Luke 3:13

He said to them, “Do not take from the people any more money than the Roman government tells you to take!”

Translation for Translators

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 and asked to be baptized ( asked him to baptize them}. They asked him, “Teacher, what shall we (exc) do to please God?”

14Some soldiers asked him, “What about us? What should we (exc) do to please God?” He said to them, “Do not say to anyone, ‘ If you(sg) do not give me some money, I will hurt you,’ and do not take people to court and falsely accuse them of doing something wrong! And be content with your wages.”

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Cross References

Psalms 18:23He knows that I have not done what is wrong; I have kept myself from sinning.

Isaiah 1:16Cleanse your inner beings, and become spiritually clean! Stop your evil behavior! Stop doing things that are wrong!

Ezekiel 18:21But if a wicked person ◄turns away from/quits► doing all the evil things that he did previously, and if he starts to obey faithfully all my laws, and does what is fair and right [DOU], he will surely remain alive; he will not be executed.

Micah 6:8No, because he has shown each of us what is good to do; he has shown [RHQ] us what he requires each of us to do: He wants us to do what is just/fair and to love and to be merciful to others, and he wants us to live humbly while we fellowship with him, our God.

Luke 19:8Then Zacchaeus stood up while they were eating and said to the Lord Jesus, “Lord, I want you (sg) to know that I am going to give half of what I own to poor people. And as for the people whom I have cheated, I will pay them back four times the amount I have gotten from them by cheating.”

Ephesians 4:28Those who have been stealing must not steal any longer. Instead, they should work hard to earn ◄their living/what they need► ◄ by their own efforts/ by what they do themselves► [MTY], in order that they may have something to give to those who are needy.

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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