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Selected Verse: Mark 12:14 - Strong Concordance

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Mr 12:14 Strong Concordance And [1161] when they were come [2064], they say [3004] unto him [846], Master [1320], we know [1492] that [3754] thou art [1488] true [227], and [2532] [4671] carest [3756] [3199] for [4012] no man [3762]: for [1063] thou regardest [991] not [3756] the person [1519] [4383] of men [444], but [235] teachest [1321] the way [3598] of God [2316] in [1909] truth [225]: Is it lawful [1832] to give [1325] tribute [2778] to Caesar [2541], or [2228] not [3756]?
  King James 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 give tribute to Caesar, or not?

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
And when they were come, they say unto him, Master--Teacher.

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--By such flattery--though they said only the truth--they hoped to throw Him off His guard.

Is it lawful to give tribute to CÃ&brvbr;sar, or not?--It was the civil poll tax paid by all enrolled in the "census." See on Mat 17:25.
 
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25 He saith [3004], Yes [3483]. And [2532] when [3753] he was come [1525] into [1519] the house [3614], Jesus [2424] prevented [4399] him [846], saying [3004], What [5101] thinkest [1380] thou [4671], Simon [4613]? of [575] whom [5101] do [2983] the kings [935] of the earth [1093] take [2983] custom [5056] or [2228] tribute [2778]? of [575] their own [846] children [5207], or [2228] of [575] strangers [245]?
19 Shew [1925] me [3427] the tribute [2778] money [3546]. And [1161] they brought [4374] unto him [846] a penny [1220].