Luke 3:13
“Do not collect more than you have authority to demand,” John answered.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
In Context
12Even tax collectors came to be baptized, and said to John, “Teacher, what are we to do?”
Cross References
Psalms 18:23And I was blameless before him, guarding myself from sin.
Micah 6:8The Lord has told you what is good, what he demands of you: Only to do justice and love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
Luke 19:8But Zacchaeus stood forward and said to the Master, “Listen, Master! I will give half my property to the poor, and, if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give him back four times as much.”
Ephesians 4:28Let the person who steals steal no longer, but rather they should toil with their hands at honest work, so that they may have something to share with anyone 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 →