“¶ And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?”
Matthew 17:24 (KJV)
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22¶ And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them,The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: 23And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again.And they were exceeding sorry. 24¶ And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? 25He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying,What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers? 26Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him,Then are the children free.