Matthew 17:24
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And they ask Peter craftily. Since, they say, he is accustomed to oppose Moses’ laws, he does not even pay the didrachma (Matthew 17:24) — knowing that Christ had also said, “I came not to destroy the law but to fulfill,” (Matthew 5:17) and that the manner of the economy requires this. To these Peter said — perhaps blushing to converse about these things.
Greek
καὶ πανούργως ἐρωτῶσι τὸν Πέτρον. ἐπειδή, φησίν, ἔθος ἔχει τοῖς τοῦ Μωσέως ἀντιπράττεσθαι νόμοις, οὐδὲ τὸ δίδραχμον τελεῖ, εἰδὼς ὅτι καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἦν εἰπὼν "οὐκ ἦλθον καταλῦσαι τὸν νόμον, ἀλλὰ πλη ρῶσαι", καὶ ὅτι τῆς οἰκονομίας ὁ τρόπος τοῦτο ἀπαιτεῖ. τούτοις μὲν οὖν εἶπεν ὁ Πέτρος–ἴσως ἐρυθριῶν ὑπὲρ τούτων διαλεχθῆναι.