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  • Matthew 17:27
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 27 But that we do not cause them to stumble,+ go to the sea, cast a fishhook, and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a silver coin.* Take that and give it to them for me and you.”

  • Matthew 17:27
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 27 ἵνα in order that δὲ but μὴ not σκανδαλίσωμεν we might stumble αὐτούς, them, πορευθεὶς having gone your way εἰς into θάλασσαν sea βάλε throw you ἄγκιστρον hook καὶ and τὸν the (one) ἀναβάντα having come up πρῶτον first ἰχθὺν fish ἆρον, lift up, καὶ and ἀνοίξας having opened τὸ the στόμα mouth αὐτοῦ of it εὑρήσεις you will find στατῆρα· stater; ἐκεῖνον that one λαβὼν having taken δὸς give αὐτοῖς to them ἀντὶ instead of ἐμοῦ me καὶ and σοῦ. you.

  • Matthew 17:27
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 27 But that we do not cause them to stumble,+ you go to the sea, cast a fishhook, and take the first fish coming up and, when you open its mouth, you will find a stater coin.* Take that and give it to them for me and you.”+

  • Matthew 17:27
    The Bible in Living English
    • 27 But in order that we may not stagger them, go to the sea and throw in a hook; and take the first fish that comes up, and by opening its mouth you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for me and you.”

  • Matthew 17:27
    American Standard Version
    • 27 But, lest we cause them to stumble, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a shekel: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.

  • Matthew 17:27
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 27 But that we may not cause them to stumble go unto the sea and cast in a hook, and the first fish that cometh up take, and opening its mouth thou shalt find a shekel,—that take and give to them for me and thee.

  • Matthew 17:27
    King James Version
    • 27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 17:27 it-2 1034; nwt 1795; w12 8/1 20; w08 2/1 15; g02 2/22 18-19; w94 11/15 28; gt chapter 62; w88 2/1 8

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 17:27 g79 3/8 28; ad 804, 833, 1175; w62 717

  • Matthew
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 17:27

      Insight, Volume 2, p. 1034

      New World Translation, p. 1795

      The Watchtower,

      8/1/2012, p. 20

      2/1/2008, p. 15

      11/15/1994, p. 28

      2/1/1988, p. 8

      Awake!,

      2/22/2002, pp. 18-19

  • Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 17
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 17:27

      fishhook: The only occurrence in the Christian Greek Scriptures of the Greek word rendered “fishhook,” likely a baited hook cast into the water on the end of a line. Every other mention of fishing equipment in the Christian Greek Scriptures refers to nets.

      silver coin: Lit., “stater.” This coin is considered to be the tetradrachma. (See App. B14.) It was worth four drachmas, the equivalent of a shekel, which was exactly the amount required to pay the temple tax for two.​—Ex 30:13.

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