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Luke 20:24

22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cæsar, or no?

23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?

Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Cæsar’s.

25 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which be Cæsar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.

26 And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.

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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)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 18:28

    But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

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  • Luke 23:2

    And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.

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  • Acts 11:28

    And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cæsar.

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  • Luke 2:1

    And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

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  • Philippians 4:22

    All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar’s household.

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  • Luke 3:1

    Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,

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  • Matthew 20:2

    And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

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  • Luke 20:22

    Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cæsar, or no?

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