Matthew 17:24 When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the tax?” 25 He said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?” 26 And when he said, “From others,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free. 27 However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.”
You may have noticed as we make our way through these chapters that we don't always pull out the most well-known or dramatic passages from that chapter. For instance, this chapter begins with the transfiguration of Christ on the mountaintop, which for Peter topped even all of his other wonderful experiences with Jesus. The disciples then saw Jesus heal a demoniac that all of them together could not. But this miracle was especially for Peter. The Jews were being taxed to death, not only by the Romans, but their own religious leaders. Jesus lifted the burden of just one more aggravation in life. Sometimes it is not the big, the dramatic, or the overwhelming, but the simple things of life where we see how much He cares.
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