John told the tax collectors and the soldiers what to do. Did he tell them to give up their work?

Luke gives John's answers and no more. To the tax collectors, who called him "Teacher" (3:12), John said, "Collect no more than that which is appointed to you." (3:13). To the soldiers he said, "Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages." (3:14). Luke doesn't record John telling either of them to leave their work, and doesn't say what these tax collectors and soldiers did next. He says only that "with many other exhortations he preached good news to the people" (3:18), without giving the rest. Later Luke tells, "When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John’s baptism." (7:29). These notes add nothing to John's words, and apply them to no one's work today.