| 3:1 | In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar,* when Pontius Pilate* was governor of Judea, and Herod* was tetrarch* of Galilee, and his brother Philip* was tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias* was tetrarch of Abilene, | | 3:2 | during the high priesthood* of Annas and Caiaphas, the word* of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.* | | 3:3 | He* went into all the region around the Jordan River,* preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.* | | 3:4 | As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, “The voice* of one shouting in the wilderness:* ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make* his paths straight. | | 3:5 | Every valley will be filled,* and every mountain and hill will be brought low, and the crooked will be made straight, and the rough ways will be made smooth, | | 3:6 | and all humanity* will see the salvation of God.’”* | | 3:7 | So John* said to the crowds* that came out to be baptized by him, “You offspring of vipers!* Who warned you to flee* from the coming wrath? | | 3:8 | Therefore produce* fruit* that proves your repentance, and don’t begin to say* to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’* For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!* | | 3:9 | Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees,* and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be* cut down and thrown into the fire.” | | 3:10 | So* the crowds were asking* him, “What then should we do?” | | 3:11 | John* answered them,* “The person who has two tunics* must share with the person who has none, and the person who has food must do likewise.” | | 3:12 | Tax collectors* also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?” | | 3:13 | He told them, “Collect no more* than you are required to.”* | | 3:14 | Then some soldiers* also asked him, “And as for us – what should we do?”* He told them, “Take money from no one by violence* or by false accusation,* and be content with your pay.” | | 3:15 | While the people were filled with anticipation* and they all wondered* whether perhaps John* could be the Christ,* | | 3:16 | John answered them all,* “I baptize you with water,* but one more powerful than I am is coming – I am not worthy* to untie the strap* of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.* | | 3:17 | His winnowing fork* is in his hand to clean out his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his storehouse,* but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire.”* | | 3:18 | And in this way,* with many other exhortations, John* proclaimed good news to the people. | | 3:19 | But when John rebuked Herod* the tetrarch* because of Herodias, his brother’s wife,* and because of all the evil deeds* that he had done, | | 3:20 | Herod added this to them all: He locked up John in prison. | | 3:21 | Now when* all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. And while he was praying,* the heavens* opened, | | 3:22 | and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove.* And a voice came from heaven, “You are my one dear Son;* in you I take great delight.”* | | 3:23 | So* Jesus, when he began his ministry,* was about thirty years old. He was* 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 Josech, the son of Joda, | | 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 Elmadam, the son of Er, | | 3:29 | the son of Joshua, 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 Jonam, the son of Eliakim, | | 3:31 | the son of Melea, the son of Menna, 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 Sala,* the son of Nahshon, | | 3:33 | the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni,* 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 Mahalalel,* the son of Kenan,* | | 3:38 | the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.* |
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