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What did Jesus say about taxes?
Fourteen versions of the Bible were 'data mined' using a computer to search for terms such as: tax; taxes; tax collector; toll; custom; coin; tribute; money; etc, ... and ... Jesus. Other topics can also be found, e.g. Moses and commandments, Joseph and Pharaoh, or Herod and John the Baptist.

Who would Jesus tax?The question here is "Who would Jesus tax?"

 

Question Why Jesus & taxes?

1. The Tax Charge

What were the charges against Jesus?

"They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king." - Luke 23:2

Depending on the Bible translation, there were two or three charges made against Jesus.

The tax trial of Jesus Charge 1: "perverting the nation"
Pervert: to turn upside down, overturn, overthrow; Source: LawyerIntl.com
Charge 2: "forbidding paying taxes to Caesar"
Forbid: to command [someone] not to; Source: OneLook Dictionary
Charge 3: "saying that he himself is Christ, a king."
Christ: messiah, the expected king and deliverer. Source: Merriam-Webster
Christ: the Anointed; Savior of the World; Source: Webster's 1828 Dictionary

Tax fact Fact: Jesus was charged with a tax crime - "forbidding paying taxes". Jesus was a tax protester...

 

So, Who Would Jesus Tax?

Was this true? Did Jesus really forbid paying taxes (tribute) to Caesar? For everyone? Always? To find out, just search through the Bible and see what evidence might exist for a tax charge. This is fast and easy process if you use a computer.

Use a search engine to locate any subject in the Bible.How to Search the Bible...

  1. A good tool for searching is Bible.cc.
  2. Find every Bible verse for tax. Also look for related terms, such as taxes, custom, customs, toll, tolls, tribute, tributes, tax collector, ...etc.
  3. Make a list of all tax related verses.
  4. Read each verse to see if the words came from Jesus.
  5. Read each translation, too. (14 versions at Bible.cc)
  6. Determine what evidence exists to support that Jesus was "forbidding paying taxes".

 

 

Question What did Jesus teach about taxes?

2. A Tax Lesson

When tax collectors came for the money, Jesus asked Simon...

The subjects are exempt.From whom do kings on the earth collect?"What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings on the earth collect tolls or tributes? From their own subjects, or from foreigners?" When he said, "From foreigners," Jesus said to him, "In that case, the subjects are exempt. However, so that we don't offend them..." - Matthew 17:25-27 (ISV)

 

Tax fact Fact:

  1. What is exempt?
    Jesus taught his disciple Simon "the subjects are exempt" from tolls and tributes [taxes].


  2. What are subjects?
    Subjects are citizens, like Simon and Jesus.


  3. What is taxed?
    Jesus taught, "kings on the earth" should only tax "foreigners."

 

Jesus said "we"...

"the subjects are exempt. However, so that we don't offend them..." (ISV)

Other Bible translations say...

"Therefore the children are exempt" (WEB)
"Really, then, the sons are tax-free" (NWT)

Notice, Jesus considered himself and Simon to be "subjects" [sons, children] of the King, and thus exempt from tolls or tributes.

 

Who did Jesus say should pay kings?Question Wasn't this about paying a temple tax?

Tax fact Jesus asked Simon about collecting taxes for "kings on the earth".

 

Question Kings don't have to pay taxes.

Some have said Jesus was a king, or the son of a king, so he didn't have to pay taxes, but...

Tax fact Jesus said "My kingdom is not of this world." - John 18:36

Not to mention, this would make Jesus a "foreigner", which in his own teaching meant taxpayer.

 

A coin? Go fish.
Jesus then tells Simon to go catch a fish, and in its mouth there will be a coin for the tax payment, then "give it to them for me and you."

 

Question So, Jesus paid taxes.

Tax fact Some have used this fish story to say that Jesus paid taxes. This is hardly a feasible example to teach others, since Jesus did not pay the tax from his earnings or his purse.

 

Question But, Simon had already committed Jesus to pay the tax.

Tax fact Some say Jesus did not want to "offend them", because Simon already told the tax collectors Jesus would pay them. If so, this still means that Jesus did not intend to pay the tax otherwise.

 

Jesus said "the sons are tax-free." - NWT Jesus used a question to teach that taxes belong only upon "foreigners." These would be people who do not add to or contribute to the kingdom's economy unless taxed.

Is it possible the tax collectors overheard Jesus giving this tax lesson to Simon, and reported Jesus as a tax protester? Maybe Jesus asked the tax collectors the same question...

"What do you think? ... From whom do kings on the earth collect tolls or tributes?

 

 

 

Question Who was Jesus teaching?

Jesus was teaching to tax collectors.3. The Tax Collectors

"Now the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners were everywhere in the habit of coming close to Him to listen to Him;" - Luke 15:1 (WNT)

Other Bible translations say...

