Matthew 17
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Matthew 17:19-26

19Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not drive it out?” 20And He said to them, “Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, 1if you have faith 2the size of 3a mustard seed, you will say to 4this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and 5nothing will be impossible to you. 21[67But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”]

228And while they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be 9delivered into the hands of men; 23and 10they will kill Him, and He will be raised on the third day.” And they were deeply grieved.

24When they came to Capernaum, those who collected 11the 12two-drachma tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay 13the 14two-drachma tax?” 25He said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth collect 15customs or 16poll-tax, from their sons or from strangers?” 26When Peter said, “From strangers,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are 17exempt.

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Notes

  1. 1. Matthew 17:20 Matt 21:21f; Mark 11:23f; Luke 17:6 ↩
  2. 2. Matthew 17:20 Lit as ↩
  3. 3. Matthew 17:20 Matt 13:31; Luke 17:6 ↩
  4. 4. Matthew 17:20 Matt 17:9; 1 Cor 13:2 ↩
  5. 5. Matthew 17:20 Mark 9:23; John 11:40 ↩
  6. 6. Matthew 17:21 Early mss do not contain this v ↩
  7. 7. Matthew 17:21 Mark 9:29 ↩
  8. 8. Matthew 17:22 Matt 17:22, 23: Mark 9:30-32; Luke 9:44, 45 ↩
  9. 9. Matthew 17:22 Or betrayed ↩
  10. 10. Matthew 17:23 Matt 16:21; 17:9 ↩
  11. 11. Matthew 17:24 Ex 30:13; 38:26 ↩
  12. 12. Matthew 17:24 Equivalent to two denarii or two days’ wages, paid as a temple tax ↩
  13. 13. Matthew 17:24 Ex 30:13; 38:26 ↩
  14. 14. Matthew 17:24 Equivalent to two denarii or two days’ wages, paid as a temple tax ↩
  15. 15. Matthew 17:25 Rom 13:7 ↩
  16. 16. Matthew 17:25 Matt 22:17, 19 ↩
  17. 17. Matthew 17:26 Or free ↩

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