Luke 3:13

And he said to them: Exact no more than that which is appointed you.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.

In Context

12And the publicans also came to be immersed, and they said to him: Teacher, what shall we do?

14And soldiers also asked him, saying: And what shall we do? And he said to them: Take nothing from any one by extortion, nor by false accusation, and be content with your pay.

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Cross References

Luke 19:8And Zacchæus stood, and said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken from any one by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

Ephesians 4:28Let him that steals, steal no more: but rather let labor, working with his hands that which is good, that he may have something to give to him that has need.

Matthew Henry on Luke 3:2-15

Ministry of John the Baptist. 1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituræa and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. 3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; 4 As it is… Read the whole commentary →

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