Luke 3:14

And soldiers also asked him, saying: What shall we also do? And he said to them: Do violence to no one, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages[3:14].

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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.

15And while the people were in expectation, and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether he himself were not the Christ,

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Cross References

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

Acts 10:7And when the angel who spoke to Cornelius was gone, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of those who waited on him;

Philippians 2:15that ye may become blameless and simple, children of God, unreproachable, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye appear as do the heavenly lights in the world;

1 Timothy 6:8and having food and raiment, let us be therewith content.

Hebrews 13:5Let your disposition be without covetousness, and be content with what ye have; for he has said: I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

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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