Luke 3:12

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Even tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, "Teacher, what should we do?"

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  • Luke 7:29 : 29 (When all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged that God's way was right, because they had been baptized by John.)
  • Luke 15:1-2 : 1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to Him. 2 And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, saying, 'This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.'
  • Luke 18:13 : 13 'But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven but beat his chest and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'
  • Matt 21:31-32 : 31 Which of the two did the will of his father? They said, 'The first.' Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.' 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him. And even when you saw it, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

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  • Luke 3:10-11
    2 verses
    82%

    10 The crowds were asking him, "What, then, should we do?"

    11 He replied to them, "Anyone who has two tunics must share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food must do the same."

  • Luke 3:13-14
    2 verses
    82%

    13 He told them, "Do not collect anything more than what is required."

    14 Then some soldiers also questioned him, saying, "And what should we do?" He replied to them, "Do not extort money from anyone or accuse anyone falsely; be content with your wages."

  • Luke 15:1
    75%

    1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to Him.

  • Matt 21:31-32
    2 verses
    75%

    31 Which of the two did the will of his father? They said, 'The first.' Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.'

    32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him. And even when you saw it, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

  • Luke 7:29
    74%

    29 (When all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged that God's way was right, because they had been baptized by John.)

  • Matt 3:6-8
    3 verses
    74%

    6 and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

    7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, 'You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

    8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.

  • Matt 9:9-11
    3 verses
    74%

    9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. 'Follow me,' he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

    10 While Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples.

    11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, 'Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?'

  • Matt 3:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.

    14 But John tried to stop Him, saying, 'I need to be baptized by You, and yet You are coming to me?'

    15 Jesus answered him, 'Allow it for now, because this is the proper way for us to fulfill all righteousness.' Then John allowed Him.

  • John 3:26
    74%

    26 So they came to John and said to him, 'Rabbi, the one who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you testified—look, He is baptizing, and everyone is coming to Him.'

  • Luke 5:27
    73%

    27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. He said to him, "Follow Me."

  • Acts 19:3
    73%

    3 Paul then asked, "Into what, then, were you baptized?" They answered, "Into John's baptism."

  • Matt 5:46-47
    2 verses
    73%

    46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?

    47 And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

  • Mark 2:14-16
    3 verses
    73%

    14 As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, 'Follow me.' And Levi got up and followed him.

    15 And while Jesus was dining in Levi's house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining at the table with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

    16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Jesus eating with tax collectors and sinners, they said to his disciples, 'Why does he eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?'

  • Luke 3:3
    73%

    3 And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

  • Matt 3:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1 At that time, John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

    2 and saying, 'Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near.'

    3 This is the one who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: 'A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make His paths straight.'

  • Luke 20:3-4
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    3 But he answered them, 'I will also ask you a question, and you tell me:

    4 Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?'

  • Matt 19:16
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    16 Then someone came to him and asked, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to have eternal life?"

  • Mark 11:30
    71%

    30 'Was John's baptism from heaven or from men? Answer me.'

  • Mark 12:14
    71%

    14 When they came, they said to him, 'Teacher, we know that you are truthful and you don't show partiality to anyone, for you do not regard the appearance of people but teach the way of God truthfully. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or shouldn't we?'

  • Matt 11:3
    71%

    3 "Are You the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?"

  • Luke 5:29-30
    2 verses
    70%

    29 Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors and others were reclining there with them.

    30 But the Pharisees and their scribes began to grumble to His disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"

  • Matt 22:17
    70%

    17 Tell us, then, what you think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?

  • Matt 9:14
    70%

    14 Then the disciples of John came to him and asked, 'Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?'

  • Mark 1:5
    70%

    5 The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem came out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

  • Luke 3:7
    70%

    7 John said to the crowds coming to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?"

  • John 1:25
    70%

    25 They asked him, 'Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?'

  • Luke 20:22
    70%

    22 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?'

  • Luke 18:18
    70%

    18 A certain ruler asked him, 'Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?'

  • John 3:22
    70%

    22 After these things, Jesus and His disciples went to the Judean countryside, where He spent time with them and baptized.

  • Luke 18:13
    70%

    13 'But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven but beat his chest and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'

  • Mark 10:36
    70%

    36 'What do you want me to do for you?' he asked.

  • Luke 5:32-33
    2 verses
    70%

    32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

    33 Then they said to Him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?"

  • Luke 18:10
    69%

    10 'Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.'