Luke 20:24
"Show me a shilling. Whose image and superscription does it bear?" "Caesar’s," they replied.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar’s.
In Context
23But he perceived their knavery and answered.
25"Then give to Caesar what belongs to him," he said, "to God give what is God’s."
Cross References
Matthew 20:2"And when he had agreed with the workmen for two shillings a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Mark 12:16And they brought it. "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" "Caesar’s," they answered.
Luke 3:1Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip, tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias, tetrarch of Abilene;
Luke 23:2and began to accuse him. "We have found this fellow perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and proclaiming that he is the Messiah and King."
Acts 25:8Paul said in his defense, "I have committed no crime against the Law of the Jews, against the Temple, or against Caesar."
Philippians 4:22All the saints salute you, and especially the slaves of the Emperor’s household.
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 →