23 And when they had arrived at Capernaum, those who collected the half shekel approached Peter, and they said to him, 'Doesn't your Teacher pay the half shekel?'
24 He said, 'Yes.' And when he had entered into the house, Jesus went before him, saying: 'How does it seem to you, Simon? The kings of the earth, from whom do they receive tribute or the census tax: from their own sons or from foreigners?'
25 And he said, 'From foreigners.' Jesus said to him: 'Then the sons are free.
26 But so that we may not become an obstacle to them: go to the sea, and cast in a hook, and take the first fish that is brought up, and when you have opened its mouth, you will find a shekel. Take it and give it to them, for me and for you.'
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