Luke 3:14
The souldiers likewise demaunded of him, saying, And what shall we doe? And he saide vnto them, Doe violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely, and be content with your wages.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
13And hee saide vnto them, Require no more then that which is appointed vnto you.
15As the people waited, and all men mused in their heartes of Iohn, if he were not that Christ,
Cross References
Exodus 23:1Thou shalt not receiue a false tale, neyther shalt thou put thine hande with the wicked, to be a false witnes.
Matthew 8:5When Iesus was entred into Capernaum, there came vnto him a Centurion, beseeching him,
Acts 10:7And when the Angel which spake vnto Cornelius, was departed, he called two of his seruants, and a souldier that feared God, one of them that waited on him,
Philippians 2:15That ye may be blamelesse, and pure, and the sonnes of God without rebuke in the middes of a naughtie and crooked nation, among whom yee shine as lights in the world,
1 Timothy 6:8Therefore when wee haue foode and raiment, let vs therewith be content.
Hebrews 13:5Let your conuersation be without couetousnesse, and be content with those things that ye haue, for he hath said,
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 →