Luke 3:12

The Passion Translation

Even the despised tax collectors came to John to be baptized, and they asked him, “What are we to do to prove our hearts have changed?”

Cross References

Luke 7:29

When the common and disreputable people among the audience heard Jesus say this, they acknowledged that it was the truth, for they had already experienced John’s baptism.

Luke 18:13

“The tax collector stood alone in a corner, away from the Holy Place, and covered his face in his hands, feeling that he was unworthy even to look up to God. Beating his breast, he sobbed with brokenness and tears saying, ‘God, please, in your mercy and because of the blood sacrifice, forgive me, for I am nothing but the most miserable of all sinners!’

Matthew 5:46

What reward do you deserve if you only love the loveable? Don’t even the tax collectors do that?

Luke 3:10

The crowd kept asking him, “What then are we supposed to do?”

Luke 3:13

“Be honest,” he replied. “Don’t demand more taxes than what the law requires.”

Acts 2:37

When they heard this they were crushed and realized what they had done to Jesus. Deeply moved, they said to Peter and the other apostles, “What do we need to do, brothers?”