Luke 3:13
And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
In Context
12Then tax-farmers came to him for baptism and said to him, Master, what have we to do?
Cross References
Psalms 18:23\18:22\For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.
Isaiah 1:16Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;
Ezekiel 18:21But if the evil-doer, turning away from all the sins which he has done, keeps my rules and does what is ordered and right, life will certainly be his; death will not be his fate.
Micah 6:8He has made clear to you, O man, what is good; and what is desired from you by the Lord; only doing what is right, and loving mercy, and walking without pride before your God.
Luke 19:8And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much.
Ephesians 4:28Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in 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 →