Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752

St Matthew 17:21-26 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

21. And when they abode together in Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:

22. And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise again. And they were troubled exceedingly.

23. And when they were come to Capharnaum, they that recieved the didrachmas, came to Peter and said to him: Doth not your master pay the didrachmas?

24. He said: Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying: What is thy opinion, Simon? The kings of the earth, of whom do they receive tribute or custom? of their own children, or of strangers?

25. And he said: Of strangers. Jesus said to him: Then the children are free.

26. But that we may not scandalize them, go to the sea, and cast in a hook: and that fish which shall first come up, take: and when thou hast opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater: take that, and give it to them for me and thee.