Luke 3
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And◦ in the fifteenth year of the governing of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and◦ his brother Philip being tetrarch of Iturea and of the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
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in the time of the chief··priests Annas and Caiaphas, the saying of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
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And he came into all the countryside of Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for◦ the forgiveness1 of sins,
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as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying◦ in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make His paths straight.
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Every valley shall be filled··full, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth;
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and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.2
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Then◦ he said to the crowds that went··out to be baptized by him, Brood of vipers, who◦ has shown you to flee from the anger to··come?
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Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not◦ to say in yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for◦ I say to··you that God is··able of◦ these stones to raise··up children to Abraham.
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And◦ also the axe is already laid to the root of the trees; therefore every tree not◦ making good◦ fruit is cut··down and cast into the fire.
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And the crowds asked him, saying, What then shall we do?
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And◦ answering, he says to them, He who has two tunics, let him share with him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.
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And◦ the publicans also came to be baptized, and said◦ to him, Teacher, what shall we do?
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And◦ he said◦ to them, Exact no more than that which you have been instructed.
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And◦ the soldiers also asked him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said to them, Do violence to no one, neither accuse any falsely, and be content with3 your wages.
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And◦ as the people were··in··expectation, and all reasoned in their hearts about John, whether··or··not he were the Christ,
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John answered, saying to all, I◦ indeed baptize you with water, but◦ there comes One stronger than I, the strap of whose shoes I am not worthy◦ to loose; He shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire;
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whose fan is in His hand, and He will purge His floor, and will gather His wheat into His barn, but◦ the chaff He will burn··up with unquenchable fire.
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And exhorting in many other things indeed, he announced the gospel to the people.
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But◦ Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for▵ Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, and for▵ all the evils◦ which Herod had done,
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added yet this to all, that he shut up John in prison.
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And◦ it came to pass when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus, having been baptized, was praying, that heaven was opened,
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and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily appearance◦ like a dove upon Him, and there was◦ a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art My beloved Son; in Thee I am well··pleased.
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And Jesus Himself began to be about◦ thirty years of age, being, it was supposed, the son of Joseph, of Eli,
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of Matthat, of Levi, of Melchi, of Janna, of Joseph,
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of Mattathias, of Amos, of Naum, of Esli, of Nagga,
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of Maath, of Mattathias, of Semei, of Joseph, of Juda,
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of Joanna, of Rhesa, of Zerubbabel, of Salathiel, of Neri,
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of Melchi, of Addi, of Cosam, of Elmodam, of Er,
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of Jose, of Eliezer, of Jorim, of Matthat, of Levi,
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of Simeon, of Juda, of Joseph, of Jonan, of Eliakim,
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of Melea, of Menan, of Mattatha, of Nathan, of David,
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of Jesse, of Obed, of Boaz, of Salmon, of Naasson,
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of Aminadab, of Aram, of Esrom, of Perez, of Judah,
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of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham, of Thara, of Nachor,
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of Saruch, of Ragau, of Phalec, of Heber, of Sala,
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of Cainan, of Arphaxad, of Shem, of Noah, of Lamech,
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of Mathusala, of Enoch, of Jared, of Maleleel, of Cainan,
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of Enos, of Seth, of Adam, of God.
1literally, “remission”
2Isaiah 40:3-5
3literally, “consider sufficient”