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Matthew 17:24-26
Evangelical Heritage Version
Matthew 17:24-26
Evangelical Heritage Version
A Coin in a Fish’s Mouth
24 When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the temple tax[a] came to Peter and said, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?” 25 He said, “Yes.”
When he came into the house, Jesus spoke first, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth collect tolls or a tax? From their own sons or from others?”
26 Peter said to him, “From others.”
Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are exempt.
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- Matthew 17:24 The two-drachma tax
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