KJV 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?
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Matthew 17:24
And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute [money] came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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?”
WEB World English Bible
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 American Standard Version
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?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they having come to Capernaum, those receiving the didrachms came near to Peter, and said, ‘Your teacher—doth he not pay the didrachms?’ He saith, ‘Yes.’
Surrounding context — Matthew 17
21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
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.
24 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.
27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἘλθόντωνG2064 · erchomaito come/goδὲG1161 · dethenαὐτῶνG846 · autosit/s/heεἰςG1519 · eistowardΚαφαρναοὺμG2584 · KapernaoumCapernaumπροσῆλθονG4334 · proserchomaito come near/agreeοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoτὰG3588 · hothe/this/whoδίδραχμαG1323 · didrachmostwo-drachmaλαμβάνοντεςG2983 · lambanōto takeτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoΠέτρῳG4074 · PetrosPeterκαὶG2532 · kaiandεἶπαν·G2036 · eiponto sayὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoδιδάσκαλοςG1320 · didaskalosteacherὑμῶνG4771 · suyouοὐG3756 · ounoτελεῖG5055 · teleōto finishτὰG3588 · hothe/this/whoδίδραχμα;G1323 · didrachmostwo-drachma
Cross-references
Exodus 30:13This 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.Exodus 38:26A 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].Mark 9:33And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?
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