Matthew 17

Apostle Peter paying the temple tax with coin from the fish's mouth by Augustin Tünger, 1486.

Matthew 17 is the seventeenth chapter in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament section of the Christian Bible. Jesus continues his final journey to Jerusalem ministering through Perea. The narrative can be divided into the following subsections:

• Transfiguration of Jesus (17:1-13)
• Exorcising a boy possessed by a demon (17:14-21)
• Predicting His Death and Resurrection (17:22-23)
• Coin in the fish's mouth (17:24-27)

Tilapia zilli ("St. Peter's fish") - served in a Tiberias restaurant.

An Athenian tetradrachm from after 499 BCE.

Preceded by Matthew 16

Chapters of the New Testament Gospel of Matthew

Succeeded by Matthew 18