你们纳粮，也为这个缘故；因他们是神的差役，常常特管这事。

你们纳粮也为这个缘故，因他们是上帝的仆役，专管这事。

你们纳粮也为这个缘故，因他们是神的仆役，专管这事。

你们纳税也是为了同样的缘故，因为官长是上帝的仆人，负责管理这类事务。

因此，你们也当纳税，因为他们是神的差役，专责处理这事的。

其实你们纳税，也是为了这缘故；因为他们是神的仆役，正是为此专心服事。

你們納糧，也為這個緣故；因他們是神的差役，常常特管這事。

你們納糧也為這個緣故，因他們是上帝的僕役，專管這事。

你們納糧也為這個緣故，因他們是神的僕役，專管這事。

你們納稅也是為了同樣的緣故，因為官長是上帝的僕人，負責管理這類事務。

因此，你們也當納稅，因為他們是神的差役，專責處理這事的。

你們納貢銀、也是為了這個緣故，因為他們是上帝的差役，時常專務的正是這事。

其實你們納稅，也是為了這緣故；因為他們是神的僕役，正是為此專心服事。

是以爾亦輸稅、蓋彼乃上帝之有司、恆執斯役、

是宜輸稅、居位者上帝之執事、恆執斯役、

爾曹納稅、亦為是故、蓋秉權者、乃天主之役、常理此事、

因是亦不可不輸稅；蓋彼既為天主之有司、課稅亦為其所掌也。

This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing.

That’s also why you pay taxes. The authorities serve God. Ruling takes up all their time.

For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing.

Pay your taxes, too, for these same reasons. For government workers need to be paid. They are serving God in what they do.

And for this reason you pay taxes, since the authorities are God’s servants, continually attending to these tasks.

For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing.

For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing.

For for this cause ye pay tribute also; for they are ministers of God’s service, attending continually upon this very thing.

And for this reason you pay taxes, since the authorities are God’s public servants, continually attending to these tasks.

For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

For this reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants devoted to governing.

For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, continually doing this very thing.

David reigned over all Israel, doing what was just and right for all his people. (niv)

So the spies questioned him:“ Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is right, and that you do not show partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”He saw through their duplicity and said to them,“ Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?”“ Caesar’s,” they replied.He said to them,“ Then give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”They were unable to trap him in what he had said there in public. And astonished by his answer, they became silent. (niv)

Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay the imperial tax to Caesar or not?”But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said,“ You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me?Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius,and he asked them,“ Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”“ Caesar’s,” they replied. Then he said to them,“ So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” (niv)

They came to him and said,“ Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay the imperial tax to Caesar or not?Should we pay or shouldn’t we?” But Jesus knew their hypocrisy.“ Why are you trying to trap me?” he asked.“ Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.”They brought the coin, and he asked them,“ Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”“ Caesar’s,” they replied.Then Jesus said to them,“ Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.” And they were amazed at him. (niv)

After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two- drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked,“ Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?”“ Yes, he does,” he replied. When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak.“ What do you think, Simon?” he asked.“ From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes— from their own children or from others?”“ From others,” Peter answered.“ Then the children are exempt,” Jesus said to him.“ But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four- drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.” (niv)

Moreover, I hereby decree what you are to do for these elders of the Jews in the construction of this house of God: Their expenses are to be fully paid out of the royal treasury, from the revenues of Trans- Euphrates, so that the work will not stop. (niv)

From year to year he went on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all those places.But he always went back to Ramah, where his home was, and there he also held court for Israel. And he built an altar there to the Lord. (niv)

“ When I went to the gate of the city and took my seat in the public square,the young men saw me and stepped aside and the old men rose to their feet;the chief men refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands;the voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.Whoever heard me spoke well of me, and those who saw me commended me,because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them.The one who was dying blessed me; I made the widow’s heart sing.I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth. (niv)

Furthermore, the king should know that if this city is built and its walls are restored, no more taxes, tribute or duty will be paid, and eventually the royal revenues will suffer. (niv)

The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening.When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said,“ What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand around you from morning till evening?”Moses answered him,“ Because the people come to me to seek God’s will.Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God’s decrees and instructions.”Moses’ father-in-law replied,“ What you are doing is not good.You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone.Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their disputes to him.Teach them his decrees and instructions, and show them the way they are to live and how they are to behave.But select capable men from all the people— men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain— and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.Have them serve as judges for the people at all times, but have them bring every difficult case to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share it with you.If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied.”Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.He chose capable men from all Israel and made them leaders of the people, officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.They served as judges for the people at all times. The difficult cases they brought to Moses, but the simple ones they decided themselves.Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own country. (niv)

Jerusalem has had powerful kings ruling over the whole of Trans-Euphrates, and taxes, tribute and duty were paid to them. (niv)

if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully. (niv)

And they began to accuse him, saying,“ We have found this man subverting our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Messiah, a king.” (niv)

When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them. (niv)

At that time I said to you,“ You are too heavy a burden for me to carry alone.The Lord your God has increased your numbers so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.May the Lord, the God of your ancestors, increase you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised!But how can I bear your problems and your burdens and your disputes all by myself?Choose some wise, understanding and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you.”You answered me,“ What you propose to do is good.”So I took the leading men of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them to have authority over you— as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens and as tribal officials.And I charged your judges at that time,“ Hear the disputes between your people and judge fairly, whether the case is between two Israelites or between an Israelite and a foreigner residing among you.Do not show partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too hard for you, and I will hear it.” (niv)

Still others were saying,“ We have had to borrow money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards. (niv)