And tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’
And the crowds were questioning him, saying, “Then what should we do?”
And he said to them, “Collect no more than what you have been ordered to.”
And when all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they acknowledged God’s justice, having been baptized with the baptism of John.
Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Men, brothers, what should we do?”