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  • Luke 20:24
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 24 “Show me a de·narʹi·us.* Whose image and inscription does it have?” They said: “Caesar’s.”

  • Luke 20:24
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 24 Δείξατέ YOU show μοι to me δηνάριον. denarius. τίνος Of whom ἔχει is it having εἰκόνα image καὶ and ἐπιγραφήν; inscription? οἱ The (ones) δὲ but εἶπαν said Καίσαρος. Of Caesar.

  • Luke 20:24
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 24 “Show me a de·narʹi·us.* Whose image and inscription does it have?” They said: “Caesar’s.”+

  • Luke 20:24
    The Bible in Living English
    • 24 “Show me a denarius. Whose portrait and inscription does it have?” And they said “Caesar’s.”

  • Luke 20:24
    American Standard Version
    • 24 Show me a denarius. Whose image and superscription hath it? And they said, Caesar’s.

  • Luke 20:24
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 24 Shew me a denary. Of whom hath it an image and inscription? And they said—Of Caesar.

  • Luke 20:24
    King James Version
    • 24 Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar’s.

  • Luke Study Notes—Chapter 20
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 20:24

      denarius: This Roman silver coin with an inscription of Caesar was “the tax coin” that the Romans exacted from the Jews. (Mt 22:17, 19; Lu 20:22) In Jesus’ day, agricultural laborers commonly received a denarius for a 12-hour workday, and the Christian Greek Scriptures often use the denarius as a basis for calculating other monetary values. (Mt 20:2; Mr 6:37; 14:5; Re 6:6) A variety of copper and silver coins were used in Israel, including silver coins minted in Tyre that were used for the temple tax. Yet, for paying taxes to Rome, people evidently used the silver denarius bearing the image of Caesar.​—See Glossary and App. B14.

      image and inscription: See study note on Mt 22:20.

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