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1When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of 2the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, "Does your teacher not pay the tax?"
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He said, "Yes." And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, 3"What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or 4tax? From their sons or from others?"
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And when he said, "From others," Jesus said to him, "Then the sons are free.