The
Temple Tax
Matthew 17
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After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the
two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the
temple tax?”
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“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—from their own children or from others?”
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“From others,” Peter answered.
“Then
the children are exempt,” Jesus said to him. 27 “But so that we may not cause
offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch;
open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to
them for my tax and yours.”
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