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Luke 20:24

22 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

23 But Jesus saw through their duplicity and said to them,

“Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.

25 So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

26 And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people; and amazed at His answer, they fell silent.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.
KJV
Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Cæsar’s.
WEB
Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” They answered, “Caesar’s.”
ASV
Show me a denarius. Whose image and superscription hath it? And they said, Caesar`s.
DARBY
Shew me a denarius. Whose image and superscription has it? And answering they said, Caesar's.
BLB
“Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?” And they said, “Caesar’s.”
ÅB
Vis meg en penning! Hvis bilde og påskrift har den? De svarte: Keiserens.
OTB
«Vis meg en denar. Hvem sitt bilde og inskripsjon har den?» De svarte: «Keiserens.»
B1930
Vis mig en penning! Hvis billede og påskrift har den? De svarte: Keiserens.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Matthew 18:28

    But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’

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  • Luke 23:2

    And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding payment of taxes to Caesar, and proclaiming Himself to be Christ, a King.”

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  • Acts 11:28

    One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)

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  • Luke 2:1

    Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.

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  • Philippians 4:22

    All the saints send you greetings, especially those from the household of Caesar.

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  • Luke 3:1

    In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

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  • Matthew 20:2

    He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

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  • Luke 20:22

    Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

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