Matthew 17:24-26

Worldwide English (New Testament)

²⁴ They will kill him. But he will be raised on the third day.' This troubled the disciples very much.

²⁵ They came to Capernaum. There the men who were collecting the tax for the temple came to Peter. They asked him, `Does not your teacher pay the tax for the temple?'

²⁶ Peter said, `Yes, he does.' When he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him about it first. He said, `Simon, what do you think? From whom do kings on earth take taxes? Do they take them from their own people or from other people?'