Matthew 17:22-26

Jesus Again Foretells Death, Resurrection

22 ¹As they were gathering^[a] in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men,

23 and they will kill him, and he will be raised on ²the third day." And they were greatly distressed.

The Temple Tax

24 ³When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of ⁴the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, "Does your teacher not pay the tax?"

25 He said, "Yes." And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, ⁵"What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or ⁶tax? From their sons or from others?"

26 And when he said, "From others," Jesus said to him, "Then the sons are free.

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 22, 23, see Mark 9:30-32; Luke 9:43-45; [Matthew 16:21-28; Matthew 20:17-19]
• 2. See Mark 8:31
• 3. Mark 9:33
• 4. Exodus 30:13; Exodus 38:26
• 5. Matthew 18:12; Matthew 21:28
• 6. Matthew 22:17, 19; Mark 12:14; Romans 13:7

Footnotes

• [a]. Some manuscripts remained