Hope for Me

Matthew 17:24-28 (New Living Translation)

24 On their arrival in Capernaum, the tax collectors for the Temple tax came to Peter and asked him, "Doesn't your teacher pay the Temple tax?"
25 "Of course he does," Peter replied. Then he went into the house to talk to Jesus about it.
But before he had a chance to speak, Jesus asked him, "What do you think, Peter? Do kings tax their own people or the foreigners they have conquered?"
26 "They tax the foreigners," Peter replied. "Well, then," Jesus said, "the citizens are free!
27 However, we don't want to offend them, so go down to the lake and throw in a line. Open the mouth of the first fish you catch, and you will find a coin. Take the coin and pay the tax for both of us."

When Peter told them yes my master pays the temple tax, he spoke hastily. He did not take time to talk with Jesus. He just opened his mouth and spoke. Afterwards Peter does not bring this to Jesus whether it was because he knew he had spoken wrongly or because he did not consider it significance we do not know. What the consequence of Peters action with the tax collectors would have been we do not know. We do know Jesus considered it important enough to speak to Peter and then take care of the situation.