Luke 3:14
Likewise the soldiers also were asking him, saying, “And what shall we do?” So he said to them, “Do not intimidate anyone or accuse anyone falsely, and be content with your wages.”
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
13And he said to them, “Collect nothing more than the amount which has been commanded to you.”
Cross References
Matthew 8:5Now when He had entered Capernaum, a centurion approached Him, begging Him,
Acts 10:7Now when the angel who had been speaking to Cornelius had departed, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among those who waited on him continually.
Philippians 2:15in order that you may become blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as light bearers in the world,
1 Timothy 6:8But having food and clothing, with these things we shall be content.
Hebrews 13:5Let your way of life be without loving money, being satisfied with what you have. For He Himself has said, “ By no means shall I desert you, nor in any way shall I 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 →