Matthew 22:21
19 Show Me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.
20 “Whose image is this,” He asked, “and whose inscription?”
“Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
22 And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.
23 That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.
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- BSB
- “Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
- KJV
- They say unto him, Cæsar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which are Cæsar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.
- WEB
- They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
- ASV
- They say unto him, Caesar`s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar`s; and unto God the things that are God`s.
- DARBY
- They say to him, Caesar's. Then he says to them, Pay then what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is God's to God.
- BLB
- They say to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He says to them, “Therefore give back the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God.”
- ÅB
- De sier til ham: «Keiserens». Da sier han til dem: «Så gi keiseren det som er keiserens, og gi Gud det som er Guds!»
- OTB
- "Keiserens," svarte de. Da sa han til dem, "Gi derfor keiseren det som tilhører keiseren, og Gud det som tilhører Gud."
- B1930
- De sier til ham: Keiserens. Da sier han til dem: Gi da keiseren hvad keiserens er, og Gud hvad Guds er!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 13:7
Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
Read in contextProverbs 24:21
My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
Read in contextActs 4:19
But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
Read in contextMalachi 1:6–8
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’
Read in contextMatthew 22:37
Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
Read in context1 Peter 2:13–17
Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,
Read in contextDaniel 6:20–23
When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”
Read in contextLuke 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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