Luke 3:14

And 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.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

In Context

13And he said to them: Exact no more than that which is appointed you.

15While the people were in suspense, and all were reasoning in their hearts about John, whether he was the Christ or not,

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Cross References

Matthew 8:5And when he entered Capernaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him,

Acts 10:7When the angel who spoke to him had departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier, one of those who waited on him,

Philippians 2:15that you may be without reproach and Harmless, the children of God, without blame, in the midst of a wicked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as luminaries in the world,

1 Timothy 6:8And having food and raiment, with these let us be content.

Hebrews 13:5Let there be no money-loving disposition; be content with such things as you have. For he has said: I will never leave you, nor will I ever forsake you.

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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