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Matthew 17:14-27 (GN)

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¹⁴ When they returned to the crowd, a man came to Jesus, knelt before him, ¹⁵ and said, "Sir, have mercy on my son! He is an epileptic and has such terrible attacks that he often falls in the fire or into water. ¹⁶ I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him." ¹⁷ Jesus answered, "How unbelieving and wrong you people are! How long must I stay with you? How long do I have to put up with you? Bring the boy here to me!" ¹⁸ Jesus gave a command to the demon, and it went out of the boy, and at that very moment he was healed. ¹⁹ Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked him, "Why couldn't we drive the demon out?" ²⁰ "It was because you do not have enough faith," answered Jesus. "I assure you that if you have faith as big as a mustard seed, you can say to this hill, 'Go from here to there!' and it will go. You could do anything!" ²¹ OMITTED TEXT ²² When the disciples all came together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be handed over to those ²³ who will kill him; but three days later he will be raised to life." The disciples became very sad. ²⁴ When Jesus and his disciples came to Capernaum, the collectors of the Temple tax came to Peter and asked, "Does your teacher pay the Temple tax?" ²⁵ "Of course," Peter answered. When Peter went into the house, Jesus spoke up first, "Simon, what is your opinion? Who pays duties or taxes to the kings of this world? The citizens of the country or the foreigners?" ²⁶ "The foreigners," answered Peter. "Well, then," replied Jesus, "that means that the citizens don't have to pay. ²⁷ But we don't want to offend these people. So go to the lake and drop in a line. Pull up the first fish you hook, and in its mouth you will find a coin worth enough for my Temple tax and yours. Take it and pay them our taxes."


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 20) Faith / Doubt / Worry - Faith as small as a mustard seed can move mountains

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 14) Sermon: With God (2013-07-28)

Definition(s):
Jesus (Jeez-us): savior; deliverer
So (Soh):