23 and (A)they will kill Him, and He will be raised on the third day.” And they were deeply grieved.

The Temple Tax

24 Now when they came to Capernaum, those who collected (B)the [a]two-drachma tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay (C)the [b]two-drachma tax?” 25 He *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 (D)customs or [c](E)poll-tax, from their sons or from strangers?”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 17:24 Equivalent to about two denarii or two days’ wages for a laborer, paid as a temple tax
  2. Matthew 17:24 Equivalent to about two denarii or two days’ wages for a laborer, paid as a temple tax
  3. Matthew 17:25 I.e., a tax on each person in the census

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