Paying Taxes to Caesar

15 ^zThen the Pharisees went and plotted how ^ato entangle him in his words. 16 And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, ^bwe know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone’s opinion, for ^cyou are not swayed by ^dappearances.¹ 17 Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay ^etaxes to Caesar, or not?” 18 But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you ^fhypocrites? 19 Show me the coin for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius.² 20 And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” 21 They said, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Therefore ^grender to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” 22 When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away.

6 For because of this you also ^ypay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. 7 Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, ^zhonor to whom honor is owed.