Luke 3:14
Some soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Do not take money from anyone by force, and do not accuse anyone falsely. Be content with your wages.”
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In Context
13He said to them, “Do not collect more money than you have been ordered to collect.”
Cross References
Exodus 23:1You must not give a false report about anyone. Do not join with a wicked man to be a dishonest witness.
Matthew 8:5When Jesus had entered into Capernaum, a centurion came to him and asked him,
Acts 10:7When the angel who spoke to him had left, Cornelius called two of his house servants, and a devout soldier from among those who served him.
Philippians 2:15Act in this way so that you may become blameless and honest, children of God without blemish. Act in this way so that you may shine as lights in the world, in the middle of a crooked and depraved generation.
1 Timothy 6:8Instead, let us be satisfied with food and clothing.
Hebrews 13:5Let your conduct be free from the love of money. Be content with the things you have, for God himself has said, “I will never leave you, nor will I 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 →