Luke 3:12

WEB

¹²Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what must we do?”

KJV

¹²Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?

BSB

¹²Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”

FBV

¹²Some tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher, what should we do?” they also asked.

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Extra References

Luke 7:29

²⁹When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John’s baptism.

Luke 15:1-2

¹Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him. ²The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”

Luke 18:13

¹³But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’

³¹Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s Kingdom before you.

³²For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.