Excerpt from The King of Kings Anger changed to glee in the High Priest's eyes as he thought of a way to entrap Jesus. Up from the shore of the Sea of Galilee came the Leader with His faithful disciples, to rest at the home of an humble carpenter, when their peace was interrupted anew. Doth nor this Jesus of Nazareth, your Master, pay tribute? Was the inquiry of the tax collectors. For answer, Jesus bade Peter the Fisherman cast a hook and take up a fish, and, 10! From the mouth of the fish Peter drew the silver denarius or penny that was the exact amount due Rome. But is it lawful for a member of our religion to pay tribute to Tiberius? Insisted the Phari see. Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and unto God the things that are God's, was the answer that Stopped his cavil ing. Matthew the publican or tax collector was converted to be a follower of Jesus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.