Mat 17:24 | NASB2020 | STEP | Now when they came to Capernaum , those who collected the two-drachma tax came to Peter and said , “Does your teacher not pay the two-drachma tax? ”

Matthew 17:24

The Temple Tax

24 Now when they came to Capernaum, those who collected ^athe ^{▼▼Equivalent to about two denarii or two days’ wages for a laborer, paid as a temple tax}two-drachma tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay ^cthe ^{▼▼Equivalent to about two denarii or two days’ wages for a laborer, paid as a temple tax}two-drachma tax?”