Luke 3:13

Easy To Read Version

John said to them, “Don’t take more taxes from people than you have been ordered to take.”

Cross References

Psalm 18:23

I was pure and honest with him.\par I kept myself from doing bad things.\par

Proverbs 28:13

A person that hides his sins will not be successful. But a person that confesses his sins and stops doing wrong will receive mercy.

Micah 6:8

Man, the Lord told you what goodness is.\par This is what the Lord wants from you:\par Be fair to other people.\par Love kindness and loyalty.\par Live humbly with your God.\par \{Don’t try to impress him with gifts.\}\par

Matthew 7:12

“Do to other people the same things you want them to do to you. This is the meaning of the law \{of Moses\} and the \{teaching of the\} prophets. {\cf2\super [83]}

Luke 19:8

Zacchaeus said to the Lord (Jesus), “I want to do good. I will give half of my money to the poor. If I have cheated any person, I will pay that person back four times more!”

Luke 3:12

Even the tax collectors {\cf2\super [51]} came to John. They wanted to be baptized. {\cf2\super [52]} They said to John, “Teacher, what should we do?”

Luke 3:14

The soldiers asked John, “What about us? What should we do?”

Ephesians 4:28

If a person is stealing, he must stop stealing. That person must start working. He must use his hands for doing something good. Then he will have something to share with those people who are poor.

Hebrews 12:1

We have those many people \{of faith\} around us. Their lives tell us what faith means. So we should be like them. We too should run the race that is before us and never stop trying. We should take away \{from our lives\} anything that would stop us. And we should take away the sin that so easily catches us.