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Luke 20:22

Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?

KJV

ἔξεστιν ἡμᾶς Καίσαρι φόρον δοῦναι ἢ οὔ;

Greek NT

Licet nobis tributum dare Cæsari, an non ?

Vulgate

Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not?

ASV

Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or no?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Καῖσαρ
kaisar
noun · 29×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
φόρος
phoros
noun · 5×
ἔξεστι
exesti
verb · 32×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
e
particle · 346×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ἡμᾶς | WH/Treg/NIV: ἡμᾶς | RP: ἡμῖν
  • ἡμᾶςSBLGNT
  • ἡμᾶςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἡμῖνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Mark 12:14 — And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to g
  • Neh 9:37 — And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distre