Luke 3
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Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor
of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of
the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
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in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son
of Zacharias in the wilderness.
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And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance
to remission of sins;
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as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one
crying in the wilderness, Make you ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.
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Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And
the crooked shall become straight, And the rough ways smooth;
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And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
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He said therefore to the multitudes that went out to be baptized of him, You offspring
of vipers, who warned you to flee from the anger to come?
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Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves,
We have Abraham to 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 even now the axe also lies at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that
brings not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
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And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do?
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And he answered and said to them, He who has two coats, let him impart to him whom
has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.
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And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said to him, Teacher, what
must we do?
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And he said to them, Extort no more than that which is appointed you.
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And soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what must we do? And he said to them,
Extort from no man by violence, neither accuse [any one] wrongfully; and be content
with your wages.
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And as the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning
John, whether haply he were the Christ;
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John answered, saying to them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but there comes
he who is mightier than I, the buckle of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he
shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and [in] fire:
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whose fan is in his hand, thoroughly to cleanse his threshing-floor, and to gather
the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.
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With many other exhortations therefore preached he good tidings to the people;
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but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother`s wife, and
for all the evil things which Herod had done,
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added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.
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Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been
baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
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and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him, and a voice came
out of heaven, You are my beloved Son; in you I am well pleased.
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And Jesus himself, when he began [to teach], was about thirty years of age, being
the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the [son] of Heli,
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the [son] of Matthat, the [son] of Levi, the [son] of Melchi, the [son] of Jannai,
the [son] of Joseph,
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the [son] of Mattathias, the [son] of Amos, the [son] of Nahum, the [son] of Esli,
the [son] of Naggai,
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the [son] of Maath, the [son] of Mattathias, the [son] of Semein, the [son] of Josech,
the [son] of Joda,
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the [son] of Joanan, the [son] of Rhesa, the [son] of Zerubbabel, the [son] of Shealtiel,
the [son] of Neri,
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the [son] of Melchi, the [son] of Addi, the [son] of Cosam, the [son] of Elmadam,
the [son] of Er,
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the [son] of Jesus, the [son] of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the [son] of Matthat,
the [son] of Levi,
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the [son] of Symeon, the [son] of Judas, the [son] of Joseph, the [son] of Jonam,
the [son] of Eliakim,
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the [son] of Melea, the [son] of Menna, the [son] of Mattatha, the [son] of Nathan,
the [son] of David,
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the [son] of Jesse, the [son] of Obed, the [son] of Boaz, the [son] of Salmon, the
[son] of Nahshon,
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the [son] of Amminadab, the [son] of Arni, the [son] of Hezron, the [son] of Perez,
the [son] of Judah,
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the [son] of Jacob, the [son] of Isaac, the [son] of Abraham, the [son] of Terah,
the [son] of Nahor,
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the [son] of Serug, the [son] of Reu, the [son] of Peleg, the [son] of Eber, the [son]
of Shelah
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the [son] of Cainan, the [son] of Arphaxad, the [son] of Shem, the [son] of Noah,
the [son] of Lamech,
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the [son] of Methuselah, the [son] of Enoch, the [son] of Jared, the [son] of Mahalaleel,
the [son] of Cainan,
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the [son] of Enos, the [son] of Seth, the [son] of Adam, the [son] of God.