Questions about the Temple Tax

²⁴ When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax^[a] came up to Peter and asked, “Your teacher pays the temple tax,^[b] doesn’t he?”

²⁵ He answered, “Yes.”

When Peter^[c] went home,^[d] Jesus spoke to him first and asked him, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings on the earth collect tolls or tributes? From their own subjects,^[e] or from foreigners?”

²⁶ “From foreigners,” he replied.

So Jesus told him, “In that case, the subjects^[f] are exempt. ²⁷ However, so that we don’t offend them, go to the sea and throw in a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, open its mouth, and you will find a coin.^[g] Take it and give it to them for me and you.”