Luke 3:14

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Some soldiers on duty also asked him, “And what must we do [i.e., to demonstrate our repentance]?” And he answered them, “Do not force people to give you money or accuse them falsely, and be content with your pay.”

Cross References

Matthew 8:5

And when He had arrived at Capernaum, a military officer approached Him, begging,

Luke 19:8

Then Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I [plan to] give half of my possessions to poor people. And if I have cheated anyone out of something, [I promise] to repay them four times as 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 10:7

When the angel who spoke with him had left, Cornelius called two of his house servants and a soldier who was devoted [to God], men who worked for him regularly,

Philippians 2:15

so that you will be without just blame and innocent [of wrongdoing], children of God without fault in the middle of a crooked and perverted generation of people. You must shine among them like stars lighting up the sky,

Philippians 4:11

I am not saying this because of being in need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.

Titus 2:3

Older women, likewise, should be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine, teachers of what is good.

Revelation 12:10

And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, “The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ, have [all] now come. For the one who accuses our brothers in front of God day and night has been thrown out [of heaven].