Matthew 22:17 Cross References - NSB

¹⁷ »Tell us what you think? Is it lawful to pay the poll tax to Caesar, or not?«

¹⁴ »Enter the land Jehovah your God gives you. Possess it and live in it. You will say: I will set a king over me like all the nations who are around me, ¹⁵ you shall surely set a king over you whom Jehovah your God chooses. It will be one from among your countrymen. You may not put a foreigner over yourselves who is not your countryman.

¹³ »The king may be certain that when the town and its wall are completely rebuilt they will pay no tax or payment in goods or forced payments, and in the end it will be a cause of loss to the kings.

²⁴ »In addition, we make it clear to you, that it will be against the law to put any tax or payment in goods or forced payment on any of the priests or Levites, the music-makers, doorkeepers, Nethinim, or any servants of this house of God.

⁴ Yet others said: »We have given up our fields and our vine-gardens to get money for the king's taxes.

³⁷ »And it gives much increase to the kings whom you have put over us because of our sins. They have power over our bodies and over our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great trouble.

² They said to me: »Please do what we ask you! Pray to Jehovah our God for us. Pray for all of us who have survived. Once there were many of us. Now there are only a few of us left, as you can see. ³ »Pray that Jehovah our God will show us the way we should go and what we should do.«

²⁰ »You are making a fatal mistake. You asked me to pray to Jehovah our God for you, and you promised that you would do everything that he commands.

²⁵ He said: »Yes.« When he entered the house, Jesus said to him: »What is your opinion, Simon? Who pays the tax assessed by the kings of the earth? Is it from their sons or from other people?«

¹ In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of all the inhabited earth.

¹ It was the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar. Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea. Herod served as tetrarch of Galilee. Herod’s brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis. Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene.

¹² As a result of this Pilate sought to release him. The Jews cried out: »If you release this man you are not Caesar’s friend. Every one that makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.« ¹³ When Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment-seat. They were at a place called The Stone Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha. ¹⁴ Now it was the Preparation of the Passover, about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews: »Behold, your King!« ¹⁵ They cried out: »Away with him, away with him, impale him!« Pilate asked: »Should I impale your King?« The chief priests answered: »We have no king but Caesar.«

³⁷ »After this man Judas of Galilee rose in the days of the taxing, and drew away many people after him. He also perished and all who obeyed him dispersed.

⁷ Jason welcomed them. They all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.

⁸ Paul defended himself: »Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I committed any sin.«

²² »We desire to hear your opinion concerning this sect. We have knowledge that it is attacked in all places.«

⁶ That is why you pay taxes. They are God’s ministers continually serving this very purpose. ⁷ Render therefore to all their due. Provide tribute to whom tribute is due. Give custom to whom custom is owed. Render fear to whom fear is owed and offer honor to whom honor is deserved.