Paying Taxes to Caesar
Luke 20:24
In 9 translations
- BSB
- “Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.A denarius was customarily a day’s wage for a laborer; see Matthew 20:2.
- KJV
- Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Cæsar’s.
- WEB
- Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” They answered, “Caesar’s.”
- ASV
- Show me a denarius. Whose image and superscription hath it? And they said, Cæsar’s.
- LSV
- Show Me a denarius; of whom does it have an image and inscription?” And they answering said, “Of Caesar”:
- YLT
- shew me a denary; of whom hath it an image and superscription?' and they answering said, 'Of Caesar:'
- DBY
- Shew me a denarius. Whose image and superscription has it? And answering they said, Caesar's.
- DRC
- Shew me a penny. Whose image and inscription hath it? They answering, said to him, Caesar’s.
- GNV
- Shew me a penie. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered, and sayd, Cesars.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read δείξατέ (“do show”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Ἐπιδείξατέ (“do show”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort read οἱ (“Those”); SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἀποκριθέντες (“They answering”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Spelling of εἶπαν: Textus Receptus: εἶπον.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: Δείξατέ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Δείξατέ; Robinson–Pierpont read Ἐπιδείξατέ.
- SBLGNT: ἀποκριθέντες. Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read ἀποκριθέντες; Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οἱ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Δείξατέ μοι δηνάριον· τίνος ἔχει εἰκόνα καὶ ἐπιγραφήν; ἀποκριθέντες δὲ εἶπαν· Καίσαρος.
- RP2018
- Ἐπιδείξατέ μοι δηνάριον· τίνος ἔχει εἰκόνα καὶ ἐπιγραφήν; Ἀποκριθέντες δὲ εἶπον, Καίσαρος.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἐπιδείξατέ μοι δηνάριον· τίνος ἔχει εἰκόνα καὶ ἐπιγραφήν; Ἀποκριθέντες δὲ εἶπον, Καίσαρος.
- SCR1894
- επιδειξατε μοι δηναριον τινος εχει εικονα και επιγραφην αποκριθεντες δε ειπον καισαρος
Who and where
◆ Holy Week◆ Debates in the Temple
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
DenariusPenny, PennyworthPennySuperscriptionTiberius CaesarMoneyCraftinessCitizensLawJesus, the Christ
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Matthew 18:28But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’
- Luke 3:1In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
- Luke 2:1Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.
- Acts 25:8–12Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.” But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to…
- Luke 23:2And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding payment of taxes to Caesar, and proclaiming Himself to be Christ, a King.”
- Acts 11:28One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)
- Luke 20:22Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
- Matthew 20:2He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
- Acts 26:32And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
- Philippians 4:22All the saints send you greetings, especially those from the household of Caesar.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).