Luke 3:14

And [the] knights asked him, and said, What shall also we do? (or And the soldiers asked him, What should we do?) And he said to them, Smite ye wrongfully no man, neither make ye false challenge, and be ye satisfied with your wages.

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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, Do ye nothing more, than that that is ordained to you.

15When all the people guessed, and all men thought in their hearts of John, lest peradventure he were Christ (or that perhaps he was the Messiah),

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Cross References

Exodus 23:1Thou shalt not receive a voice of leasing (or Thou shalt not spread a rumour, or a lie), (and) thou shalt not raise thine hand, that is, make (a) covenant, either (a) promise, that thou say false witnessing for a wicked man.

Matthew 8:5And when he had entered into Capernaum, the centurion nighed to him, and prayed him, (And when he entered into Capernaum, a centurion came up to him, and beseeched him,)

Acts 10:7And when the angel that spake to him, was gone away [or had gone away], he called two men of his house, and a knight that dreaded the Lord (or and a soldier who had fearful reverence for the Lord), which were at his bidding [or that obeyed to him].

Philippians 2:15that ye be without (com)plaint, and simple as the sons of God, without reproof, in the middle of a shrewd nation and a wayward (one); among which ye shine as (the) givers of light in the world. (so that ye be without fault, and sincere as the sons of God, yea, without reproach, in the midst of a depraved and a wicked nation; among whom ye shine as the givers of light in the world.)

1 Timothy 6:8But we having foods, and with what things we shall be covered [or and with what things we shall be clothed], be we satisfied with these things.

Hebrews 13:5Be your manners without covetousness, satisfied with present things; for he said, I shall not leave thee, neither forsake (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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