Bible Cross References
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Matthew 17:25
"Of course," Peter answered. When Peter went into the house, Jesus spoke up first, "Simon, what is your opinion? Who pays duties or taxes to the kings of this world? The citizens of the country or the foreigners?"
Matthew 22:17
Tell us, then, what do you think? Is it against our Law to pay taxes to the Roman Emperor, or not?"
Luke 13:4
What about those eighteen people in Siloam who were killed when the tower fell on them? Do you suppose this proves that they were worse than all the other people living in Jerusalem?
1 Corinthians 10:15
I speak to you as sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.
A certain
Luke 15:11-32
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Jesus went on to say, "There was once a man who had two sons.
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The younger one said to him, 'Father, give me my share of the property now.' So the man divided his property between his two sons.
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After a few days the younger son sold his part of the property and left home with the money. He went to a country far away, where he wasted his money in reckless living.
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He spent everything he had. Then a severe famine spread over that country, and he was left without a thing.
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So he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him out to his farm to take care of the pigs.
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He wished he could fill himself with the bean pods the pigs ate, but no one gave him anything to eat.
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At last he came to his senses and said, 'All my father's hired workers have more than they can eat, and here I am about to starve!
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I will get up and go to my father and say, "Father, I have sinned against God and against you.
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I am no longer fit to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired workers." '
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So he got up and started back to his father. "He was still a long way from home when his father saw him; his heart was filled with pity, and he ran, threw his arms around his son, and kissed him.
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'Father,' the son said, 'I have sinned against God and against you. I am no longer fit to be called your son.'
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But the father called to his servants. 'Hurry!' he said. 'Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and shoes on his feet.
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Then go and get the prize calf and kill it, and let us celebrate with a feast!
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For this son of mine was dead, but now he is alive; he was lost, but now he has been found.' And so the feasting began.
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"In the meantime the older son was out in the field. On his way back, when he came close to the house, he heard the music and dancing.
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So he called one of the servants and asked him, 'What's going on?'
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'Your brother has come back home,' the servant answered, 'and your father has killed the prize calf, because he got him back safe and sound.'
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The older brother was so angry that he would not go into the house; so his father came out and begged him to come in.
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But he spoke back to his father, 'Look, all these years I have worked for you like a slave, and I have never disobeyed your orders. What have you given me? Not even a goat for me to have a feast with my friends!
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But this son of yours wasted all your property on prostitutes, and when he comes back home, you kill the prize calf for him!'
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'My son,' the father answered, 'you are always here with me, and everything I have is yours.
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But we had to celebrate and be happy, because your brother was dead, but now he is alive; he was lost, but now he has been found.' "
Son
Matthew 20:5-7
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So they went. Then at twelve o'clock and again at three o'clock he did the same thing.
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It was nearly five o'clock when he went to the marketplace and saw some other men still standing there. 'Why are you wasting the whole day here doing nothing?' he asked them.
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'No one hired us,' they answered. 'Well, then, you go and work in the vineyard,' he told them.
Mark 13:34
It will be like a man who goes away from home on a trip and leaves his servants in charge, after giving to each one his own work to do and after telling the doorkeeper to keep watch.
1 Corinthians 15:58
So then, my dear friends, stand firm and steady. Keep busy always in your work for the Lord, since you know that nothing you do in the Lord's service is ever useless.