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Luke 2:1
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole empire should be registered.
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Matthew 17:25
“ Yes,” he said. When he went into the house, Jesus spoke to him first,“ What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tariffs or taxes? From their sons or from strangers?”
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Jeremiah 42:2-3
the prophet Jeremiah and said,“ May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on our behalf, on behalf of this entire remnant( for few of us remain out of the many, as you can see with your own eyes),that the LORD your God may tell us the way we should go and the thing we should do.”
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Luke 3:1
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
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Deuteronomy 17:14-15
“ When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, take possession of it, live in it, and say,‘ I will set a king over me like all the nations around me,’you are to appoint over you the king the LORD your God chooses. Appoint a king from your brothers. You are not to set a foreigner over you, or one who is not of your people.
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Ezra 4:13
Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, duty, or land tax, and the royal revenue will suffer.
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Acts 25:8
Then Paul made his defense:“ Neither against the Jewish law, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I sinned in any way.”
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Acts 17:7
and Jason has welcomed them. They are all acting contrary to Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king— Jesus.”
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Jeremiah 42:20
You have gone astray at the cost of your lives because you are the ones who sent me to the LORD your God, saying,‘ Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us, and we’ll act accordingly.’
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Nehemiah 9:37
Its abundant harvest goes to the kings you have set over us, because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.
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Acts 28:22
But we want to hear what your views are, since we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
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Romans 13:6-7
And for this reason you pay taxes, since the authorities are God’s servants, continually attending to these tasks.Pay your obligations to everyone: taxes to those you owe taxes, tolls to those you owe tolls, respect to those you owe respect, and honor to those you owe honor.
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John 19:12-15
From that moment Pilate kept trying to release him. But the Jews shouted,“ If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend. Anyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar!”When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside. He sat down on the judge’s seat in a place called the Stone Pavement( but in Aramaic, Gabbatha).It was the preparation day for the Passover, and it was about noon. Then he told the Jews,“ Here is your king!”They shouted,“ Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them,“ Should I crucify your king?”“ We have no king but Caesar!” the chief priests answered.
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Nehemiah 5:4
Still others were saying,“ We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
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Acts 5:37
After this man, Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and attracted a following. He also perished, and all his followers were scattered.
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Ezra 7:24
Be advised that you do not have authority to impose tribute, duty, and land tax on any priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.