Luke 3:13

He said to them, “Collect no more than that which is appointed to you.”

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In The King James Version

And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.

In Context

12Tax collectors also came to be immersed, and they said to him, “ Rabbi ·Teacher·, what must we do?”

14Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”

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Cross References

Psalms 18:23I was also blameless with him. 2 I kept myself from my depravity (moral evil). 1

Isaiah 1:16Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. 2 Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. 2 Cease to do evil. 1

Luke 19:8Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.”

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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