Luke Chapter 3 Back Next{3:1} Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius
Caesar, Pontius Pilate being
governor of
Judea, and
Herod being tetrarch of
Galilee, and his
brother Philip tetrarch of the region of
Ituraea and Trachonitis, and
Lysanias tetrarch of
Abilene,
{3:2} in the
high priesthood of
Annas and
Caiaphas, the word of God came to
John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.
{3:3} He came into all the region around the
Jordan, preaching the
baptism of repentance for remission of sins.
{3:4} As it is written in the book of the words of
Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.
{3:5} Every valley will be filled. Every mountain and
hill will be brought low. The crooked will become straight, and the rough ways smooth.
{3:6} All
flesh will see God's salvation.'"[
Ref]
{3:7} He said therefore to the multitudes who went out to be
baptized by him, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
{3:8} Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and don't begin to say among yourselves, 'We have
Abraham for our
father;' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones!
{3:9} Even now the
axe also lies at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the
fire."
{3:10} The multitudes asked him, "What then must we do?"
{3:11} He answered them, "He who has two
coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise."
{3:12} Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what must we do?"
{3:13} He said to them, "Collect no more than that which is appointed to you."
{3:14} Soldiers also asked him, saying, "What about us? What must we do?" He said to them, "Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages."
{3:15} As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their
hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the
Christ,
{3:16} John answered them all, "I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the
latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire,
{3:17} whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his
barn; but he will burn up the
chaff with unquenchable fire."
{3:18} Then with many other exhortations he preached good news to the people,
{3:19} but
Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for
Herodias, his
brother's wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,
{3:20} added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.
{3:21} Now it happened, when all the people were baptized,
Jesus also had been baptized, and was praying. The sky was opened,
{3:22} and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a
dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying "You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased."
{3:23} Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old, being the son (as was supposed) of
Joseph, the son of
Heli,
{3:24} the son of
Matthat, the son of
Levi, the son of
Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
{3:25} the son of
Mattathias, the son of
Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
{3:26} the son of
Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Joseph, the son of
Judah,
{3:27} the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,
{3:28} the son of Melchi, the son of
Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son of Er,
{3:29} the son of Jose, the son of
Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
{3:30} the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of
Eliakim,
{3:31} the son of
Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of
David,
{3:32} the son of
Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of
Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,
{3:33} the son of
Amminadab, the son of
Aram, the son of
Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
{3:34} the son of
Jacob, the son of
Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
{3:35} the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of
Eber, the son of Shelah,
{3:36} the son of
Cainan, the son of
Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of
Lamech,
{3:37} the son of
Methuselah, the son of
Enoch, the son of
Jared, the son of
Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
{3:38} the son of
Enos, the son of Seth, the son of
Adam, the son of God.
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