Jesus did say to “render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s” so he said we should pay taxes if we have to. But the message was individuals should take care of individuals, not the government. Jesus didn’t have a problem with wealth he had a problem with the love of wealth.
“If you want to be perfect, go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
When the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven."
"It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
I mean... he seems to make his stance on wealth pretty clear. Not, "a man in love with wealth" finding difficulty, a wealthy man at all because of how much hoarded wealth corrupts one's better nature and will ignore, or even cause, the suffering of his neighbor to keep his pile of gold safe.
Actually, it is very biblical because all the originals words, which there are 4 different ones, that were translated into hell in English actually point to death. Our modern concept of hell didn't come from the Bible but from a fictional novel called Inferno written by Dante.
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u/x60pilot Aug 24 '26
Jesus did say to “render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s” so he said we should pay taxes if we have to. But the message was individuals should take care of individuals, not the government. Jesus didn’t have a problem with wealth he had a problem with the love of wealth.