Paying Taxes to Caesar

Wycliffe's Bible (Modern Spelling)

Mat 22:15–22

15 Then Pharisees went away, and took a counsel or took counsel to take Jesus in word.
16 And they send to him their disciples, with Herodians, and said, Master, we know, that thou art soothfast, and thou teachest in truth the way of God, and thou chargest not or there is no care to thee of any man, for thou beholdest not the person of men.
17 Therefore say to us, what seemeth to thee. Is it leaveful that tribute be given to the emperor or Caesar, either or nay?
18 And when Jesus had known the wickedness of them, he said, Hypocrites, what tempt ye me?
19 Show ye to me the print of the money. And they brought to him a penny.
20 And Jesus said to them, Whose is this image, and the writing above?
21 They say to him, The emperor’s or Of Caesar. Then he said to them, Therefore yield ye to the emperor or Caesar those things that be the emperor’s or Caesar’s, and to God those things that be of God.
22 And they heard, and wondered; and they left him, and went away.

13 And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to take him in word.
14 Which came, and said to him, Master, we know that thou art sooth-fast, and reckest not of any man; for neither thou beholdest into the face of any man, but thou teachest the way of God in truth. Is it leaveful that tribute be given to the emperor, or we shall not give?
15 Which witting their privy false-ness, said to them, What tempt ye me, hypocrites? bring ye to me a penny, that I see.
16 And they brought to him. And he said to them, Whose is this image, and the writing above? And they say to him, The emperor’s or Caesar’s.
17 And Jesus answered and said to them, Then yield ye to the emperor or Caesar those things that be the emperor’s or of Caesar; and to God those things that be of God. And they wondered of him.

20 And they espied, and sent spies, that feigned themselves just, that they should take him in word, and betake him to the power of the prince, and to the power of the justice.
21 And they asked him, and said, Master, we know, that rightly thou sayest and teachest or that thou sayest and teachest rightly; and thou takest not the person of man, but thou teachest in truth the way of God.
22 Is it leaveful to us to give tribute to the emperor or to Caesar, or nay?
23 And he beheld the deceit of them, and said to them, What tempt ye me?
24 Show ye to me a penny; whose image and superscription hath it? They answered, and said to him, The emperor’s or Caesar’s.
25 And he said to them, Yield ye therefore to the emperor those things that be the emperor’s or to Caesar those things that be Caesar’s, and those things that be of God, to God.
26 And they might not reprove his word before the people; and they wondered in his answer, and held peace.