Luke 3:12 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what must we do?”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Tax collectors also came to be baptised, and they said to him, “Teacher, what must we do?”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Master, what must we do?
MSB Majority Standard Bible
Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what must we do?
LSV Literal Standard Version
And there also came tax collectors to be immersed, and they said to him, “Teacher, what will we do?”
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
And tax-gatherers came also to be baptised, and they said to him, Teacher, what should we do?
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said to him, Master, what shall we do?
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Then came there Publicanes also to bee baptized, and saide vnto him, Master, what shall we doe?
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what must we do?”
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
Then came ther Publicans to be baptised and sayde vnto him: Master what shall we do?
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
And there came also tax-gatherers to be baptised, and they said unto him, 'Teacher, what shall we do?'
FBV Free Bible Version
Some tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher, what should we do?” they also asked.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
Then tax-farmers came to him for baptism and said to him, Master, what have we to do?
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y viniéron también á él Publicanos, para que los bautizase, y le dixeron: Maestro, qué haremos?
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y vinieron también publicanos para ser bautizados, y le dijeron: Maestro, ¿qué haremos?
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Unos que cobraban impuestos vinieron también para que los bautizara, y le preguntaron: ―Maestro, ¿qué debemos hacer nosotros?
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Unos publicanos fueron a ser bautizados y le preguntaron: Maestro, ¿qué haremos?
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Y algunos recaudadores de impuestos vinieron para bautizarse. “Maestro, ¿qué debemos hacer?” le preguntaron también.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
También vinieron unos cobradores de impuestos para ser bautizados, y le dijeron: Maestro, ¿qué debemos hacer?
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
ἦλθον δὲ καὶ τελῶναι βαπτισθῆναι, καὶ εἶπον πρὸς αὐτόν· διδάσκαλε, τί ποιήσομεν;
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
ηλθον δε και τελωναι βαπτισθηναι, και ειπον προς αυτον· διδασκαλε, τι ποιησομεν;
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Ἦλθον δὲ καὶ τελῶναι βαπτισθῆναι, καὶ εἶπον πρὸς αὐτόν, Διδάσκαλε, τί ποιήσομεν;
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
ηλθον δε και τελωναι βαπτισθηναι και ειπον προσ αυτον διδασκαλε τι ποιησομεν
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ἦλθον δὲ καὶ τελῶναι βαπτισθῆναι καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτόν Διδάσκαλε, τί ποιήσωμεν;
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
ἦλθον δὲ καὶ τελῶναι βαπτισθῆναι καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτόν· Διδάσκαλε, τί ⸀ποιήσωμεν
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Venerunt autem et publicani ut baptizarentur, et dixerunt ad illum: Magister, quid faciemus?
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Прїидо́ша же и҆ мытари̑ крести́тисѧ ѿ негѡ̀ и҆ рѣ́ша къ немꙋ̀: ᲂу҆чи́телю, что̀ сотвори́мъ;
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Пришли и мытари креститься, и сказали ему: учитель! что нам делать?
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Ήλθον δε και τελώναι διά να βαπτισθώσι, και είπον προς αυτόν· Διδάσκαλε, τι θέλομεν κάμει;
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Дођоше пак и цариници да их крсти, и рекоше му: Учитељу! Шта ћемо чинити?
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Dođoše pak i carinici da ih krsti, i rekoše mu: Učitelju! Šta ćemo činiti?
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَجَاءَ عَشَّارُونَ أَيْضًا لِيَعْتَمِدُوا فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، مَاذَا نَفْعَلُ؟».
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC