Luke 3:13-15

Easy-to-Read Version

¹³ He told them, “Don’t take more taxes from people than you have been ordered to collect.”

¹⁴ The soldiers asked him, “What about us? What should we do?”

He said to them, “Don’t use force or lies to make people give you money. Be happy with the pay you get.”

¹⁵ Everyone was hoping for the Messiah to come, and they wondered about John. They thought, “Maybe he is the Messiah.”