"Now all the tax collectors and sinners kept coming to listen to Jesus" - Luke 15:1 (ISV)
"Now all the tax-farmers and sinners came near to give ear to him." - Luke 15:1 (BBE)

Tax fact Jesus was teaching to tax collectors.

 

 

Question Who did Jesus keep around for company?

4. His Friends

According to Matthew, Jesus said he was...

'a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' - Matthew 11:19

Tax fact Even Jesus admitted that tax collectors were his friends.

What did Jesus say about tax collectors?

"Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?" And Jesus answered and said to them, "It is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick." - Luke 5:30-31

Tax fact Jesus sought the company of tax collectors, because he wanted to heal "those who are sick." (Why would tax collectors be considered sick? Is it because Thou shall not steal?)

 

 

Question Why give Jesus a tax charge?

5. Interfering With Tax Collections

Tax fact One possible reason for Jesus' tax charge was Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector.

Interfering with a chief tax collector's duties could explain why Jesus was charged with "forbidding paying taxes."

"sell whatever you have, and give to the poor ... take up the cross, and follow me." - Mark 10:17-22

Zacchaeus believed that he himself had done wrong, so he gave half of his "goods" to the poor in an attempt to heal his own sickness. In addition, Zacchaeus knew he had stolen property for himself, as well as for Caesar. He told Jesus...

"If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much." - Luke 19:8 (WEB)

Zacchaeus, a chief collector, was probably responsible for producing significant revenues for the government. So, to have Zacchaeus returning half of Caesar's tributes, plus his own commissions, to the subjects (the taxpayers) would set a bad example for his junior tax collectors. And, many individual tax collectors would have also been upset with Zacchaeus and Jesus for initiating a large scale tax refund, costing them money which they had already taken from the taxpayers.

 

Tax fact A second possible reason for Jesus's tax charge was Matthew, a tax collector.

Jesus disrupted and acted against the Roman IRS by convincing tax collectors to follow him.

"As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called Matthew, sitting in the tax collector's booth; and He said to him, "Follow Me!" And he got up and followed Him." - Matthew 9:9

align="justify", a tax collector, abandoned his booth for collecting taxes (gave up a well paying job) in order to follow Jesus. Apparently, many other tax collectors also abandoned their duties, because "the tax collectors and sinners kept coming to listen to Jesus". - Luke 15:1 (ISV)

So, what do you think Matthew's boss said to his boss' boss about Matthew abandoning his duty? And, after the head boss, Pilate, found out, surely some of these tax collectors also ended up hanging from crosses. (Maybe it was a tax collector hanging on the cross next to Jesus, and the week before, and the week after.)

 

Chief Tax Man, Pontius Pilate (local IRS head)

Pilate - The local head tax man for RomePontius Pilate, was the Roman prefect and the head man in charge of collecting taxes for Rome.

"The procurators' and prefects' primary functions were military, but as representatives of the empire they were responsible for the collection of imperial taxes" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate

Pilate must have known that many of his imperial tax collectors were leaving their duties to follow Jesus. He would have noticed a lack of tax revenues coming into tribute headquarters, and would have investigated this decline of income taxes. He would have been very angry with Jesus for teaching his collectors anything that contradicts taxation, or for using parables putting tax collectors in the same category as prostitutes.

"Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you." - Matthew 21:31

Many of today's religious leaders will tell you, some tax collectors were bad because some of them took more than they should. But, Jesus didn't say only some tax collectors were sinful. Jesus referred to the tax collectors. Perhaps because the duty of the tax collector is a sin, taking that which does not belong to them, while serving another master, the God of Mammon [riches].

Notice, the Founding Fathers of the United States also knew forcing tributes was wrong, and arranged for taxes to be shared equally, but collected from the States. - Consitution of the United States

Even today's lawmakers believe Jesus was correct about collecting taxes "from foreigners" only. Although the U.S. Government takes tax money from "the subjects", the actual law that lawmakers wrote follows the teachings of Jesus, only tax foreigners and foreign incomes.

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Question Have you read U.S. tax law?

All tax collectors take by force. (Just give it time, they'll appear, and enforce.)

 

People who take violate God's law - "Thou shall not steal."

Is this why tax collectors were "everywhere in the habit of coming close to Him to listen"? Because their own guilty feelings brought them to Jesus to listen?

Jesus used parables to teach people. This one put tax collectors in the same group as "swindlers" and the "unjust"...

"The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: "God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector."
- Luke 18:11

If Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector had "wrongfully exacted" taxes, and harassed citizens, then it's very likely that many junior collectors under Zacchaeus followed his example and also wrongfully exacted taxes (like organized crime).

Jesus wasn't the only one who believed tax collectors were sinners and sick. [Luke 19:7]

 

 

Question On what topic was Jesus given a "test"?

6. Tax Advice

"The Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.

They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter who you teach, for you aren't partial to anyone.

Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"

But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

Show me the tax money." They brought to him a denarius [coin].

