Matthew 22:15 Cross References - Bishops

¹⁵ Then went the Pharisees, and toke councell how they myght intangle hym in his talke

² The kynges of the earth stande vp: and the rulers take counsell together against god, and against his annointed

⁶ But yf [any of them] came to visite me, he spake vanitie: his heart conceaued vngodlynesse within hym selfe, & when he came foorth a doores he vttered it

⁵ My wordes dayly put me to sorow: all that they do imagine, is to do me euill ⁶ They flocke together, they kepe them selues close: they marke my steppes, that they may lye in wayte for my soule ⁷ Shall they escape for their wickednes? O Lorde in thy displeasure cast downe headlong this people

⁶ They haue prepared a net for my feete, that some man might presse downe my soule: they haue digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it them selues. Selah

³ For lo, they lye in wayte for my soule: men of power are gathered together against me who haue committed no wickednes nor fault O God

²¹ Making a man to sinne in the worde, and that toke him in a snare, whiche reproued them in the open place, and they that haue turned the cause of the righteous to naught

¹⁸ Then sayd they, Come, let vs imagine somethyng agaynst this Ieremie: for the priestes shall not be destitute of the lawe, neither shall the wise men be destitute of counsayle, nor the prophetes destitute of the worde of God: Come, and let vs smite hym with the tongue, and let vs not marke all his wordes

¹⁰ Ueryly I hearde the euyll reportes of many, terrour was on euery side of me: complayne vpon hym say they, and we wyll tell his tale: Yea all myne owne companions, and suche as were conuersaunt with me, lay in wayte for my halting, saying: peraduenture he wylbe deceaued, and so shall we preuayle against hym, and be auenged of hym

¹³ And they sent vnto hym, certayne of the pharisees, and of the Herodians to take hym in his wordes ¹⁴ And assoone as they were come, they sayde vnto hym: Maister, we knowe that thou art true, & carest for no man, for thou considerest not the persons of men, but teachest the way of god truely: Is it lawfull to pay tribute to Caesar, or not ¹⁵ Ought we to geue, or ought we not to geue? But he seeyng their hypocrisie, sayde vnto them: Why tempt ye me? Bryng me a penie, that I may see it ¹⁶ And they brought it: And he sayth vnto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they sayde vnto hym: Caesars ¹⁷ And Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto them: Geue to Caesar [the thynges] that belong to Caesar: and to God, [the thynges] which pertayne to God. And they marueyled at hym

⁵³ When he thus spake vnto them, the lawyers & the pharisees began to vrge hym vehemently, and to prouoke hym to speake many thynges ⁵⁴ Laying wayte for hym, and sekyng to catche somethyng out of his mouth, wherby they myght accuse hym

²⁰ And they watched hym, & sent foorth spyes, which shoulde fayne them selues ryghteous men, to take hym in his wordes, and to delyuer hym vnto the power and aucthoritie of the deputie ²¹ And they asked him, saying: Maister, we knowe that thou sayest and teachest ryght, neither considerest thou the outwarde appearaunce of any man, but teachest the way of God truely ²² Is is lawfull for vs to geue tribute vnto Caesar, or no ²³ He perceaued their craftynesse, & saide vnto them: why tempt ye me ²⁴ Shewe me a penie, whose image and superscription hath it? They aunswered and sayde, Caesars ²⁵ And he sayde vnto them: Geue then vnto Caesar, the thynges which belong vnto Caesar, and to God the thynges that perteyne vnto God ²⁶ And they coulde not reproue his saying before the people: and they marueyled at his aunswere, & helde their peace

³ Consider therfore hym that endured such speakyng agaynst hym of sinners, lest you shoulde be weryed, fayntyng in your myndes