GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 17:22-27
Jesus was asked to pay the temple tax. Every Jew, from all over the world, was supposed to pay the temple tax (one day’s wage) to help to support the temple in Jerusalem. This was an irritant for every Jew. Jesus himself has expressed it in a little way.
Then how did Jesus, who chased out the money changers and those who sold things in the temple area, asked Peter to pay the temple tax? Jesus waited for an opportune time. He was a master strategist. He was himself, as he told his disciples to be, as wise as the serpent (Mt 10:16).
இயேசுவும் சுங்கவரி தலைவரி செலுத்த வேண்டிய நிலை வருகிறது. ஒவ்வொரு யூதனுடைய கடமையாகும். இதே இயேசு கோவிலில் வரிதண்டுபவர்களை விரட்டுகிறார். ஏன்? சரியான காலம் வரும்வரை காத்தருக்கிறார்.
