Luke 3:12 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹² Then some tax collectors came to him to be immersed and asked him, “Teacher, what must we do [i.e., to demonstrate our repentance]?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Even tax collectors came to be baptized, and they said to him, Teacher, what shall we do?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what must we do?

Common English Bible

¹² Even tax collectors came to be baptized. They said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Now the tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what should we do?"

Luke 3:12 Cross References

Luke 7:29

And when all the people, together with the tax collectors, heard this they praised God for being so just, and were immersed with the immersion [preached] by John.

Luke 18:13

But the tax collector stood at a distance [i.e., inconspicuously] and would not even look up to heaven, but struck his chest [i.e., in remorse], saying, ‘God, [please] have mercy on a sinner like me [i.e., “cover over” or forgive my sins].’

Matthew 5:46

For if you love [only] those who love you, what reward will you get for that? Do not even the publicans [Note: These were people with a bad reputation for their dishonest tax collecting activities] do that much?

Luke 3:10

Then the crowds asked him, “What then must we do [i.e., to demonstrate our repentance]?”

Luke 3:13

And he answered them; “Do not collect any more [tax money] than you are required to.”

Acts 2:37

Now when the people heard this message [of Peter and the other apostles, See verse 14], they were convicted [of its truth] in their hearts and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do [about our condemned condition]?”