Luke 3:14

New Century Version

The soldiers asked John, “What about us? What should we do?” John said to them, “Don’t force people to give you money, and don’t lie about them. Be satisfied with the pay you get.”

Cross References

Exodus 20:16

“You must not tell lies about your neighbor.

Exodus 23:1

“You must not tell lies. If you are a witness in court, don’t help a wicked person by telling lies.

Leviticus 19:11

“ ‘You must not steal. You must not cheat people, and you must not lie to each other.

Matthew 8:5

When Jesus entered the city of Capernaum, an army officer came to him, begging for help.

Luke 19:8

But Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “I will give half of my possessions to the poor. And if I have cheated anyone, I will pay back four times more.”

Luke 3:10

The people asked John, “Then what should we do?”

Luke 3:13

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

Acts 10:7

When the angel who spoke to Cornelius left, Cornelius called two of his servants and a soldier, a religious man who worked for him.

Philippians 2:15

Then you will be innocent and without any wrong. You will be God’s children without fault. But you are living with crooked and mean people all around you, among whom you shine like stars in the dark world.

Philippians 4:11

I am not telling you this because I need anything. I have learned to be satisfied with the things I have and with everything that happens.

Titus 2:3

In the same way, teach older women to be holy in their behavior, not speaking against others or enslaved to too much wine, but teaching what is good.

Revelation 12:10

Then 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 now come. The accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accused them day and night before our God, has been thrown down.