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Matthew 17:24-26
1599 Geneva Bible
Matthew 17:24-26
1599 Geneva Bible
24 ¶ [a]And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received poll money, came to Peter, and said, Doth [b]not your Master [c]pay [d]poll money?
25 He said, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? Of whom do the kings of the earth take tribute, or poll money? of their [e]children, or of strangers?
26 Peter said unto him, Of strangers. Then said Jesus unto him, Then are the children free.
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- Matthew 17:24 In that that Christ doth willingly obey Caesar’s edicts, he showeth that civil policy is not taken away by the Gospel.
- Matthew 17:24 He denieth not, but he asketh.
- Matthew 17:24 Ought he not to pay?
- Matthew 17:24 They that were from twenty years of age to fifty, paid half a shekel of the Sanctuary, Exod. 30:13. This was an Attic didrachma which the Romans exacted, after they had subdued Judea.
- Matthew 17:25 By children we must not understand subjects which pay tribute, but natural children.
Matthew 17:24-26
New International Version
Matthew 17:24-26
New International Version
The Temple Tax
24 After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax(A) came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?”
25 “Yes, he does,” he replied.
When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. “What do you think, Simon?” he asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes(B)—from their own children or from others?”
26 “From others,” Peter answered.
“Then the children are exempt,” Jesus said to him.
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