Matthew 17:27

But so that we don’t offend them, go to the lake and throw out a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four drachma coin. ¹  Take that and give it to them for me and you.”

Ge 1:28; 1Ki 17:4; Ps 8:8; Jon 1:17; Jon 2:10; Mt 15:12-14; Ro 14:21; Ro 15:1-3; 1Co 8:9,13; 1Co 9:19-22; 1Co 10:32,33; 2Co 6:3; 2Co 8:9; 1Th 5:22; Tit 2:7,8; Heb 2:7,8; Jas 2:5

¹ sn The four drachma coin was a stater (στατήρ, stathr), a silver coin worth four drachmas. One drachma was equivalent to one denarius, the standard pay for a day’s labor (L&N 6.80).