For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
Luke 3:12 - English Majority Text Version 2009 Then tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, "Teacher, what shall we do?" More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Even tax collectors came to be baptized, and they said to him, Teacher, what shall we do? American Standard Version (1901) And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what must we do? Common English Bible Even tax collectors came to be baptized. They said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?” Catholic Public Domain Version Now the tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what should we do?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the publicans also came to be baptized, and said to him: Master, what shall we do? |
For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
And the tax collector, standing far away, would not so much as lift his eyes towards heaven, but beat on his chest, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!'
And he said to them, "Collect nothing more than the [amount] which has been commanded to you."
And when all the people heard Him, even the tax collectors justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John.
Now having heard this, they were cut to the heart, and they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Men and brothers, what shall we do?"