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26 After he said, “From foreigners,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons[a] are free. 27 But so that we don’t offend them, go to the lake and throw out a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four drachma coin.[b] Take that and give it to them for me and you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 17:26 sn See the note on the phrase their sons in the previous verse.
  2. Matthew 17:27 sn The four drachma coin was a stater (στατήρ, statēr), a silver coin worth four drachmas. One drachma was equivalent to one denarius, the standard pay for a day’s labor (L&N 6.80).