“And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.”
Don't collect any more than you are required to, he told them — the tax collector's instruction is not to abandon their profession but to practice it honestly: collect exactly what is required, nothing more. The occupational ethics of the kingdom do not require everyone to become a full-time religious worker but to do ordinary work with justice.
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