Luke 20:20-22

Expanded Bible

Is It Right to Pay Taxes or Not?^(A)

²⁰ So they watched Jesus and sent some spies who acted as if they were ·sincere [honest; righteous]. They wanted to trap Jesus in saying something wrong so they could hand him over to the ·authority [jurisdiction; rule] and ·power [authority] of the governor. ²¹ So the spies asked Jesus, “Teacher, we know that what you say and teach is ·true [right; correct]. You ·pay no attention to who people are [play no favorites; are impartial; aren’t swayed by appearances], and you always teach ·the truth [with sincerity/honesty] about God’s way. ²² Tell us, is it ·right [permissible; lawful] for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” [^CSaying yes would anger Jews who hated Roman rule; saying no could result in being charged with insurrection.]