Jesus explains to hypocrites that everything belongs to God. He asked them, "Whose is this image and inscription?"

They said to him, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, "Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." - Matthew 22:15-21 (WEB)

Luke goes on to say...

"They couldn't make him say anything wrong in front of the people. His answer surprised them, so they said no more." - Luke 20:26 (GWT)

Tax fact Jesus was given a "test" about paying taxes.

Apparently, Jesus had a reputation for being knowledgable about tax matters.

 

Question Things to Caesar? ... Things to God?

  1. To Caesar, or to God? This was a trap, but "Jesus perceived their wickedness".


  2. Jesus didn't say "yes" or "no".


  3. "Things" that are Caesar's, and "things" that are God's?
    If God made every thing, doesn't every thing belong to God? Wasn't this the point of Jesus' answer? Everything belongs to God. And, will still belong to God long after Caesar's greatest grandsons are done using "things."


  4. Caesar's Roman coin was considered blasphemous for having the "graven image" of a false god. Caesar's coin also included an inscription saying he was the son of a god. So, assuming Jesus knew the commandments, "You shall have no other gods", "Thou shalt not make thee any graven image (idol), or any likeness", and "Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them" [Deuteronomy 5:8], then would Jesus break these commandments, and make use of the graven "image", or "serve" and "bow down" to this false god by offering tribute to it's system? Apparently not. Jesus didn't make use of Caesar's image or serve him, because...


  5. Jesus said, "Show me the tax money." Jesus didn't have any of Caesar's coins. Some have used this story to say that Jesus paid taxes. However, Jesus didn't have any of Caesar's money, and acted as if he didn't know what the money looked like. Could Jesus have been paying Caesar's taxes, if he didn't have, didn't use, and didn't recognize, the coin used for payment? It appears Jesus was not paying taxes into Caesar's system.

  6. If Jesus was understood to say "Yes, pay your taxes to Caesar", then why was he charged with "forbidding paying taxes"? Is it possible for a person to be charged with forbidding paying taxes, if they already stated their position publically, "Yes, Pay your taxes"?


  7. If the "King of the Jews" really was for paying Caesar's taxes, wouldn't he have been Rome's favorite Jew? Indeed, such a well-followed leader such as Jesus would certainly not have been crucified, but instead would have been made Caesar's chief tax collector in the land. Governments do not crucify their best tax cheerleaders, it's bad business for their treasury departments.

 

Hypocrites can not see Him.
Did the "hypocrites" already know "the way of God in truth," ... that God created and owns every thing? And, that all those "things" will still belong to God long after Caesar is done using them?

Probably, many hypocrites do know, because it's written in the scriptures...

"The earth is the Lord's, with all its wealth; the world and all the people living in it." - Psalms 24:1

The Earth, Wealth, and People, are the Lord's, not Caesar's.

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." - Genesis 1:1

God created everything, including Caesar.

"the earth is the LORD's." - Exodus 9:29

Assuming Jesus already knew it was written, "the earth is the Lord's, with all it's wealth", and knew the first and second commandments, then it appears his answer meant No... Paying taxes to Caesar is not lawful.

Tax fact God made all "things," so ... all "things" belong to God, including Caesar.

 

Beware of false prophets ...that work iniquity (workers of lawlessness)
- Matthew 7:15-23

"Hmm, Things..."

To serve God, or Caesar?...

Preacher, Sunday Morning, 9:25 AM:
"Jesus said We must pay tribute to Caesar!"

 

"I am not the only IRS employee who's wondered why churches go to the government and seek permission to be exempted from a tax they didn't owe to begin with, and to seek a tax deductible status that they've always had anyway." - Steve Nestor, IRS Sr. Revenue Officer, from In Caesar's Grip by Peter Kershaw

Is Your Church 501(c)(3)?

No 501(c)(3) church can speak freely about the many wicked Caesars in local, state, & federal government.

"no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting, to influence legislation ... and which does not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office." - 26 USC Sec. 501(c)(3)

No church has to become a 501(c)(3) to be exempt. All churches are "exempt automatically".

"Churches, ... These organizations are exempt automatically"
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Organizations Not Required To File
irs.gov/publications/p557/ch03.html#d0e3612
"churches"
- "Mandatory exceptions"
- 26 USC 508(c)(1)

No church has to be 501(c)(3) to receive deductible contributions. All church contributions are already tax deductible.

"most organizations other than churches ... must apply to the IRS." - Organizations That Qualify To Receive Deductible Contributions
- irs.gov/publications/p526/ar02.html#d0e368

 

 

 

Question What did Jesus say about bankers?

7. Fractional Reserve Lending

Jesus drives out the money changers.


Jesus Hates Taxes

Jesus "overthrew the tables of the moneychangers" (bankers) in the temple, and called them "thieves." [Mark 11:15, John 2:15, Matthew 21:12]

Jesus thought bankers were crooks. What happens to people who mess with Big Money? Aren't they set-up? Judged? Disposed?

