Romans 13:5-7

Submission to the Authorities

⁵ Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also _u for the sake of conscience. ⁶ For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. ⁷ _v Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.

1. Cross References
   1 Peter 2:19
   For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.
   Ecclesiastes 8:2
   I say: Keep the king's command, because of God's oath to him.
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 17:25
   He said, "Yes." And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?
   Matthew 22:21
   They said, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, "Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.
   Mark 12:17
   Jesus said to them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they marveled at him.