No Offense

Canon

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

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

"Peter then entered the house, and 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 other people.'  And Jesus told him, 'The sons, then are tax-free.  But so as not to offend these 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 the coin and let it pay for you and for me.'"

Matthew 17:22-27

"Lord, help me learn victory through surrender.  In Jesus' name."

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