For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
Luke 3:12 - The Text-Critical English New Testament Some tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Even tax collectors came to be baptized, and they said to him, Teacher, what shall we do? American Standard Version (1901) And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what must we do? Common English Bible Even tax collectors came to be baptized. They said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?” Catholic Public Domain Version Now the tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what should we do?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the publicans also came to be baptized, and said to him: Master, what shall 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 stood at a distance and would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
He said to them, “Collect no more than what you have been authorized to collect.”
(When all the people heard this, including the tax collectors, they acknowledged the justice of God, because they had been baptized with the baptism of John.
When they heard this, they were pierced to the heart and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?”