Luke 3:10

New Century Version

The people asked John, "Then what should we do?"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“What then should we do?” the crowds were asking him.

King James Version (1611)
And the people asked him, saying, What shall we doe then?

King James Version
And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?

English Standard Version
And the crowds asked him, "What then shall we do?"

New American Standard Bible
And the crowds were questioning him, saying, "Then what are we to do?"

Amplified Bible
The crowds asked him, "Then what are we to do?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And the crowds were questioning him, saying, "Then what shall we do?"

Legacy Standard Bible
And the crowds were questioning him, saying, "Then what should we do?"

Berean Standard Bible
The crowds asked him, "What then should we do?"

Contemporary English Version
The crowds asked John, "What should we do?"

Complete Jewish Bible
The crowds asked Yochanan, "So then, what should we do?"

Darby Translation
And the crowds asked him saying, What should we do then?

Easy-to-Read Version
The people asked John, "What should we do?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the people asked him, saying, What shall we doe then?

George Lamsa Translation
And the people asked him saying, What then shall we do?

Good News Translation
The people asked him, "What are we to do, then?"

Lexham English Bible
And the crowds were asking him, saying, "What then should we do?"

Literal Translation
And the crowd asked him, saying, What then shall we do?

American Standard Version
And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do?

Bible in Basic English
And the people put questions to him, saying, What have we to do?

Hebrew Names Version
The multitudes asked him, "What then must we do?"

International Standard Version
The crowds kept asking him, "What, then, should we do?"Acts 2:37;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And the assemblies inquired of him, saying, What then shall we do ?

Murdock Translation
And the multitudes asked him, and said: What, then, shall we do?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the people asked hym, saying: What shall we do then?

English Revised Version
And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do?

World English Bible
The multitudes asked him, "What then must we do?"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the multitude asked him, saying, What then shall we do? He answering saith to them,

Weymouth's New Testament
The crowds repeatedly asked him, "What then are we to do?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the puple axide hym, and seiden, What thanne schulen we do?

Update Bible Version
And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do?

Webster's Bible Translation
And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?

New English Translation
So the crowds were asking him, "What then should we do?"

New King James Version
So the people asked him, saying, "What shall we do then?"

New Living Translation
The crowds asked, "What should we do?"

New Life Bible
The people asked him, "Then what should we do?"

New Revised Standard
And the crowds asked him, "What then should we do?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the multitude began to question him saying - What, then, shall we do?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the people asked him, saying: What then shall we do?

Revised Standard Version
And the multitudes asked him, "What then shall we do?"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And the people axed him sayinge: What shall we do then?

Young's Literal Translation
And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, `What, then, shall we do?'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the people axed him, and sayde: What shal we do then?

Mace New Testament (1729)
Upon which the people asked him, what then shall we do?

THE MESSAGE
The crowd asked him, "Then what are we supposed to do?"

Simplified Cowboy Version
John was sure enough givin' 'em the what for and they shouted, "Then what should we do?"

Contextual Overview

¹ It was the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar. These men were under Caesar: Pontius Pilate, the ruler of Judea; Herod, the ruler of Galilee; Philip, Herod's brother, the ruler of Iturea and Traconitis; and Lysanias, the ruler of Abilene. ² Annas and Caiaphas were the high priests. At this time, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the desert. ³ He went all over the area around the Jordan River preaching a baptism of changed hearts and lives for the forgiveness of sins. ⁴ As it is written in the book of Isaiah the prophet: "This is a voice of one who calls out in the desert: ‘Prepare the way for the Lord. Make the road straight for him. ⁵ Every valley should be filled in, and every mountain and hill should be made flat. Roads with turns should be made straight, and rough roads should be made smooth. ⁶ And all people will know about the salvation of God!'" Isaiah 40:3–5 ⁷ To the crowds of people who came to be baptized by John, he said, "You are all snakes! Who warned you to run away from God's coming punishment? ⁸ Do the things that show you really have changed your hearts and lives. Don't begin to say to yourselves, ‘Abraham is our father.' I tell you that God could make children for Abraham from these rocks. ⁹ The ax is now ready to cut down the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire." ¹⁰ The people asked John, "Then what should we do?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

What: Luke 3:8, Acts 2:37, Acts 9:6, Acts 16:30

Reciprocal: Matthew 3:8 - forth 1 Corinthians 7:20 - abide Ephesians 4:28 - steal no more

Cross-References

Genesis 2:25
The man and his wife were naked, but they were not ashamed.

Genesis 3:7
Then, it was as if their eyes were opened. They realized they were naked, so they sewed fig leaves together and made something to cover themselves.

Genesis 3:17
Then God said to the man, "You listened to what your wife said, and you ate fruit from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat. "So I will put a curse on the ground, and you will have to work very hard for your food. In pain you will eat its food all the days of your life.

Genesis 3:18
The ground will produce thorns and weeds for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.

Exodus 3:6
I am the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Moses covered his face because he was afraid to look at God.

Exodus 32:25
Moses saw that the people were acting wildly. Aaron had let them get out of control and become fools in front of their enemies.

Job 23:15
That is why I am frightened of him; when I think of this, I am afraid of him.

Psalms 119:120
I shake in fear of you; I respect your laws.

Isaiah 33:14
The sinners in Jerusalem are afraid; those who are separated from God shake with fear. They say, "Can any of us live through this fire that destroys? Who can live near this fire that burns on and on?"

Isaiah 47:3
People will see your nakedness; they will see your shame. I will punish you; I will punish every one of you."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the people asked him,.... Not the same as in Luke 3:7 the Sadducees and Pharisees, for they seemed not to be at all affected with, and wrought upon, by the ministry of John; but rather were displeased with him, and turned their backs on him, and rejected him and his baptism; but the common people, that stood by; who hearing John speak of wrath to come, and of repentance, and fruits worthy of it, were filled with concern about these things, and inquire,

saying, what shall we do? either to escape the wrath and vengeance coming on the nation, and also eternal ruin and destruction; and Beza says, that in two of his copies, and one of them his most ancient one it is added, "to be saved", and so in two of Stephens's; which confirms the above sense, and makes their inquiry to be the same with the jailor's, Acts 16:30 or else their meaning is, what are the things we are to do, or the fruits we are to bring forth, the duties we are to perform, in order to testify the truth and genuineness of our repentance? which latter seems most agreeable.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What shall we do, then? - John had told them to bring forth fruits appropriate to repentance, or to lead a life which showed that their repentance was genuine. They very properly, therefore, asked how it should be done, or what “would be” such a life.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 3:10. What shall we do then? — The preaching of the Baptist had been accompanied with an uncommon effusion of that Spirit which convinces of sin, righteousness, and judgment. The people who heard him now earnestly begin to inquire what they must do to be saved? They are conscious that they are exposed to the judgments of the Lord, and they wish to escape from the coming wrath.