For more, see Jesus and the Money Changers, Wiki

 

Some have their doubts about what
actually belongs to Caesar.

 

 

Question What did Jesus teach about money?

8. Money Problems

Jesus may have had a problem with money itself, a system of service to a false god, Mammon, the god of riches. He said that very few rich people can make it into heaven.

With men salvation is impossible."Truly I say to you, it is hard for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of heaven. And again I say to you, it is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of God. And the disciples, hearing this, were greatly surprised, saying, Who then may have salvation? And Jesus, looking at them, said, With men this is not possible; but with God all things are possible." - Matthew 19:23-26

Can a camel ever fit through the eye of a needle? Notice, with the money system of men "this is not possible".

"And he said to them all, If any man has a desire to come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross every day, and come after me." - Luke 9:23

Give up all? ... Like what?

"There came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? And Jesus said to him, Why call me good? There is none good but one, that is, God. You know the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honor you father and mother. And he answered and said to him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth. Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said to him, One thing you lack: go your way, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions." - Mark 10:17-22

Would any of this explain "Give ... to Caesar the things that are Caesar's"?

Tax fact Jesus was teaching against the accumulation of money (because a camel cannot fit), and against the money system ("With men this is not possible"). The result would be less money available for government tax collectors, and so, less tax money for Caesar. Rome would not find these teachings desirable.

 

 

Question What did Jesus say to the local government officials (the high priests - those who were partnering with the moneychangers)?

9. Dissenting with Government

"Then Jesus went into the temple. While he was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came to him and asked, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?" - Matthew 21:23

After telling the priests a parable, Jesus insults them by saying...

"I tell you with certainty, tax collectors and prostitutes will get into God's kingdom ahead of you!" - Matthew 21:31
"When the high priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was talking about them. Although they wanted to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds" - Matthew 21:45

Tax fact Jesus mocked the authorities, even though they could have arrested him. He was telling these government officials they had a lower status than tax collectors and prostitutes.

 

 

Question Why Jesus?

  1. Jesus was charged with the crime of "forbidding paying taxes". Luke 23:2


  2. Jesus was teaching his disciple, Simon, that taxes belong upon "foreigners". And, "the subjects [children, sons] are exempt." Matthew 17:25-27


  3. Jesus was teaching tax collectors who "were everywhere in the habit of coming close ... to listen to Him." Luke 15:1


  4. Jesus wanted to be friends with tax collectors Matthew 11:19, and sought them out because he thought they were "sick." Luke 5:30-31


  5. Jesus was disrupting tax collections by taking tax collectors away from their jobs. Luke 19:8 , Matthew 9:9


  6. Jesus was publically tested on the subject of "taxes", by "hypocrites". Matthew 22:15-21


  7. Jesus overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, disrupting banking. He even called them thieves. Mark 11:15, John 2:15, Matthew 21:12 .... Less banking = less money = less taxes = less thievery.


  8. Jesus was teaching that rich men were not likely to go to heaven, and teaching against the accumulation of money, and against Caesar's money system, "With men this is not possible." Matthew 19:23-26, This would also mean less taxes, and could have resulted in a reduction or destruction of the moneychanger's tax-money-slave system.


  9. Jesus insulted the chief priests and elders (i.e. local authorities, local government, the crime partners of moneychanging thieves) by telling them "tax collectors and prostitutes will get into God's kingdom ahead of you!" - Matthew 21:31 This would have also insulted all those tax collectors who were perfectly happy taking other people's money.

I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. The problem the Romans had with Jesus was over taxes (i.e. money). The root...

Jesus was interfering with the Roman internal revenue service, and talking to 'IRS agents' about thier sickness. Evidently, Jesus did forbid paying taxes (except "foreigners").

Jesus was a tax protester, against wealth, and against the money system. He could not use Caesar's money, whose own coin declared him to be the son of a god, without breaking the first two commandments, "You shall have no other gods," and No idols.

For those who dare question authority. This type of behavior would put Jesus on any government's bad-boy list.

How can a government get treasure into it's treasury if there are no taxpayers, no money users, and no one dependent on the system itself?

 

This was a choice of whom to serve...

"Give ... to Caesar the things that are Caesar's,
and to God the things that are God's."

The system of man wants you - and needs you - in the system.

 

I want more from you!

"I want you...
in my piggy!"

