17Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
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And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. …
He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.
For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-22)It was not the least grievous of the sufferings of Christ, that he endured the contradiction of sinners against himself , and had snares laid for him by those that sought how to take him off with some pretence. In these verses, we have him attacked by the Pharisees and Herodians with a question about paying tribute to Caesar. Observe, I. What the design was, which they proposed to themselves; They…
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