render unto Caesar
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Holy Bible (Matthew, 22:21): Then he said to them, “Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.” (KJV; spelling modernized)[1]
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Verb
[edit]render unto Caesar (third-person singular simple present renders unto Caesar, present participle rendering unto Caesar, simple past and past participle rendered unto Caesar)
- (idiomatic) To give (something) to one's state or government, especially in the form of a tax payment.
- 1997, Nora Roberts, Holding the Dream[1], →ISBN:
- [S]he . . . made a note to suggest that her client ease some of the last quarter's profits into tax-free bonds. Render unto Caesar, sure, she thought, but not one damn penny more than necessary.
- 2002 July 1, Lance Morrow, “God Knows What the Court Was Thinking”, in Time, retrieved 1 July 2016:
- Still, the ideal solution, I think, would be to render unto Caesar an affirmation of flag and country but to keep God in our hearts.
- 2008 January 21, Sarah Vowell, “Radical love gets a holiday”, in New York Times, retrieved 1 July 2016:
- They fear that trying to find the homeless homes translates into raising the taxes they must render unto Caesar.
Translations
[edit]to give (something) to one's state or government, especially in the form of a tax payment
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References
[edit]- ^ The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, Matthew 22:21, column 1: “Then ſayth he vnto them, Render therefore vnto Ceſar, the things which are Ceſars: and vnto God, the things that are Gods.”