# Luke 20.24

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**Book:** [Luke](/codex/luke-the-evangelist/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 22. Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? 23. But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them,
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> **24. Show me a denarius. Whose image and superscription hath it? And they said, Caesar's.**
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> 25. And he said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Then render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's.</span> 26. <span class="rl-speech">And they were not able to take hold of the saying before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.</span> (Luke 20:22-26, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 22. Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” 23. But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, “Why do you test me?
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> **24. Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” They answered, “Caesar’s.”**
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> 25. He said to them, <span class="rl-speech">“Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”</span> 26. They weren’t able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent. (Luke 20:22-26, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 22. Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no? 23. But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
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> **24. Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's.**
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> 25. And he said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.</span> 26. <span class="rl-speech">And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.</span> (Luke 20:22-26, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 22. Is it lawful to us to give tribute to Caesar or not?' 23. And he, having perceived their craftiness, said unto them, 'Why me do ye tempt?
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> **24. shew me a denary; of whom hath it an image and superscription?' and they answering said, 'Of Caesar:'**
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> 25. and he said to them, <span class="rl-speech">'Give back, therefore, the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;'</span> 26. and they were not able to take hold on his saying before the people, and having wondered at his answer, they were silent. (Luke 20:22-26, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Luke 20.24-26](/codex/luke-20-24-26/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G1504 - eikon](/codex/g1504-eikon/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.