26"From others," Peter answered.


In Context

23 They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised to life." And the disciples were filled with grief.

24 After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two- drachma tax came to Peter and asked, "Doesn't your teacher pay the temple tax ?"

25 "Yes, he does," he replied. When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. "What do you think, Simon?" he asked. "From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes- -from their own sons or from others?"

26 "From others," Peter answered.

27 "Then the sons are exempt," Jesus said to him. "But so that we may not offend them, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours."

Matthew 17:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:26Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:26And he said: Of strangers. Jesus said to him: Then the children are free.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:26And when he said, From strangers, Jesus said unto him, Therefore the sons are free.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:26Peter says to him, From strangers. Jesus said to him, Then are the sons free.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:26And when he said, From strangers, Jesus said unto him, Therefore the sons are free.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:26Peter saith to him, From strangers. Jesus saith to him, Then are the children free.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:26Peter said to him, |From strangers.| Jesus said to him, |Therefore the children are exempt.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:26Peter saith to him, 'From the strangers.' Jesus said to him, 'Then are the sons free;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:26Peter said to him, Of strangers. Jesus said to him, Then are the children free.