Luke 3:14

Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” He said to them, “Do not extort money from anyone by threats or false accusations, and be content with your wages.”

Text-Critical English NT

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

13He said to them, “Collect no more than what you have been authorized to collect.”

15Now as the people were waiting in expectation and were all questioning in their hearts whether John might be the Christ,

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Cross References

Matthew 8:5When Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him and pleaded with him,

Acts 10:7When the angel who spoke to him went away, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.

Philippians 2:15so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world

1 Timothy 6:8but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.

Hebrews 13:5Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for God has said, “I will never leave yoʋ or forsake yoʋ.”

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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