 

If you think we are the only ones having this interpretation of Jesus being a tax protester, see...
  • "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jesus" by Bell and Sumner, p. 198-199, 2005 Edition. It describes a similar interpretation of the rendering unto Caesar.
  • Jehovah's Witnesses also have a somewhat similar take on this. Read their book "The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived", in section 108, published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society - the International Bible Students Association of New York. If you call Jehovah's Witnesses they will be happy to come to your home and give you a copy of this book, free.
  • Jesus-on-taxes.com - This website has an entire book on the subject of Jesus and taxation. It's titled "Jesus of Nazareth, Illegal-Tax Protester" and is free to download. This e-book is filled with details and analysis, and as the title implies comes to the same conclusion [there are legal taxes and there are illegal taxes]. Considering that this author did not data mine the Bible with a computer [or so we assume], his book is amazingly thorough and complete.
  • "Rabbi Jesus", a book by Bruce Chilton, p. 202, April 2002 Edition. Chilton also indicates Jesus meant that all locals "should be free of taxes" - though he attributes Jesus' statement to an issue of Temple taxes instead of tolls or tributes for "kings on the earth" ...
    "He [Jesus] is telling his preeminent disciple [Simon/Peter] that all Israelites, as sons of a king, should be free of taxes for the Temple, and that those who collect such taxes can, in effect, go fish for them." - Rabbi Jesus
  • Other interesting observations can be read in the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Render_unto_Caesar - also use archive.org to see older versions (because the tax related topics are all highly censored).
  • Probably the most significant interpretation, also found on Wikipedia, is this amazing take on the "Render unto Caesar" moment...
    "A second time when asked about Roman taxes Jesus doesn't produce a Roman coin but asks his opponents to. They are able to produce one complete with its idolitrous image and blasphemous inscription. Having once again exposed his opponent's divided loyalties [by having them produce a idolitrous, blasphemous coin] he responds that those who are Caesar's should be given to Caesar and those who are God's should be given to God." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_and_the_Money_Changers#Jesus.27_authority
    * Notice, this interpretation renders people loyal to Caesar to Caesar, and people loyal to God to God. Money may not have even been the object of Jesus' answer. Considering Jesus was trying to save people, and wasn't very fond of money [Mark 10:23, Matthew 19:24], this is possibly the most accurate interpretation.

 

Our emperor, Fraud, stands naked.
"But he has nothing on!"

Uncle Sam does whatever it takes.

Watch Uncle Sam dance
for Mammon.

Jesus said...

"No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon." - Luke 16:13

[Mammon: the god of riches (1913 Webster).]

Apparently, we can choose, the god of riches - Caesar, or the God of creation, but no servant can serve two masters. So, what did Jesus say we should do?

"You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only." - Matthew 4:10

According to Jesus, it is impossible to serve Caesar, to give him your time, through labor and taxes, and to also serve God.

Apparently, the Pharisees disciples who tested Jesus were only temporarily stumped by his answer, because he was charged with forbidding taxes, anyway.

 

Question Why might Jesus forbid paying taxes?

Tax fact Slavery

Jesus knew that people were having their land and property taken, and even having their children taken as slaves, if they did not pay their taxes. Such tax slavery was written about some 400 years before Jesus...

"We have borrowed money for the king's tax on our fields and our vineyards... we are forcing our sons and daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters are forced into bondage already, and we are helpless because our fields and vineyards belong to others." - Nehemiah 5:4-5

Taking children was done by many cultures. In the case of males, to be taken while still young, then indoctrinated into the tyrant's fighting force, or enslaved. In the case of females, to be taken as additions to harems for the rulers, or as army prostitutes, or also enslaved. In recent times, the Japanese were accused, by their now elderly victims, of taking women as prostitutes for their military.

 

Tax fact Seized Property and Land

Jesus also knew that a Caesar would spend his "tributes" [taxes, seized property, land] on war, oppression, and building monuments to himself, a false god. To get a good, graphic idea of what forced tax payments were like in Jesus' time, see the movie The Nativity Story. To read about some modern-day examples of forced tax collections, just search the Internet for "IRS raid".

According to non-Christian, Roman historians, some people were even put to death when they could not pay Caesar's tax. Likely, these were some of the people that ended up on crosses, and thrown to lions in a Roman coliseum. Maybe Christians were favored as lion food because, at the time, they were still living by Jesus' teaching, to serve one master, God.

 

Tax fact War

What does a 'Caesar' do after taking your tax money? Isn't war frequently one of "the things that are Caesar's"? Over the last 100 years, the United States alone has been averaging one war for every 16 years.

This doesn't even include the smaller actions, such as bombing Serbians, the Iran-Contra 'affair', or the invasion of Panama and the capture of Panama's leader, Noriega.

Your tax dollars at work.

Warning: This is very graphic, but then you have already played your part - you pay tribute to it.

 

Tax fact Thou shall not kill

If we give tributes to a 'Caesar', haven't we then enabled him to conquer others with force? Haven't we then become a part of the killing, and so, violated the commandment "Thou shall not kill"?

Thou shall not killWe do kill and pay for death with our taxes. The funder of death is as guilty as the trigger man.

Look into your mirror to see destruction incarnate. Your fingerprints are found all over the money and the murder weapon.

But, not everyone is with you.

