9. The coin in the mouth of a fish
And when they were come to Capernaum, they that
received tribute money came to Peter, and asked, “Does not
your master pay tribute?”
He said, “Yes.” And when he was come into the house,
Jesus prevented him, asking, “What think you, Simon? Of
whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? Of
their own children, or of strangers?”
Peter said to him, “Of strangers.” Jesus said to him, “Then
are the children free.
“Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go you to the
sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first comes
up; and when you have opened his mouth, you shall find a
piece of money: that take, and give to them for Me and you.
Matthew chapter 17, verses 24 to 27.
All scriptures are paraphrased from the American King James
Version.
10. The coin in the mouth of a fish
And when they were come to Capernaum, they that
received tribute money came to Peter, and asked, “Does not
your master pay tribute?”
He said, “Yes.” And when he was come into the house,
Jesus prevented him, asking, “What think you, Simon? Of
whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? Of
their own children, or of strangers?”
Peter said to him, “Of strangers.” Jesus said to him, “Then
are the children free.
“Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go you to the
sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first comes
up; and when you have opened his mouth, you shall find a
piece of money: that take, and give to them for Me and you.
Matthew chapter 17, verses 24 to 27.
All scriptures are paraphrased from the American King James
Version.
