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


In Context

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, |Doesn't 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 Peter said to him, |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 17:26 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:26"From others," Peter answered.

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 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.