"We are war tax resisters because we have discovered some doubt as to what belongs to Caesar and what belongs to God, and have decided to give the benefit of doubt to God."
- Pastor John K. Stoner

Take your medicine. The government really wants to help you, because politicians and bureaucrats care. They love all their farm animals.

Paster Stoner has apparently not been drinking his fluoride water, or taking his vaccinations.

 

 

Question What about Romans 13?
- "taxes to whom tax is due"

Paul helped kill Christians, including Stephen.The question is "Who would Jesus Tax?" - Not Paul, or anyone else.

  • Romans 13 was written by Paul (Saul), a Roman.
  • Paul, like many Romans, was dedicated to wiping out followers of Jesus (i.e. stray tax collectors, prostitutes, sinners,...) - PBS.org
  • Paul (Saul) played a part in the stoning murder of Stephen. - Acts 7:58
  • Paul was not quoting Jesus in Romans 13:1-13:7.
  • Paul was not one of Jesus' 12 disciples.
  • Paul did not know Jesus.
  • Paul was arrested and put in prison. (Paul, like Jesus, didn't obey "higher authorities.")
  • Half of the New Testament was written by a Roman, Paul. - Bible, Wiki

    For more on Paul, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle

It appears Paul may have written Romans to benefit his fellow "authorities".

"be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God" - Romans 13:1 (WEB)

Paul wrote this, Jesus did not. Paul was a Roman, Jesus was not.

Paul served Rome, working as a bounty hunter of Nazarenes, the followers of Jesus of Nazareth.

One bible translation explains Paul this way,

"If you owe taxes, pay them. If you owe toll, pay them. If you owe someone respect, respect that person. If you owe someone honor, honor that person" - God's Word.

But, what if you don't owe? If you don't owe - taxes, toll, respect, honor - you don't owe! Nothing is due.

Who do we actually owe? Does God approve of government authorities when they are tyrants, such as Hitler, Stalin, or the Communist Chinese government? Are tyrants "the higher authorities" we must be "in subjection to", because they're ordained by God?

The Founding Fathers of the United States were very religious, but even Thomas Jefferson, the third President and chief author of the Declaration of Independence, said, "Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." (Here we have an example of someone ordained by God, the 3rd President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, saying it is obedience to God to resist tyranical government.) Isn't this exactly what Jesus and his disciples did?

If Paul really did write Romans 13:1-13:7, then why did the Romans kill him? Wouldn't such words, which render to Caesar obedience and taxes, have made Paul one of the Emperor's star citizens, like Jesus?

It seems Paul did not actually practice obedience to authorities, because he was imprisoned by higher authorities, and eventually killed by them.

Paul also exposed Peter as an outlaw...

"He [Paul] utterly opposed any idea that the law was binding on Christians, declaring that even Peter did not live by the law."
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_of_Tarsus#Arrest_and_death, and see Gal 2:14.

 

Why should people accept Romans 13:1-13:7, believing subjection and obedience to authorities is Christian-like, when Jesus and nearly every apostle was killed by the authorities, including Paul.

Evidently, Paul did not obey the higher authorities.

"be in subjection to the higher authorities" - Romans 13:1 (WEB)

Perhaps Paul wrote this after he was sent to prison.

 

 

 

Jesus did not obey the authorities.

"Would you like to live without being afraid of the authorities? Then do what is right, and you will receive their approval." - Romans 13:3 (ISV)

Translation: Do what you are told, if you don't want trouble.

Too bad Paul couldn't warn Jesus about this.

 

Read what happened to the apostles...

 

Subjection is forced ... by governments & tax collectors

Service + Force = Compliance
- 1040 Instructions, 2004

 

"To protect the honest taxpayer, we have strengthened enforcement of the tax laws." -IRS Commissioner, Mark W. Everson

To protect the honest taxpayer...

"...everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed." - John 3:20-21

Hmm, yeaaah, I've done a bad, bad thing...

IRS customer service: All questions will be answered personally by our reps. Please stay on the line. Someone will be with you shortly.

Why do today's law enforcement look like Nazis?

Nazis also wore black. Was this government also "ordained by God"?

You will pay your taxes, swine.

Homeland Security?

"You devour widow's houses and say long prayers to cover it up. Therefore, you will recieve greater condemnation." - Matthew 23:14

The IRS takes your property by force, violatiing  "Thou shall not steal""You shall not steal."
- Deuteronomy 5:19

"neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's house, his field ... his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's."
- Deuteronomy 5:21

Those who use force to take "taxes" are violating well established laws.

 

 

Question What about a commonly believed reason for Jesus' death, saying he himself is Christ, a king?

Pilate asked him, saying, Are you the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, You say it." - Luke 23:3

Notice, Jesus didn't admit to Pilate he was a King. Jesus only said, "You say it". (Only 3 of 14 Bibles, or 21%, say Jesus answered "yes" to this question). Evidently, Pilate didn't care if Jesus thought he was a king, since even Jesus admitted he wasn't a king in this world...

