Matthew 22:19

19 Let me se ye tribute money. And they toke hym a peny.

Matthew 22:19 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 22:19

Shew me the tribute money
Not any money, or any sort of coin that was current among them; but that in which the tribute was usually paid, which was Roman money: and they brought unto him a penny; not as, being what was the usual sum that was paid for tribute at one time, but as a sample of what sort of money it was paid in, in Roman pence; one of which was seven pence halfpenny of our money.

Matthew 22:19 In-Context

17 Tell vs therfore: how thynkest thou? Is it lawfull to geve tribute vnto Cesar or not?

18 Iesus perceaved their wikednes and sayde: Why tempte ye me ye ypocrites?

19 Let me se ye tribute money. And they toke hym a peny.

20 And he sayde vnto them: whose is this ymage and superscripcion?

21 They sayde vnto him: Cesars. Then sayde he vnto them. Geve therfore to Cesar that which is Cesars: and geve vnto god that which is goddes.