24 After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?”
25 “Yes,” he answered.
When Peter
entered the house,
Jesus preempted him. “
What do you think,
Simon?”
He asked. “
From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and
taxes:
from their own
sons,
or from others?”
26 “From others,” Peter answered.
“
Then the sons are exempt,”
Jesus declared.
27 “But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for My tax and yours.”
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