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Matthew 17:24

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22 And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:

23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.

And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?

25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?

26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.

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BSB
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?”
KJV
And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?
WEB
When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter, and said, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the didrachma?”
ASV
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?
DARBY
And when they came to Capernaum, those who received the didrachmas came to Peter and said, Does your teacher not pay the didrachmas?
BLB
And [on] their having come to Capernaum, those receiving the didrachmas came to Peter and said, “Does your⁺ Teacher pay the didrachmas?”
ÅB
Men da de kom til Kapernaum kom de som krevde inn tempelskatten til Peter og sa: «Betaler ikke mesteren deres tempelskatt?»
OTB
Da de kom til Kapernaum, kom innkreverne av tempelskatten på to drakmer til Peter og spurte: “Betaler ikke din lærer tempelskatten?”
B1930
Men da de kom til Kapernaum, gikk de som krevde inn tempelskatten, til Peter og sa: Betaler ikke eders mester tempelskatt?

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Cross references

  • Exodus 30:13

    This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.

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  • Exodus 38:26

    A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

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