Matthew’s Gospel

Jesus, the Temple Tax, and Face Masks

“When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, ‘Does your teacher pay the tax?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first and said, ‘What do you think Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?’…