Also we made ordinances for ourselves, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:
Matthew 17:24 - Y'all Version Bible When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter, and said, “Doesn’t y’all’s teacher pay the tax?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When they arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the half shekel [the temple tax] went up to Peter and said, Does not your Teacher pay the half shekel? [Exod. 30:13; 38:26.] American Standard Version (1901) 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? Common English Bible When they came to Capernaum, the people who collected the half-shekel temple tax came to Peter and said, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?” Catholic Public Domain Version He said, "Yes." And when he had entered into the house, Jesus went before him, saying: "How does it seem to you, Simon? The kings of the earth, from whom do they receive tribute or the census tax: from their own sons or from foreigners?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He said: Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying: What is thy opinion, Simon? The kings of the earth, of whom do they receive tribute or custom? of their own children, or of strangers? |
Also we made ordinances for ourselves, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God:
They are to give this, everyone who passes over to those who are counted, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs); half a shekel for an offering to YHWH.
a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those who were counted, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men.
For if y’all love those who love y’all, what reward do y’all have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?
He came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them, “What were y’all discussing on the way?”