Matthew 17:22-26

22 After they gathered again in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of his enemies.
23 He will be killed, but on the third day he will be raised from the dead.” And the disciples were filled with grief.
24 On their arrival in Capernaum, the collectors of the Temple tax came to Peter and asked him, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the Temple tax?”
25 “Yes, he does,” Peter replied. Then he went into the house. But before he had a chance to speak, Jesus asked him, “What do you think, Peter? Do kings tax their own people or the people they have conquered? ”
26 “They tax the people they have conquered,” Peter replied. “Well, then,” Jesus said, “the citizens are free!

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Greek the two-drachma [tax]; also in 17:24b . See Exod 30:13-16 ; Neh 10:32-33 .
  • [b]. Greek Simon?
  • [c]. Greek their sons or others?
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