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17 Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”(A)

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17 Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay the imperial tax[a](A) to Caesar or not?”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 22:17 A special tax levied on subject peoples, not on Roman citizens

19 Show me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius.

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19 Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius,

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Pay to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

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Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes;(A) if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

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