Matthew 22:15 Cross References - MLV

¹⁵ Then the Pharisees traveled away and took counsel on how they might ensnare him in his speech.

² The kings of the earth set themselves and the rulers take counsel together, against Jehovah and against his anointed, saying,

⁶ And if he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers wickness to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

⁵ All the day long they pervert my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil. ⁶ They gather themselves together. They hide themselves. They mark my steps, even as they have waited for my soul.
⁷ Shall they escape by wickedness? Cast down the peoples, in anger, O God.

⁶ They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They have dug a pit before me. They are fallen into the midst of it themselves. Selah.

³ Because behold, they lie in wait for my soul.
The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

²¹ who make a man an offender in his cause and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate and turn aside the just with a thing of nothing.

¹⁸ Then they said, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah. For the law will not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us kill* him with the tongue and let us not give heed to any of his words.

¹⁰ For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce and we will denounce him, say all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall. Perhaps he will be persuaded and we will prevail against him and we will take our revenge on him.

¹³ And they send to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, in order that they might catch him in his speech. ¹⁴ Now when they came, they say to him, Teacher, we know that you are true and do not care concerning one’s appearance. You do not look at the countenance of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it legal to give tribute to Caesar or not? ¹⁵ Should we give or should we not give?
But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius, in order that I may see it. ¹⁶ Now they brought it. And he says to them, Whose face is this image and inscription?
Now they said to him, Caesar’s.
¹⁷ And Jesus answered and said to them, Give to Caesar the things which are Caesar’s and give to God the things which are God’s. And they marveled at him.

⁵³ Now while saying these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began terribly to hold everything against him, and to quiz him for unrehearsed answers concerning many things; ⁵⁴ plotting against him, seeking to trap him in something out of his mouth, in order that they might accuse him.

²⁰ And having observed him, they sent forth agents, who themselves pretended to be righteous, in order that they might grab him from his speech, that they might give him to the rule and the authority of the governor. ²¹ And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that you say and teach correctly, and do not accept the countenance of men, but in truth, are teaching the way of God. ²² Is it legal for us to give tax to Caesar or not?
²³ But he perceived their craftiness and said to them, Why are you testing me? ²⁴ Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription has it?
But they answered and said, Caesar’s.
²⁵ But he said to them, Now-then, give to Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and to God the things which are God’s. ²⁶ And they were not strong-enough to grasp his declaration in front of the people, and they marveled at his answer and were silent.

³ For, study the one who has endured such dispute by sinners to himself, in order that you might not be weary, fainting in your souls.