Luke 20:24
Shewe me a penie, whose image and superscription hath it? They aunswered and sayde, Caesars.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar’s.
In Context
23He perceaued their craftynesse, & saide vnto them: why tempt ye me?
Cross References
Matthew 20:2And he agreed with the labourers for a peny a day, & sent them into his vineyarde.
Mark 12:16And they brought it: And he sayth vnto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they sayde vnto hym: Caesars.
Luke 3:1Nowe, in the fifteenth yere of ye raigne of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being lieftenaut of Iurie, and Herode being tetrarch of Galilee, & his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea, and of the region of ye Trachonites, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abiline,
Luke 23:2And they began to accuse hym, saying: We founde this felow peruerting the people, and forbyddyng to paye tribute to Ceasar, saying that he is Christe, a kyng.
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 →