Luke 3:13
“Don't collect any more tax than you're meant to,” he replied.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
In Context
12Some tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher, what should we do?” they also asked.
Cross References
Psalms 18:23I am blameless in his sight; I keep myself from sinning.
Isaiah 1:16Wash yourselves and clean yourselves up. Get rid of your sins—I don't want to see them! Stop doing evil!
Ezekiel 18:21However, if someone who is wicked stops sinning and keeps my laws, doing what is fair and right, they will certainly live—they won't die.
Micah 6:8The Lord has told you what is good, and what the Lord asks from you: to do what is right, to love kindness, and to walk in humility with your God.
Luke 19:8But Zacchaeus stood up and said before the Lord, “Look, I'm giving half of everything I own to the poor, and if I've cheated anybody, I'll pay them back four times as much!”
Ephesians 4:28Thieves, stop your stealing, and do honest, productive work with your hands, so you'll have something to give to those who need it.
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 →