Matthew 17
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Matthew 17:24-27

24When they came to Capernaum, those who collected 1the 2two-drachma tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay 3the 4two-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 5customs or 6poll-tax, from their sons or from strangers?”

26When Peter said, “From strangers,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are 7exempt.

27However, so that we do not 89offend them, go to the sea and throw in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up; and when you open its mouth, you will find 10a shekel. Take that and give it to them for you and Me.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Matthew 17:24 Ex 30:13; 38:26 ↩
  2. 2. Matthew 17:24 Equivalent to two denarii or two days’ wages, paid as a temple tax ↩
  3. 3. Matthew 17:24 Ex 30:13; 38:26 ↩
  4. 4. Matthew 17:24 Equivalent to two denarii or two days’ wages, paid as a temple tax ↩
  5. 5. Matthew 17:25 Rom 13:7 ↩
  6. 6. Matthew 17:25 Matt 22:17, 19 ↩
  7. 7. Matthew 17:26 Or free ↩
  8. 8. Matthew 17:27 Lit cause them to stumble ↩
  9. 9. Matthew 17:27 Matt 5:29, 30; 18:6, 8, 9; Mark 9:42, 43, 45, 47; Luke 17:2; John 6:61; 1 Cor 8:13 ↩
  10. 10. Matthew 17:27 Lit standard coin, which was a shekel ↩

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