Luke 3:13
He said to them, “Do not collect more money than you have been ordered to collect.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what must we do?”
Cross References
Psalms 18:23I have also been innocent before him, and I have kept myself from sin. 1
Isaiah 1:16Wash, cleanse yourselves; 1 remove the evil of your deeds from my sight; 1 stop being evil; 1
Ezekiel 18:21But if the wicked turns away from all his sins that he has done, and keeps all my statutes and performs justice and righteousness, then he will certainly live and not die.
Micah 6:8He has told you, man, 1 what is good, 1 and what Yahweh requires from you: 1 Act justly, 1 love kindness, 1 and walk humbly with your God. 1
Luke 19:8Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone of anything, I will restore four times the amount.”
Ephesians 4:28The one who had been stealing must steal no longer. He must labor, doing useful work with his hands, so that he may have something to share with those who are 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 →