Romans 13:6-7 Why, this is really the reason you pay taxes; for tax-gatherers are ministers of God, devoting their energies to this very work.

WNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁶ Why, this is really the reason you pay taxes; for tax-gatherers are ministers of God, devoting their energies to this very work. ⁷ Pay promptly to all men what is due to them: taxes to those to whom taxes are due, toll to those to whom toll is due, respect to those to whom respect is due, honour to those to whom honour is due.