Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.
Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor. Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.
He said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”
He said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?”
My son, fear the Lord and the king, and do not join with those who do otherwise,
Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.
They said, “Caesar's.” Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”
Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ,
Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled.
“Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”
However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”
Jesus said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” And they marveled at him.
So Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day, and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.
“You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.
Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.
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