Luke 3:14
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.
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13And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
Cross References
Exodus 23:1You shall not raise a false report: put not yours hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Matthew 8:5And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
Acts 10:7And when the angel which spoke unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;
Philippians 2:15That all of you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom all of you shine as lights in the world;
1 Timothy 6:8And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
Hebrews 13:5Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as all of you have: for he has said, I will never leave you, nor 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 →