Luke 3:12

And tax-gatherers came also to be baptised, and they said to him, Teacher, what should we do?

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?

In Context

11And he answering says to them, He that has two body-coats, let him give to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise.

13And he said to them, Take no more [money] than what is appointed to you.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:31Which of the two did the will of the father? They say [to him], The first. Jesus says to them, Verily I say unto you that the tax-gatherers and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

Luke 15:1And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near to him to hear him;

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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