¹⁴ Likewise the soldiers asked him, saying, “And what shall we do?”

So he said to them, “Do not ^[a]intimidate anyone ^(A)or accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.”

⁵ Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, ^(A)“I will never leave you nor forsake you.” ⁶ So we may boldly say:

¹¹ Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, ^(A)to be content:

^11 (A)‘You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, ^(B)nor lie to one another.

Justice for All

23 “You ^(A)shall not circulate a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an ^(B)unrighteous witness.

⁸ And having food and clothing, with these we shall be ^(A)content. ⁹ But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. ¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

⁹ For the commandments, ^(A)“You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” ^[a]“You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, ^(B)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” ¹⁰ Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore ^(C)love is the fulfillment of the law.

⁸ Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the ^(A)poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by ^(B)false accusation, ^(C)I restore fourfold.”