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Matthew 17:24

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When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter, and said, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the didrachma?”

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Matthew 17:24 in other translations

And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received the half-shekel came to Peter, and said, Doth not your teacher pay the half-shekel?

Matthew 17:24 · American Standard Version

Matthew 17:24 in context

  1. 22While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,
  2. 23and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up.”
    They were exceedingly sorry.
  3. 24When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter, and said, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the didrachma?”
  4. 25He said, “Yes.”
    When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive toll or tribute? From their children, or from strangers?”
  5. 26Peter said to him, “From strangers.”
    Jesus said to him, “Therefore the children are exempt.