Tax fact "My kingdom is not of this world." - John 18:36
And Pilate said to the chief priests and the people, "In my opinion this man has done no wrong." - Luke 23:4

When Pilate found out Jesus was from Galilee he sent Jesus and his accusers to Herod, the ruler of Galilee. But, Herod also found Jesus not guilty and returned him to Pilate. Apparently, Herod didn't care either if Jesus wanted to be a king. And, when Jesus was returned to Pilate, he again pronounced Jesus not guilty.

Also agreeing that Jesus was innocent, Pilate's wife said...

"Have nothing to do with that righteous Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him." - Matthew 27:19

But the chief priests continued to demand that Jesus be killed. So, Pilate gets some water and washes his hands, literally, in front of the crowd, for any responsibility in killing Jesus.

Pilate washes his hands of any responsibility for killing Jesus, THEN KILLS HIM ANYWAY. "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it." - Matthew 27:24

Notice, Pilate and his wife both said Jesus was righteous.

So, after Pilate said, several times, he saw no reason to punish Jesus, he then has him scourged, which is worse than an ordinary whipping.

Why would Pilate scourge Jesus, after he just said "I can't find this man guilty of any crime"? Such harsh punishment wouldn't fit the crime, if he "has done no wrong."

Why would Pilate change his mind?

Pilate's primary concern, at least one of them, was getting tribute-tax-money-property into Caesar's treasury. And, all bureaucrats, including Pilate know those who don't perform as expected soon lose their jobs.

Did Pilate hear new testimony about Jesus - maybe from some of the tax collectors - that Jesus was indeed teaching tax collectors - to not pay taxes? If so, Pilate would have heard that his tax collectors were neglecting to collect taxes in order to follow Jesus. This might explain why Pilate changed his mind, from declaring Jesus not guilty, to then having him scourged.

 

What I teach is not my own.


Was Pilate's question "What is truth?" concerning Jesus and taxes?

 

 

 

Question "What is truth?" (Evidence Jesus was a tax protester)

  1. Jesus was charged with "forbidding paying taxes". Luke 23:2


  2. Jesus taught "the subjects [children, sons] are exempt." And, that kings should instead collect taxes from "foreigners." Matthew 17:25-27


  3. Jesus was teaching to tax collectors. Luke 15:1


  4. Jesus was friends with tax collectors Matthew 11:19, but sought their company in order to heal their sickness. Luke 5:30-31


  5. Jesus interfered with tax collectors work. Luke 19:8 , Matthew 9:9


  6. Evidently the right person to ask, Jesus was tested specifically about paying taxes. Matthew 22:15-21


  7. Jesus overthrew the tables of moneychangers, disrupting banking, and thus, taxes. Mark 11:15, John 2:15, Matthew 21:12


  8. Jesus was against Caesar's money system, because it was harder ("impossible") for the rich to enter into heaven - "Who then can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "With men this is impossible". Matthew 19:23-26 If there was less wealth to tax, Caesar's taxes (pile of money) would shrink.


  9. Jesus insulted the chief priests and elders (i.e. government authorities, the crime partners of moneychanging thieves) by telling them "tax collectors and prostitutes will get into God's kingdom ahead of you!" - Matthew 21:31 He said this even though they could have arrested him. And, this would have also insulted all the tax collectors who were happy with taking other people's money.

Tax factGuilty!
Jesus was found guilty of a tax crime.
Forbidding paying taxes is what put him on the cross. And so, he was killed by Pilate over money (what else). By convincing people to give (render) Caesar's false-god money system back to Caesar, Jesus was "perverting the nation."

"...To Caesar the things that are Caesar's."

For this he was beaten, scourged, given the 'walk of shame', and slowly executed.

 

Forbidding paying taxes put Jesus on the cross.

Is Christmas really for Christ?Jesus was a tax protester, of Caesar's tax-money-slave system.

Wouldn't Good Friday be a better national tax due-date in the United States, instead of April 15, as a reminder to all the slaves - Thou shall not resist?

 

 

 

Jesus the "Teacher"...

The children are exempt. "What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings on the earth collect tolls or tributes? From their own subjects, or from foreigners?" When he said, "From foreigners," Jesus said to him, "In that case, the subjects are exempt." - Matthew 17:25 (ISV)

Then, Who would Jesus tax?

Is this what really happened?

Pilate: "What is truth?"

Jesus: "The subjects are exempt. Tax foreigners."

Pilate: "I'm going to crucify you!"

 

If you can find a Bible translation which quotes Jesus teaching something different about taxes, contact us and we'll add it here.

 

Want to know more about Jesus, or what the Bible says?

See these websites:
http://onlineparallelbible.com
http://bible.cc

 

 

Yes, United States tax law really does concur with Jesus...

The Subjects are Exempt - Only Tax the Foreigners

What's the difference between taxable and excluded?Question Where is the list of taxable income?

