King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 22:17
“Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?”
Verse in context — Matthew 22
15
Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in [his] talk.
16
And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any [man]: for thou regardest not the person of men.
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Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
18
But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, ‹Why tempt ye me,› [ye] ‹hypocrites?›
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‹Shew me the tribute money.› And they brought unto him a penny.
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