Luke 20:24
Display to me a denarius. Whose image and inscription has it? And having answered, they said, Caesar's.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar’s.
In Context
23But having perceived their craftiness, he said to them, Why do ye try me?
25And he said to them, Then render the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God.
Cross References
Matthew 20:2And having agreed with the workmen for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Mark 12:16And they brought it. And he says to them, Whose is this image and inscription? And they said to him, Caesar's.
Luke 3:1Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip being tetrarch of the region belonging to Ituraea, and of the region of
Luke 23:2And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ, a king.
Acts 25:8while he was defending, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I transgressed anything.
Philippians 4:22All the sanctified salute you, and especially those of the house of Caesar.
Matthew Henry on Luke 20:21-27
Christ's Enemies Nonplussed. 20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. 21 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: 22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cæsar, or no? 23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why… Read the whole commentary →