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Matthew 17:27
“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.”
from The Temple Tax, Matthew 17:24-27
What it says

Jesus tells Peter to catch a fish and use the coin found there to pay the tax for both of them.

What it is doing

Provides the practical answer and avoids offense.

In context

24After 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.”