Matthew 17:24

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

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

23and they will put him to death; and on the third day he will rise again. And they were greatly grieved.

25He saith, Yes. And when he had come into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? Of whom do the kings of the earth take customs or taxes? Of their own sons, or of strangers?

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Matthew Henry on Matthew 17:23-24

Christ's Sufferings Foretold. 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. Christ here foretels his own sufferings; he began to do it before ( ch. xvi. 21 ); and, finding that it was to his disciples a hard saying, he saw it necessary to repeat it. There are some things which God speaketh once, yea twice, and yet man perceiveth it not. Observe… Read the whole commentary →

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