Matthew 17:23-25

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²³ and they will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised.” And they were greatly distressed.

Jesus and the Temple Tax

²⁴ When they reached Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax^[a] came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the temple tax?”^{[b] 25} He said, “Yes, he does.” And when he came home, Jesus spoke of it first, asking, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tribute? From their children or from others?”