THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 17:24 in context
Matthew 17:21–27
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But this kind doesn’t go out except by prayer and fasting.”
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While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,
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and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up.”
They were exceedingly sorry.
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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?”
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Peter said to him, “From strangers.”
Jesus said to him, “Therefore the children are exempt.
Source notes
Notes from World English Bible Updated
- A didrachma is a Greek silver coin worth 2 drachmas, about as much as 2 Roman denarii, or about 2 days’ wages. It was commonly used to pay the half-shekel temple tax, because 2 drachmas were worth one half shekel of silver. A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
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