Luke 3:12
Then tax-farmers came to him for baptism and said to him, Master, what have we to do?
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- Luke 7:29 : 29 (And all the people, and the tax-farmers, to whom John had given baptism, when they had knowledge of these things, gave glory to God.
- Luke 15:1-2 : 1 Now all the tax-farmers and sinners came near to give ear to him. 2 And the Pharisees and scribes were angry, saying, This man gives approval to sinners, and takes food with them.
- Luke 18:13 : 13 The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
- Matt 21:31-32 : 31 Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers and loose women are going into the kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you had no faith in him, but the tax-farmers and the loose women had faith in him: and you, when you saw it, did not even have regret for your sins, so as to have faith in him.
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10 And the people put questions to him, saying, What have we to do?
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13 And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount.
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9 And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, seated at the place where taxes were taken; and he said to him, Come after me. And he got up and went after him.
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14 And when he went by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and he said to him, Come with me. And he got up, and went with him.
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3 And in answer he said to them, I will put a question to you, and do you give me an answer:
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29 And Levi made a great feast for him in his house: and a great number of tax-farmers and others were seated at table with them.
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17 Give us, then, your opinion of this: Is it right to give tax to Caesar, or not?
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7 So he said to the people who went out to him for baptism: You offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?
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22 Is it right for us to make payment of taxes to Caesar or not?
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