KJV King James Version
Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar’s.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Luke 20:24
Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar’s.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.
WEB World English Bible
Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” They answered, “Caesar’s.”
ASV American Standard Version
Show me a denarius. Whose image and superscription hath it? And they said, Cæsar’s.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
shew me a denary; of whom hath it an image and superscription?’ and they answering said, ‘Of Caesar:’
Surrounding context — Luke 20
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 Caesar, or no?
23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
24 Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar’s.
25 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.
26 And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
27 Then came to [him] certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
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Matthew 18:28But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took [him] by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.Luke 2:1And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.Luke 20:22Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?Acts 26:32Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.Acts 11:28And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.Acts 25:8-12While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.Philippians 4:22All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar’s household.Luke 3:1Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,Matthew 20:2And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.Luke 23:2And 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.
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