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Luke 3:12

10 The crowds asked him, “What then should we do?”

11 John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”

Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”

13 “Collect no more than you are authorized,” he answered.

14 Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”
KJV
Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
WEB
Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what must we do?”
ASV
And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what must we do?
DARBY
And tax-gatherers came also to be baptised, and they said to him, Teacher, what should we do?
BLB
And tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?”
ÅB
Men også tollere kom for å døpes, og de sa til ham: Mester! hva skal vi gjøre?
OTB
Tollere kom også for å bli døpt. “Mester,” spurte de, “hva skal vi gjøre?”
B1930
Men også toldere kom for å døpes, og de sa til ham: Mester! hvad skal vi gjøre?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Luke 7:29

    All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.

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  • Luke 18:13

    But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’

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  • Luke 15:1–2

    Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus.

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  • Matthew 21:31–32

    Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

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