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Matthew
17:24-27, NIV,
The
Temple Tax
24After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the
collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your
teacher pay the temple tax?”
25“Yes, he does,” he replied.
When Peter came into the house,
Jesus was the first to speak. “What do you think, Simon?” he asked. “From whom
do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes—from their own children or
from others?”
26“From others,” Peter answered.
“Then the children are exempt,”
Jesus said to him. 27“But so that we may not cause offense, go to
the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth
and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax
and yours.”
