Luke 3:13

And he said to them: Exact no more than ye are required to exact.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.

In Context

12And publicans also came to be baptized. And they said to him: Teacher, what shall we do?

14And those serving in war inquired of him, and said: And what shall we do? He said to them: Be insolent to no one, and oppress no one, and let your pay satisfy you.

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Cross References

Luke 19:8And Zaccheus stood up, and said to Jesus: Behold, my Lord, the half of my riches I give to the poor; and to every man, whom I have wronged in any thing, I restore fourfold.

Ephesians 4:28And let him that stole, steal no more; but let him labor with his hands, and do good acts; that he may have to give to him who needeth.

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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