Luke 3:13 (WEB)
He said to them, “Collect no more than that which is appointed to you.”
Catechism · 1
Jesus' public life begins with his baptism by John in the Jordan. John preaches "a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins". A crowd of sinners - tax collectors and soldiers, Pharisees and Sadducees, and prostitutes - come to be baptized by him.
Fathers and councils · 19
Augustine of Hippo
“…has told us how, in the days of John’s baptizing, and at the time when the Lord, being then a grown man, was also baptized, Herod was tetrarch of Galilee; whereas Matthew tells us that the boy Jesus returned from Egypt after the death of Herod.” — editor's note: Luke iii. 1–21.
Read the whole comment“For as in Matthew, so also in Luke, the words are the same, and they are given in the same order, “He shall baptize you in the Spirit and in fire,”—with this single exception, that Luke has not added the adjective “Holy,” while Matthew has given it thus: “in the Holy Spirit and in fire.”” — editor's note: Matt. iii. 3–12; Mark i. 6–8; Luke iii. 7–17.
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Tertullian
“For albeit soldiers had come unto John, and had received the formula of their rule; albeit, likewise, a centurion had believed; still the Lord afterward, in disarming Peter, unbe**d every soldier.” — editor's note: See Luke iii. 12, 13.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke
In the preceding words of John, it is plain that the hearts of his hearers were troubled, and sought for advice from him. As it is added, And they asked him, saying, &c.
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Three classes of men are introduced as enquiring of John concerning their salvation, one which the Scripture calls the multitude, another to which it gives the name of Publicans, and a third which is noticed by the…
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Now to the Publicans and soldiers he gives a commandment to abstain from evil, but the multitudes, as not living in an evil condition, he commands to perform some good work, as it follows, He that hath two coats, let…
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Because a coat is more necessary for our use than a cloak, it belongs to the bringing forth of fruits worthy of repentance, that we should divide with our neighbours not only our superfluities but those which are…
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But we are hereby taught, that every thing we have over and above what is necessary to our daily support, we are bound to give to him who hath nothing for God’s sake, who hath given us liberally whatever we possess.
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For because it was written in the law, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, he is proved to love his neighbour less than himself, who does not share with him in his distress, those things which are even…
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For other commands of duty have reference only to individuals, mercy has a common application. It is therefore a common commandment to all, to contribute to him that has not. Mercy is the fulness of virtues, yet in…
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But this place admits of a deeper meaning, for as we ought not to serve two masters, so neither to have two coats, lest one should be the clothing of the old man, the other of the new, but we ought to cast off the…
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But some one has observed that the two coats are the spirit and letter of Scripture, but John advises him that hath these two to instruct the ignorant, and give him at least the letter.
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What great virtue there was in the discourse of the Baptist is manifested by this, that the Publicans, nay even the soldiers, he compelled to seek counsel of him concerning their salvation, as it follows, But the…
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Great is the force of virtue that makes the rich seek the way of salvation from the poor, from him that hath nothing.
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He commands them therefore that they exact no more than what was presented to them, as it follows, And he said unto them, Do no more than what is appointed to you. But they are called publicans who collect the public…
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Teaching thereby that wages were affixed to military duty, lest men seeking for gain should go about as robbers.
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For by wages he refers to the imperial pay, and the rewards assigned to distinguished actions.
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For he knew that soldiers, when they use their arms, are not homicides, but the ministers of the law; not the avengers of their own injuries, but the defenders of the public safety. Otherwise he might have answered,…
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But John’s desire when he spoke to the Publicans and soldiers, was to bring them over to a higher wisdom, for which as they were not fitted, he reveals to them commoner truths, lest if he put forward the higher they…
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 19.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 19.
Cited together in Catechism §535.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 19.
Cited together in Catechism §535.
Cited together in Catechism §535.
Cited together in Catechism §535.
Cited together in Catechism §535.
Cited together in Catechism §535.
Cited together in Catechism §535.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 19.
Cited together in Catechism §535.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 19.