Matthew 17:26 - Easy To Read Version

²⁶ Peter answered, “The other people pay the taxes.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ And when Peter said, From other people not of their own family, Jesus said to him, Then the sons are exempt.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ And when he said, From strangers, Jesus said unto him, Therefore the sons are free.

Common English Bible

²⁶ “From strangers,” he said. Jesus said to him, “Then the children don’t have to pay.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ But so that we may not become an obstacle to them: go to the sea, and cast in a hook, and take the first fish that is brought up, and when you have opened its mouth, you will find a shekel. Take it and give it to them, for me and for you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ But that we may not scandalize them, go to the sea, and cast in a hook: and that fish which shall first come up, take: and when thou hast opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater: take that, and give it to them for me and thee.

Matthew 17:26 Tagairtí Cros

Matthew 17:25

Peter answered, “Yes, Jesus pays the tax.”

Matthew 17:27

But we don’t want to make these tax collectors angry. So \{pay the tax in this way\}: Go to the lake and fish. After you catch the first fish, open the fish’s mouth. Inside its mouth you will find a four-drachma coin. Take that coin and give it to the tax collectors. That will pay the tax for you and me.”

Luke 16:8

Later, the master told the dishonest manager that he had done a smart thing. Yes, worldly people are smarter \{in their business\} with the people of their time than spiritual people are.

Luke 9:50

Jesus said to John, “Don’t stop him. If a person is not against you, then he is for you.”

1 Thessalonians 5:22

And stay away from everything that is evil.

1 Samuel 17:25

One of the Israelite men said, “Did you see that guy! Look at him! Goliath comes out and makes fun of Israel again and again. Whoever kills that guy will get rich! King Saul will give him a lot of money. Saul will also let his daughter marry the man who kills Goliath. And Saul will also make that man’s family free in Israel.”