority, resists what has been ordained by God. And those who resist are acquiring damnation for themselves. ³For leaders are not a source of fear to those who work good, but to those who work evil. And would you prefer not to be afraid of authority? Then do what is good, and you shall have praise from them. ⁴For he is a minister of God for you unto good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid. For it is not without reason that he carries a sword. For he is a minister of God; an avenger to execute wrath upon whomever does evil. ⁵For this reason, it is necessary to be subject, not solely because of wrath, but also because of conscience. ⁶Therefore, you must also offer tribute. For they are the ministers of God, serving him in this.

²⁴He said, “Yes.” And when he had entered into the house, Jesus went before him, saying: “How does it seem to you, Simon? The kings of the earth, from whom do they receive tribute or the census tax: from their own sons or from foreigners?” ²⁵And he said, “From foreigners.” Jesus said to him: “Then the sons are free. ²⁶But so that we may not become an obstacle to them: go to the sea, and cast in a hook, and take the first fish that is brought up, and when you have opened its mouth, you will find a shekel. Take it and give it to them, for me and for you.”

²And so, whoever resists authority, resists what has been ordained by God. And those who resist are acquiring damnation for themselves.

⁷Therefore, render to all whatever is owed. Taxes, to whom taxes is due; revenue, to whom revenue is due; fear, to whom fear is due; honor, to whom honor is due.

¹⁵Then the Pharisees, going out, took counsel as to how they might entrap him in speech. ¹⁶And they sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying: “Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and that you teach the way of God in truth, and that the influence of others is nothing to you. For you do not consider the reputation of men. ¹⁷Therefore, tell us, how does it seem to you? Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar, or not?” ¹⁸But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said: “Why do you test me, you hypocrites? ¹⁹Show me the coin of the census tax.” And they offered him a denarius. ²⁰And Jesus said to them, “Whose image is this, and whose inscription?”

¹Let every soul be subject to higher authorities. For there is no authority except from God and those who have been ordained by God.

⁵For this reason, it is necessary to be subject, not solely because of wrath, but also because of conscience. ⁶Therefore, you must also offer tribute. For they are the ministers of God, serving him in this. ⁷Therefore, render to all whatever is owed. Taxes, to whom taxes is due; revenue, to whom revenue is due; fear, to whom fear is due; honor, to whom honor is due.

⁷Therefore, render to all whatever is owed. Taxes, to whom taxes is due; revenue, to whom revenue is due; fear, to whom fear is due; honor, to whom honor is due. ⁸You should owe nothing to anyone, except so as to love one another. For whoever loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

²¹They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Then render to Caesar what is of Caesar; and to God what is of God.”

¹²Now the tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?” ¹³But he said to them, “You should do nothing more than what has been appointed to you.”

¹⁹And the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, were seeking to lay hands on him in that same hour, but they feared the people. For they realized that he had spoken this parable about them. ²⁰And being attentive, they sent traitors, who would pretend that they were just, so that they might catch him in his words and then hand him over to the power and authority of the procurator. ²¹And they questioned him, saying: “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, and that you do not consider anyone’s status, but you teach the way of God in truth. ²²Is it lawful for us to pay the tribute to Caesar, or not?” ²³But realizing their deceitfulness, he said to them: “Why do you test me? ²⁴Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?” In response, they said to him, “Caesar’s.”

¹³And they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to him, so that they might trap him with words. ¹⁴And these, arriving, said to him: “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that you do not favor anyone; for you do not consider the appearance of men, but you teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to give the tribute to Caesar, or should we not give it?” ¹⁵And knowing their skill in deception, he said to them: “Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, so that I may see it.” ¹⁶And they brought it to him. And he said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” They said to him, “Caesar’s.” ¹⁷So in response, Jesus said to them, “Then render to Caesar, the things that are of Caesar; and to God, the things that are of God.” And they wondered over him.