Matthew 3:15

3:15 So Jesus replied ¹  to him, “Let it happen now, ²  for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John ³  yielded ⁴  to him.

Matthew 22:21

22:21 They replied, ⁵  “Caesar’s.” He said to them, ⁶  “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” ⁷ 

Romans 13:6-7

13:6 For this reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities ⁸  are God’s servants devoted to governing. ⁹  13:7 Pay everyone what is owed: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

¹ tn Grk “but Jesus, answering, said.” This construction with passive participle and finite verb is pleonastic (redundant) and has been simplified in the translation to “replied to him.”

² tn Grk “Permit now.”

³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (John the Baptist) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Or “permitted him.”

⁵ tn Grk “they said to him.”

⁶ tn Grk “then he said to them.” τότε (tote) has not been translated to avoid redundancy.

⁷ sn Jesus’ answer to give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s was a both/and, not the questioners’ either/or. So he slipped out of their trap.

⁸ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the governing authorities) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Grk “devoted to this very thing.”