Luke 3:12
Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
KJV
ἦλθον δὲ καὶ τελῶναι βαπτισθῆναι καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτόν· διδάσκαλε, τί ποιήσωμεν;
Greek NT
Venerunt autem et publicani ut baptizarentur, et dixerunt ad illum : Magister, quid faciemus ?
Vulgate
And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what must we do?
ASV
And the publicans also came to be baptized and said to him: Master, what shall we do?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βαπτίζω
baptizo
verb · 77×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διδάσκαλος
didaskalos
noun · 60×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
τελώνης
telones
noun · 21×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: ποιήσωμεν | WH/Treg/NIV: ποιήσωμεν | RP: ποιήσομεν
- ποιήσωμεν — SBLGNT
- ποιήσωμεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ποιήσομεν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§535Jesus' public life begins with his baptism by John in the Jordan.228 John preaches "a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins".229 A crowd of sinners230 - tax collectors and soldiers, Pharisees and Sadducees, and prostitutes - come to be baptized by him. "Then Jesus appears." the Baptist hesitates, but Jesus insists and receives baptism. Then the Holy Spirit, in the f…
Cross-references
- Acts 2:37 — Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
- Luke 3:10 — And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
- Luke 7:29 — And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
- Luke 7:29 — And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
- Luke 15:1 — Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
- Luke 18:13 — And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
- Matt 21:31 — Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.