Men will not understand that when they fulfill their duties to men, they fulfill thereby God’s commandments; that they are consequently always in the service of God, as long as their actions are moral, and that it is absolutely impossible to serve God otherwise.
Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) German philosopher
(Attributed)
(Source)
Quoted in Karl Hillebrand, Lectures on German Thought, Lecture 5 "The Triumvirate of Goethe, Kant, and Schiller (1787-1800)" (1879)
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Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which are Cæsar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.
[Τότε λέγει αὐτοῖς Ἀπόδοτε οὖν τὰ Καίσαρος Καίσαρι καὶ τὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῷ Θεῷ.]
The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
Book 1. Gospel of Matthew 22:21 (Matt 22:21) (Jesus) [KJV (1611)]
(Source)
When Jesus' enemies tried to trap him into either supporting paying taxes to the hated Romans, or criminally suggesting that taxes should not be paid. More discussion of the passage here: Render unto Caesar - Wikipedia.
This passage is paralleled in Mark 12:17 and Luke 20:25.
(Source (Greek)). Other translations:He then said to them, "Very well, give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar -- and to God what belongs to God."
[JB (1966)]So Jesus said to them, “Well, then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and pay to God what belongs to God.”
[GNT (1976)]Then he said to them, 'Very well, pay Caesar what belongs to Caesar -- and God what belongs to God.'
[NJB (1985)]Then he said, “Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.”
[CEB (2011)]Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.”
[NRSV (2021 ed.)]
