Tax men also came to be baptized and said, “Teacher, what should we do?”
“Meanwhile the tax man, slumped in the shadows, his face in his hands, not daring to look up, said, ‘God, give mercy. Forgive me, a sinner.’”
The crowd asked him, “Then what are we supposed to do?”
He told them, “No more extortion—collect only what is required by law.”
Cut to the quick, those who were there listening asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers! Brothers! So now what do we do?”