The list of taxable items prescribed in US tax law.The list of taxable income from U.S. Income Tax law is buried deep in Title 26, CFR Sec. 1.861-8T(d)(2)(iii). It's a list of taxable items and prescribes that only a "foreign taxpayer" and "foreign earned income" are taxable. It is written immediately following the legal definition of "exempt income" (excluded income).

 

To find the list, simply go to the US Government's Electronic-CFR:
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov

  1. Click 'Simple Search' on left side
  2. Enter 26 for Title number
  3. In search box enter: income that is not considered tax exempt
  4. Click 'submit search' button.

Tax fact Result: Section 861

Fact: All fundamental income tax instructions are written in Sec. 861, including...

  1. how to determine taxable income
  2. eliminated income
  3. eliminated items
  4. excluded income
  5. income that is exempt or excluded
  6. the sources of income for purposes of the income tax
  7. specific sources
  8. specific guidance
  9. deductions to gross income
  10. exempt income (defined)

Only one section in the Code of Federal Regulations lists the "income that is not ... exempt" (otherwise known as taxable income). Read it. It's just one of many things you can find with a computer.

 

Such is treason.Why isn't the list of taxable items written up front in Sec. 1, but instead hidden hundreds of sections later in Sec. 861?

You'll find that U.S. Income tax is fraudulently implemented by politicians and bureaucrats (high priests), and bankers (money changers).

The US Tax Code (26USC) and Regulations (26CFR) have been data-mined and the result is Sec. 861. Read it and confirm. Ignorance is no excuse. To see more about data mining tax code, start with these...

How does such massive fraud happen without being noticed? You'll find many "tax experts" don't even read tax code, or regulations. In fact, tax experts use Publications, which are printed by the IRS. These Publications tell your expert what to do, and how to do it. The "experts" know very little about their own expertise.

You serve your master well.

Don't believe it? Just visit any tax preparation business and ask if they have the US Tax Regulations (26CFR), or the Internal Revenue Code (26USC), or... if they just use Publications. [Quite likely, they don't even have Publications anymore. Now, they simply rely on tax software, fraudulently written, to supply the amount of tax "imposed".]

 

Test your tax expert!

Why not? They work for you, see if they know what they're doing. You don't even have to make the test difficult. Simply ask your tax expert...

Question "Where is exempt income defined?"

If your tax expert doesn't know, then show them the answer...

Tax fact Answer

Then, tell your expert to search for your "excluded income". It's their job. They get paid to know the law, and to save you money with deductions and excluded income.

Did you know that data mining can be done in all 48 Titles of Law, and in every country which uses codification?

Data mining is a tool that can bind the wicked from doing evil deeds.

 

Who is the biggest fish in the pond? You cannot hide.Leb wohl, Konsortialführer! Der schwindel is over. The jig is up.

 

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Questions: If you have questions, try asking your Congressperson or Senator.

Question Ask your lawmaker to explain these Sec. 861 search results ...

  1. "eliminated income" - Sec. 1.861-8(d), 1.861-8(d)(2), 1.861-8T(d)(2)
  2. "excluded and eliminated items of income" - Sec. 1.861-8T(d)
  3. "eliminated items" - Sec. 1.861-8T(d)
  4. "excluded income" - Sec. 1.861-8 and 1.861-8T
  5. "income that is exempt or excluded" - Sec. 1.861-8T(d)(2)
  6. "specific sources" - Sec. 1.861-8(a)(1)
  7. "specific guidance" - Sec. 1.861-8(a)(1)
  8. "how to determine taxable income" - Sec. 1.861-8(a)(1)
  9. "the rules [of Sec. 1.861-8 ...] for determining taxable income" - Sec. 1.863-1(c)
  10. "Exempt income ... defined" - Sec. 1.861-8T(d)(2)(ii)
  11. "income that is not considered tax exempt" [i.e. taxable income] - Sec. 1.861-8T(d)(2)(iii)

    Source: http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov

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Question If "Exempt income" is "defined" in Sec. 861, why is Sec. 861 frivolous?

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Answers: If you want answers, you can try asking the press - the American media and foreign media.

 

The Code of Federal Regulations

When searching tax law, we pay close attention to 26 CFR...

"the Official Interpretation"

"Federal Income Tax Regulations (Regs) are the official Treasury Department interpretation of the Internal Revenue Code"
- Internal Revenue Manual, 4.10.7.2.3.1
"Federal Tax Regulations pick up where the Internal Revunue Code (IRC) leaves off by providing the official interpretation of the IRC"
- http://www.irs.gov/taxpros/article/0,,id=98137,00.html

The Code of Federal Regulations are the rules, written in plain English, which both the public and the IRS must follow:

"The Service is bound by the regulations."
- Internal Revenue Manual, 4.10.7.2.3.4

Since "the Service is bound," we can be sure that we are playing by the same rules. It does not require a law degree to understand them. See How to Search and Search Examples.

 

   

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