Luke
Luke 3:12–13
12Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”
13“Collect no more than you are authorized,” he answered.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Luke 3:12
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Even | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| tax collectors | τελῶναι | telōnai | Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural | G5057 a collector of taxes |
| came | Ἦλθον | Ēlthon | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G2064 I come, go |
| to be baptized | βαπτισθῆναι | baptisthēnai | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive | G907 I dip, submerge, baptize |
| Teacher | Διδάσκαλε | Didaskale | Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular | G1320 a teacher |
| they asked | εἶπαν | eipan | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing) |
| what | τί | ti | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G5101 who, which, what |
| should we do | ποιήσωμεν | poiēsōmen | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural | G4160 I do, make |
Luke 3:13
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collect | πράσσετε | prassete | Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G4238 I do, fare, require |
| no | Μηδὲν | Mēden | Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular | G3367 no one, nothing |
| more than | πλέον | pleon | Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular - Comparative | G4119 more, greater |
| you | ὑμῖν | hymin | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
| are authorized | διατεταγμένον | diatetagmenon | Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Neuter Singular | G1299 I give orders to, prescribe |
| he answered | εἶπεν | eipen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing) |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Luke 3:12 Luke 7:29 · Matthew 21:31–32 · Luke 18:13 · Luke 15:1–2
Luke 3:13 Luke 19:8 · Ephesians 4:28 · 1 Corinthians 6:10 · Isaiah 1:16–17 · Micah 6:8 · Titus 2:11–12 · Matthew 7:12
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.