Matthew 17:24

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When Jesus and the others arrived in Capernaum, the collectors for the temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your teacher pay the temple tax?”

Cross References

Nehemiah 10:32

Once a year we will each donate a small amount of silver to the temple of our God.

Exodus 30:13

Each man over nineteen, whether rich or poor, must pay me the same amount of money, weighed according to the official standards.

Exodus 38:26

Everyone who was counted paid the required amount, and there was a total of 603,550 men who were twenty years old or older.

Matthew 5:46

If you love only those people who love you, will God reward you for that? Even tax collectors love their friends.

Mark 9:33

Jesus and his disciples went to his home in Capernaum. After they were inside the house, Jesus asked them, “What were you arguing about along the way?”