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22 While they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, |The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men, 23 and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up.| They were exceedingly sorry. 24 When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter, and said, |Does not your teacher pay the didrachma?| 25 He said, |Yes.| When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, |What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive toll or tribute? From their children, or from strangers?| 26 And when he said, |From strangers.| Jesus said to him, |Therefore the children are exempt. 27 But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you.| Matthew 17:22-27, New Heart English Bible. Public domain.
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