The Temple Tax

In Capernaum, collectors ask whether Jesus pays the two-drachma tax. Peter answers yes, and Jesus says the sons are exempt, yet instructs him to catch a fish and find a coin there to pay for both of them, so that no offense is given.

A²⁴fter they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?” ²⁵“Yes,” he answered. ²⁶“From others,” Peter answered. ²⁷“Then the sons are exempt,” Jesus said to him. “But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for My tax and yours.”