Then tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?”
And when all the people heard Him, even the tax collectors justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John.
And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’
For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
So the people asked him, saying, “What shall we do then?”
And he said to them, “Collect no more than what is appointed for you.”
Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?”