Luke 3:14

And 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.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

13And he said to them: Exact no more than ye are required to exact.

15And while the people were thinking of John, and all pondered in their heart, whether he were the Messiah;

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Cross References

Matthew 8:5And when Jesus had entered into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, and besought him,

Acts 10:7And when the angel that talked with him was gone, he called two of his household, and a soldier who feared God and was obedient to him.

Philippians 2:15that ye may be perfect and without blemish, as the sincere children of God, who are resident in a perverse and crooked generation; and that ye may appear among them as luminaries in the world;

1 Timothy 6:8Therefore, food and clothing satisfy us.

Hebrews 13:5Let not your mind love money; but let what ye have, satisfy you. For the Lord himself hath said, I will never leave thee, nor slacken the hand towards thee.

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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