Bible Verses About Paying Taxes
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for paying taxes, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,760 votes, led by Romans 13:6-7. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Paying Taxes
Romans 13:6-7235 votes
For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
Matthew 22:17-21192 votes
Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cesar, or not?
Romans 13:1-7180 votes
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Matthew 17:24-27121 votes
And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?
Romans 13:2112 votes
Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
Romans 13:7103 votes
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
Matthew 22:15-22102 votes
Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
Romans 13:197 votes
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Romans 13:5-796 votes
Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Romans 13:7-893 votes
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
Matthew 22:2176 votes
They say unto him, Cesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which are Cesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.
Luke 3:12-1374 votes
Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
Luke 20:19-2670 votes
And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
Mark 12:13-1765 votes
And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.
Matthew 17:2758 votes
Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
Matthew 22:17-2957 votes
Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cesar, or not?
Luke 20:20-2650 votes
And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
Romans 13:649 votes
For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
Matthew 17:2448 votes
And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?
Luke 2:1-648 votes
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
Matthew 17:2544 votes
He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
Matthew 11:1942 votes
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
Ezra 4:1341 votes
Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
Amos 5:1141 votes
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
Mark 12:1741 votes
And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Cesar the things that are Cesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at him.
What does the Bible say about paying taxes?
Readers most often cite Romans 13:6-7 on the subject of paying taxes. Across 3,760 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 22:17-21, Romans 13:1-7, Matthew 17:24-27. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.