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Luke 3
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John the Baptist Prepares the Way for Jesus

3Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Caesar Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,G1161G1722G4003G2094G2231G5086G2541G4194G4091G2230G2449G2532G2264G5075G1056G1161G846G80G5376G5075G2484G2532G5561G5139G2532G3078G5075G9
2and Annas and Caiaphas high priests, the word of God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness.G452G2532G2533G1909G749G4487G2316G1096G1909G2491G5207G2197G1722G2048
3John went throughout the entire Jordan region, proclaiming a baptism about repentance for the forgiveness of sins,G2532G2064G1519G3956G4066G2446G2784G908G3341G1519G859G266
4as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, "He is a voice calling out in the wilderness:'Prepare the way for the Lord! Make his paths straight!G5613G1125G1722G976G3056G2268G4396G3004G5456G994G1722G2048G2090G3598G2962G4160G846G5147G2117
5Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be leveled. The crooked ways will be made straight, and the rough roads will be made smooth.G3956G5327G2071G4137G2532G3956G3735G2532G1015G5013G2532G4646G1519G2117G2532G5138G3598G1519G3006
6Everyone will see the salvation that God has provided.'"G2532G3956G4561G3700G4992G2316
7John would say to the crowds that were coming out to be baptized by him, "You children of serpents! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath -G3767G3004G3793G1607G907G5259G846G1081G2191G5101G5263G5213G5343G575G3709G3195
8Produce fruit that is consistent with repentance! Don't begin to say to yourselves, 'We have father Abraham!' because I tell you that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones!G4160G3767G2590G514G3341G2532G756G3361G3004G1722G1438G2192G11G3962G1063G3004G5213G3754G2316G1410G1537G5130G3037G1453G5043G11
9The ax already lies against the roots of the trees. So every tree not producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into a fire."G1161G2235G2532G513G2749G4314G4491G1186G3956G1186G3767G4160G3361G4160G2570G2590G1581G2532G906G1519G4442
10The crowds kept asking him, "What, then, should we do?"G2532G3793G1905G846G3004G5101G4160G3767
11He answered them, "The person who has two coats must share with the one who doesn't have any, and the person who has food must do the same."G611G1161G3004G846G2192G1417G5509G3330G2192G3361G2532G2192G1033G4160G3668
12Even some tax collectors came to be baptized. They asked him, "Teacher, what should we do?"G1161G2064G2532G5057G907G2532G2036G4314G846G1320G5101G4160
13He told them, "Stop collecting more money than the amount you are told to collect."G1161G2036G4314G846G4238G3367G4119G3844G1299G5213
14Even some soldiers were asking him, "And what should we do?"He told them, "Never extort money from anyone by threats or blackmail, and be satisfied with your pay."G1161G4754G2532G1905G846G3004G2532G5101G2249G4160G2532G2036G4314G846G1286G3367G3366G4811G2532G714G5216G3800
15Now the people were filled with expectation, and all of them were wondering if John was perhaps the Messiah.G1161G2992G4328G2532G3956G1260G1722G846G2588G4012G2491G3379G846G1498G5547G3379
16John replied to all of them, "I am baptizing you with water, but one is coming who is more powerful than I, and I'm not worthy to untie his sandal straps. It is he who will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.G2491G611G3004G537G1473G3303G907G5209G5204G1161G2478G3450G2064G2438G3739G846G5266G1510G3756G2425G3089G846G907G5209G1722G40G4151G2532G4442
17His winnowing fork is in his hand to clean up his threshing floor. He will gather the grain into his barn, but he will burn the chaff with inextinguishable fire."G3739G4425G1722G846G5495G2532G1245G846G257G2532G4863G4621G1519G846G596G1161G892G2618G4442G762
18With many other exhortations John continued to proclaim the good news to the people.G2532G3767G4183G2087G4183G3303G3870G2097G2992
19Now Herod the tetrarch had been rebuked by John because he had married his brother's wife Herodias and because of all of the other evil things Herod had done.G1161G2264G5076G1651G5259G846G4012G2266G846G80G5376G1135G2532G4012G3956G4190G3739G2264G4160
20Added to all this, Herod locked John up in prison.G4369G2532G5124G1909G3956G2532G2623G2491G1722G5438

Jesus is Baptized

21When all the people had been baptized, Jesus, too, was baptized. While he was praying, heaven opened,G1161G537G2992G1722G907G1096G2424G2532G907G2532G4336G3772G455
22and the Holy Spirit descended on him, appearing in the form of a dove. Then a voice came from heaven, saying, "You are my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with you!"G2532G40G4151G2597G4984G1491G5616G4058G1909G846G2532G5456G1096G1537G3772G3004G4771G1488G3450G27G5207G1722G4671G2106

The Ancestry of Jesus

23Jesus himself was about 30 years old when he began his ministry. He was (so it was thought) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,G2532G2424G846G756G2258G5616G5144G2094G5607G5613G3543G5207G2501G2242
24the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,G3158G3017G3197G2388G2501
25the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,G3161G301G3486G2069G3477
26the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,G3092G3161G4584G2501G2455
27the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,G2490G4488G2216G4528G3518
28the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,G3197G78G2973G1678G2262
29the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,G2499G1663G2497G3158G3017
30the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,G4826G2455G2501G2494G1662
31the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Matattha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,G3190G3104G3160G3481G1138
32the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,G2421G5601G1003G4533G3476
33the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,G284G689G2074G5329G2455
34the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,G2384G2464G11G2291G3493
35the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,G4562G4466G5317G1443G4527
36the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,G2536G742G4590G3575G2984
37the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,G3103G1802G2391G3121G2536
38the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.G1800G4589G76G2316


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