Luke 3:14

And chaiyalim (soldiers) as well were asking him, What should we do also? And Yochanan said to them, Extort kesef from no one, and let there be no lashon hora, and be satisfied with your loin (wages).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 Yochanan said to them, Collect nothing more than the amount having been commanded you.

15As the Am [Berit] were filled with expectation, and all were wondering in their levavot (hearts) concerning Yochanan, whether perhaps he might be the Moshiach,

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Cross References

Exodus 23:1Thou shalt not spread a false report; put not thine hand with the rashah to be an ed chamas (malicious witness).

Matthew 8:5Now when Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach entered into K'far-Nachum, a centurion approached him, begging him

Acts 10:7And, when the malach speaking to him had departed, Cornelius summoned shnayim of his household avadim and a devout chaiyal (soldier) from among the ones in his service,

Philippians 2:15That you may be innocent and without michshol of blame, + 2:15 1:10 bnei haElohim TAMIM U'MUM + 2:15 Ex 12:5; Lv 22:20; Isa 53:7-9 (unblemished and unspotted) in the midst of a DOR IKKESH UFETALTOL (warped and crooked generation), + 2:15 Dt 32:5 among whom you shine as the ZOHAR + 2:15 Dan 12:3 in the Olam Hazeh,

1 Timothy 6:8But having okhel (food) and begadim (clothes), with these we will be satisfied.

Hebrews 13:5Fier zich (comport oneself) in your derech free of chamdanut (covetousness), being content with what you have, for He Himself has said, LO ARPECHA V'LO E'EZVECHA + 13:5 Dt 31:6,8; Josh 1:5 (I will never desert you, nor will I ever 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 →

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