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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