King James Bible
"And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you."
John the Baptist addresses tax collectors who have come for baptism, responding to their question about how to demonstrate genuine repentance. Tax collectors were despised in first-century Judea for collaborating with Rome and commonly extorting excess money for personal gain. John commands them to collect only the authorized tax amount, directly confronting their systemic corruption. This practical instruction shows that true repentance requires concrete behavioral change in one's profession, not abandoning the occupation itself.