Paying Dues

"While Jesus was in Galilee with the Twelve, he said to them, 'The Son of Man will be delivered into human hands, and they will kill him. But he will rise on the third day.' The Twelve were deeply grieved.

"When they returned to Capernaum, the Temple tax collectors came to Peter and asked him, 'Does your master pay the temple tax?' He answered, 'Certainly.'

"Peter then entered the house, but immediately Jesus asked him, 'What do you think, Simon? Who pay taxes or tributes to the kings of the earth: their sons or the other people?' Peter replied, 'The others.' And Jesus told him, 'The sons, then, are tax-free. But so as not to offend this people, go to the sea, throw in a hook and open the mouth of the first fish you catch. You will find a coin in it, take it and let it pay for you and for me.'"

MATTHEW 17:22-27

"Make us generous, Lord, to want to share our blessing to You
from the deepness of our hearts. Amen.""

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