6For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
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Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? …
And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? …
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly: …
And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)We are here taught how to conduct ourselves towards magistrates, and those that are in authority over us, called here the higher powers , intimating their authority (they are powers), and their dignity (they are higher powers), including not only the king as supreme, but all inferior magistrates under him: and yet it is expressed, not by the persons that are in that power, but the place of power i…
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