Matius 17:26-27

17:26 After he said, “From foreigners,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons ¹  are free. 17:27 But so that we don’t offend them, go to the lake and throw out a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four drachma coin. ²  Take that and give it to them for me and you.”

[17:26]  ¹ sn See the note on the phrase their sons in the previous verse.

[17:27]  ² sn The four drachma coin was a stater (στατήρ, stathr), a silver coin worth four drachmas. One drachma was equivalent to one denarius, the standard pay for a day’s labor (L&N 6.80).