Luke 3
1And in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar—Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip, tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
2and Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests—there came a word of God to John the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness,
3and he came to all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming an immersion of conversion for forgiveness of sins,
4as it has been written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the LORD, Make His paths straight;
5Every valley will be filled, And every mountain and hill will be made low, And the crooked will become straightness, And the rough become smooth ways;
6And all flesh will see the salvation of God.”
7Then he said to the multitudes coming forth to be immersed by him, “Brood of vipers! Who prompted you to flee from the coming wrath?
8Make, therefore, fruits worthy of conversion, and do not begin to say within yourselves, We have a father—Abraham; for I say to you that God is able to raise children to Abraham out of these stones;
9and also the axe is already laid to the root of the trees, every tree, therefore, not making good fruit is cut down, and it is cast into fire.”
10And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, “What, then, will we do?”
11And he answering says to them, “He having two coats, let him impart to him having none; and he having food, let him do in like manner.”
12And there also came tax collectors to be immersed, and they said to him, “Teacher, what will we do?”
13And he said to them, “Exact no more than that directed you.”
14And also questioning him were those warring, saying, “And we, what will we do?” And he said to them, “Do violence to no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.”
15And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ;
16John answered, saying to all, “I indeed immerse you in water, but He comes who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to loose the strap of His sandals—He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire;
17whose winnowing shovel is in His hand, and He will thoroughly cleanse His floor, and will gather the wheat into His storehouse, and He will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
18And therefore, indeed, with many other things, exhorting, he was proclaiming good news to the people,
19and Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, and concerning all the evils that Herod did,
20added also this to all, that he shut up John in the prison.
21And it came to pass, in all the people being immersed, Jesus also being immersed, and praying, Heaven was opened,
22and the Holy Spirit came down in a bodily appearance, as if a dove, on Him, and a voice came out of Heaven, saying, “You are My Son, the Beloved, in You I delighted.”
23And Jesus Himself was beginning to be about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, Son of Joseph,
24the son of Eli, the 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 Nahum, the son of Esli,
26the son of Naggai, the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semei, the son of Joseph, the son of Judah,
27the son of Joanna, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel,
28the son of Neri, the 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,
30the son of Levi, the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim,
31the son of Melea, the son of Mainan, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan,
32the son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,
33the son of Amminadab, the son of Aram, the son of Esrom, the son of Perez,
34the son of Judah, the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
35the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber,
36the son of Salah, the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
37the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel,
38the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
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