Jesus Pays Temple Tax

156	JESUS PAYS TEMPLE TAX
Matt 17		Mark	Luke
24	When they came to Capernaum,
	the collectors of the half-shekel tax went up to Peter
	and said,
	"Does not your teacher pay the tax?"
25	He said,
	"Yes."
	And when he came home,
	Jesus spoke to him first,
	"What do you think, Simon?
	From whom do the kings of the earth take toll or tribute?
	From their sons or from others?"
26	And when he said,
	"From others,"
	Jesus said to him,
	"Then the sons are free.
27	However, not to give offense to them,
	go to the sea and cast a hook,
	and take the first fish that comes up,
	and when you open its mouth
	you will find a shekel;
	take that
	and give it to them
	for me and for yourself."

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
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