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Luke 3:13

And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.

KJV

ὁ δὲ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς· μηδὲν πλέον παρὰ τὸ διατεταγμένον ὑμῖν πράσσετε.

Greek NT

At ille dixit ad eos : Nihil amplius, quam quod constitutum est vobis, faciatis.

Vulgate

And he said unto them, Extort no more than that which is appointed you.

ASV

But he said to them: Do nothing more than that which is appointed you.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διατάσσω
diatasso
verb · 15×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μηδείς
medeis
adjective · 92×
παρά
para
preposition · 191×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
πράσσω
prasso
verb · 39×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Historic Christian voices

3 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

  • 1Cor 6:10 — Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
  • Eph 4:28 — Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
  • Exod 20:15 — Thou shalt not steal.
  • Isa 1:16 — Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
  • Luke 19:8 — And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
  • Matt 7:12 — Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
  • Mic 6:8 — He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
  • Titus 2:11 — For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,