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who were serving in the military. To those of the crowd who asked him what to do, John said, "He who has two tunics, let him share with the one who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise" (v. 11). To the tax collectors who came to be baptized, John said, "Exact no more than what you have been instructed" (v. 13). To those serving in the military he said, "Extort nothing from anyone by force, nor take anything from anyone by false accusation, and be satisfied with your wages" (v. 14). What John says here is related to morality. By this we see that in his Gospel, Luke emphasizes morality because his intention is to present the Man-Savior in the highest stan dard of morality.
RECOMMENDING THE MAN-SAVIOR
In 3:15-17 we have John the Baptist's rec ommendation of the Man-Savior. Verse 15 says, "Now while the people were in expectation and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Christ." Here we see that the people were expecting to know whether John might be the Christ, the Messiah (John 1:19-27).
In verses 16 and 17 John said, "I indeed bap tize you with water, but He who is stronger than