Matthew 22
NASB2020
Commentaries

Show in the text

Up to 5 commentaries at a time. Each excerpt opens in full.

ModeStrong’s numbers

New American Standard Bible 2020

Matthew 22:17-21

17TellG3004 us thenG3767, whatG5101 do You thinkG1380? Is it 1permissibleG1832 to payG1325 a 23poll-taxG2778 to 4CaesarG2541, orG2228 not?”

18But JesusG2424 perceivedG1097 their 5maliceG4189, and saidG3004, “WhyG5101 are you testingG3985 Me, you hypocritesG5273?

19ShowG1925 Me the 6coinG3546 used for the poll-taxG2778.” And they broughtG4374 Him a 7denariusG1220.

20And He saidG3004 to them, “WhoseG5101 imageG1504 and inscriptionG1923 is thisG3778?”

21They saidG3004 to Him, “Caesar’sG2541.” ThenG5119 He saidG3004 to them, “8ThenG3767 payG591 to CaesarG2541 the things that are Caesar’sG2541; and to GodG2316 the things that are God’sG2316.”

Read all of Matthew 22

Notes

  1. 1. Matthew 22:17 Or lawful; i.e., by Jewish law and tradition ↩
  2. 2. Matthew 22:17 I.e., a tax on each person in the census ↩
  3. 3. Matthew 22:17 Matt 17:25 ↩
  4. 4. Matthew 22:17 Luke 2:1; 3:1 ↩
  5. 5. Matthew 22:18 Or wickedness ↩
  6. 6. Matthew 22:19 Matt 17:25 ↩
  7. 7. Matthew 22:19 The denarius was a day’s wages for a laborer ↩
  8. 8. Matthew 22:21 Mark 12:17; Luke 20:25; Rom 13:7 ↩

Commentaries on Matthew 22

New American Standard Bible 2020 — © 1960–2020 The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.