Luke 3
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- 1It was the 15th year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar. Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip was tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene.
- 2Annas and Caiaphas were serving as high priests. During this time, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, out in the wilderness.
- 3He traveled throughout the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
- 4As it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Esaias: 'A voice is calling out in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.'
- 5Every valley will be filled in, and every mountain and hill will be leveled. The crooked roads will be straightened, and the rough paths will be made smooth.
- 6And all flesh will see the salvation of God.
- 7Then he said to the crowd that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?”
- 8Produce fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you, God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.
- 9The axe is already at the root of the trees. Every tree that doesn't produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into the fire."
- 10The people in the crowd asked him, "Then what should we do?"
- 11He answered, "If you have two coats, give one to someone who has none. If you have food, share it."
- 12Even tax collectors came to be baptized and asked him, "Teacher, what should we do?"
- 13He told them, "Don't collect anything more than what you're authorized to collect."
- 14The soldiers also asked him, “What should we do?” He answered them, “Use violence against no one, do not falsely accuse anyone, and be content with your wages.”
- 15The people were filled with anticipation, and everyone was wondering in their hearts whether John might be the Christ.
- 16John addressed them all: "I baptize you with water, but someone far more powerful than me is coming. I'm not even worthy to untie the straps of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
- 17He has his winnowing fork in hand, ready to thoroughly clean his threshing floor. He'll gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he'll burn with fire that never goes out."
- 18With many other exhortations, he preached to the people.
- 19But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch for Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, and for all the other evil things Herod had done,
- 20Herod added this to everything else: he locked John up in prison.
- 21When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. As he was praying, heaven opened,
- 22and the Holy Spirit came down on him in a bodily shape like a dove. Then a voice spoke from heaven: "You are my beloved Son; in you I am well pleased."
- 23Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, who was the son of Heli,
- 24the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Janna, the son of Joseph,
- 25the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Naum, the son of Esli, the son of Nagge,
- 26the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semei, the son of Joseph, the son of Juda,
- 27the son of Joanna, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zorobabel, the son of Salathiel, the son of Neri,
- 28the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son of Er,
- 29the son of Jose, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
- 30the son of Simeon, the son of Juda, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim,
- 31the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
- 32the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Booz, the son of Salmon, the son of Naasson,
- 33the son of Aminadab, the son of Aram, the son of Esrom, the son of Phares, the son of Juda,
- 34the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Thara, the son of Nachor,
- 35the son of Saruch, the son of Ragau, the son of Phalec, the son of Heber, the son of Sala,
- 36the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Sem, the son of Noe, the son of Lamech,
- 37the son of Mathusala, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Maleleel, the son of Cainan,
- 38the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.