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Source language
Original Greek   
ἦλθον δὲ καὶ τελῶναι βαπτισθῆναι καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτόν· Διδάσκαλε, τί ⸀ποιήσωμεν;
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
elthon de kai telonai baptisthenai kai eipan pros auton* Didaskale, ti rpoiesomen;

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
venerunt autem et publicani ut baptizarentur et dixerunt ad illum magister quid faciemus

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said to him, Master, what shall we do?
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Then came also tax collectors to be baptized, and said unto him, Teacher, what shall we do?
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
Authorized (King James) Version   
Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
New King James Version   
Then tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?”
21st Century King James Version   
Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, “Master, what shall we do?”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what must we do?
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
And Tax Collectors came also to be baptized, and they were saying to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?”
Darby Bible Translation   
And tax-gatherers came also to be baptised, and they said to him, Teacher, what should we do?
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And the publicans also came to be baptized, and said to him: Master, what shall we do?
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Master, what must we do?
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Tax collectors also came to be baptized and said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?”
God's Word   
Some tax collectors came to be baptized. They asked him, "Teacher, what should we do?"
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they asked him, "Teacher, what should we do?"
International Standard Version   
Even some tax collectors came to be baptized. They asked him, "Teacher, what should we do?"
NET Bible   
Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what should we do?"
New American Standard Bible   
And some tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what shall we do?"
New International Version   
Even tax collectors came to be baptized. "Teacher," they asked, "what should we do?"
New Living Translation   
Even corrupt tax collectors came to be baptized and asked, "Teacher, what should we do?"
Webster's Bible Translation   
Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said to him, Master, what shall we do?
Weymouth New Testament   
There came also a party of tax-gatherers to be baptized, and they asked him, "Rabbi, what are we to do?"
The World English Bible   
Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what must we do?"
EasyEnglish Bible   
In the crowd, there were men who took taxes from people. These men also wanted John to baptize them. They asked him, ‘Teacher, what should we do?’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And there came also tax-gatherers to be baptised, and they said unto him, `Teacher, what shall we do?'
New Life Version   
Tax-gatherers came to be baptized also. They asked him, “Teacher, what are we to do?”
Revised Geneva Translation   
Then there came tax collectors to be baptized also, and said to him, “Master, what shall we do?”
The Voice Bible   
Some tax collectors were among those in the crowd seeking baptism. Tax Collectors: Teacher, what kind of fruit is God looking for from us?
Living Bible   
Even tax collectors—notorious for their corruption—came to be baptized and asked, “How shall we prove to you that we have abandoned our sins?”
New Catholic Bible   
Even tax collectors were coming to him to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
Legacy Standard Bible   
And tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Then the publicans also came to be baptized and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
Christian Standard Bible   
Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Even tax collectors came to be baptized, and they said to him, Teacher, what shall we do?
New Century Version   
Even tax collectors came to John to be baptized. They said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
The Message   
Tax men also came to be baptized and said, “Teacher, what should we do?”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Tax collectors also came to be baptized. They said, “Teacher, what should we do?”
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
Tax collectors also came · to be baptized and they said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Even tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
New Matthew Bible   
Then there came publicans to be baptized, who asked him, Master, what should we do?
Good News Translation®   
Some tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what are we to do?”
Wycliffe Bible   
And [the] publicans came to be baptized; and they said to him, Master, what shall we do?
New Testament for Everyone   
Some toll-collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they said, “what should we do?”
Contemporary English Version   
When tax collectors came to be baptized, they asked John, “Teacher, what should we do?”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?”
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Some of the tax-collectors also came to him to be baptised and they asked him, “Master, what are we to do?”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Even tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Even tax-collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, ‘Teacher, what should we do?’
Common English Bible © 2011   
Even tax collectors came to be baptized. They said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Even some tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked, “Teacher, what are we to do?”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Tax collectors also came to be baptized and said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Even tax collectors came to be baptized and they said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
New American Standard Bible   
Now even tax collectors came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what are we to do?”
The Expanded Bible   
Even tax collectors came to John to be baptized [C tax collectors were despised because they worked for the Roman rulers and were notorious for corruption and extortion]. They said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
Tree of Life Version   
Tax collectors also came to him to be immersed. “Teacher,” they said to him, “what should we do?”
Revised Standard Version   
Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?”
New International Reader's Version   
Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”
BRG Bible   
Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
Complete Jewish Bible   
Tax-collectors also came to be immersed; and they asked him, “Rabbi, what should we do?”
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
Tax collectors also came to be baptised. They asked John, `Sir, what shall we do?'
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Even tax-collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, ‘Teacher, what should we do?’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Now came also mochesim (tax collectors) to receive the tevilah of teshuva, and they said to him, Rabbi, what should we do?
Names of God Bible   
Some tax collectors came to be baptized. They asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
Modern English Version   
Then tax collectors also came to be baptized and said to him, “Teacher, what must we do?”
Easy-to-Read Version   
Even the tax collectors came to John. They wanted to be baptized. They said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
International Children’s Bible   
Even tax collectors came to John to be baptized. They said to John, “Teacher, what should we do?”
Lexham English Bible   
And tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
New International Version - UK   
Even tax collectors came to be baptised. ‘Teacher,’ they asked, ‘what should we do?’
Disciples Literal New Testament   
And tax collectors also came to be baptized. And they said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?”