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  • Matthew 22:17
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 17 Tell us, then, what do you think? Is it lawful* to pay head tax to Caesar or not?”

  • Matthew 22:17
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 17 εἰπὸν say οὖν therefore ἡμῖν to us τί what σοι to you δοκεῖ· it seems; ἔξεστιν is it allowed δοῦναι to give κῆνσον head tax Καίσαρι to Caesar ἢ or οὔ; not?

  • Matthew 22:17
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 17 Tell us, therefore, What do you think? Is it lawful to pay head tax to Caesar* or not?”+

  • Matthew 22:17
    The Bible in Living English
    • 17 so tell us what you think: is paying taxes to Caesar lawful or not?”

  • Matthew 22:17
    American Standard Version
    • 17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?

  • Matthew 22:17
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 17 Tell us then, how to thee it seemeth? Is it allowable to give tax unto Caesar or not?

  • Matthew 22:17
    King James Version
    • 17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2026
    • 22:17 it-1 1165; jy 250; gt chapter 108; w90 2/1 8

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 22:17 w74 140; w72 640; ad 1577; li 300; w49 105

  • Matthew
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 22:17

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 1165

      Jesus—The Way, p. 250

      The Watchtower,

      2/1/1990, p. 8

  • Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 22
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 22:17

      head tax: An annual tax, probably amounting to a denarius, or one day’s wages, which the Romans levied on all those who had been registered by census.​—Lu 2:1-3.

      Caesar: Or “the Emperor.” The Roman emperor during Jesus’ earthly ministry was Tiberius, but the term was not restricted to the ruling emperor. “Caesar” could refer to the Roman civil authority, or the State, and its duly appointed representatives, who are called “the superior authorities” by Paul, and “the king” and his “governors” by Peter.​—Ro 13:1-7; 1Pe 2:13-17; Tit 3:1; see Glossary.

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