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.