{"id":19043,"date":"2026-10-10T19:11:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T19:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=19043"},"modified":"2026-10-10T19:49:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T19:49:46","slug":"matthew-chapter-22-paying-the-imperial-tax-to-caesar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=19043","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Chapter 22 Paying Taxes to Caesar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span id=\"en-NIV-23888\" class=\"text Matt-22-15\">Paying Taxes to Caesar<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"text Matt-22-15\"><sup class=\"versenum\">15<\/sup>Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-23889\" class=\"text Matt-22-16\"><sup class=\"versenum\">16<\/sup>They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. Teacher, they said, we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You arent swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-23890\" class=\"text Matt-22-17\"><sup class=\"versenum\">17<\/sup>Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay the imperial taxto Caesar or not?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><span id=\"en-NIV-23891\" class=\"text Matt-22-18\"><sup class=\"versenum\">18<\/sup>But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, <span class=\"woj\">You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me?<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-23892\" class=\"text Matt-22-19\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">19<\/sup>Show me the coin used for paying the tax.<\/span> They brought him a denarius,<\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-23893\" class=\"text Matt-22-20\"><sup class=\"versenum\">20<\/sup>and he asked them, <span class=\"woj\">Whose image is this? And whose inscription?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-23894\" class=\"text Matt-22-21\"><sup class=\"versenum\">21<\/sup>Caesars, they replied.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text Matt-22-21\" style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Then he said to them, <span class=\"woj\">So give back to Caesar what is Caesars, and to God what is Gods.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-23895\" class=\"text Matt-22-22\"><sup class=\"versenum\">22<\/sup>When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paying Taxes to Caesar 15Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. 16They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. Teacher, they said, we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. 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