Luke:3:1-20

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* Now in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar , Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea , and Herod tetrarch of Galilee , and Philip his brother tetrarch of Ituraea and the region of Trachonitis , and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene , * in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas , [the ] word of God came upon John , the son of Zacharias , in the wilderness . * And he came into all the district round the Jordan , preaching [the ] baptism of repentance for [the ] remission of sins , * as it is written in [the ] book of [the ] words of Esaias the prophet : Voice of one crying in the wilderness : Prepare ye the way of [the ] Lord , make straight his paths . * Every gorge shall be filled up , and every mountain and hill shall be brought low , and the crooked [places ] shall become a straight [path ], and the rough places smooth ways , * and all flesh shall see the salvation of God . * He said therefore to the crowds which went out to be baptised by him , Offspring of vipers , who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath ? * Produce therefore fruits worthy of repentance ; and begin not to say in yourselves , We have Abraham for [our ] father , for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham . * And already also the axe is applied to the root of the trees ; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into [the ] fire . * And the crowds asked him saying , What should we do then ? * And he answering says to them , He that has two body-coats , let him give to him that has none ; and he that has food , let him do likewise . * And tax-gatherers came also to be baptised , and they said to him , Teacher , what should we do ? * And he said to them , Take no more [money ] than what is appointed to you . * And persons engaged in military service also asked him saying , And we , what should we do ? And he said to them , Oppress no one , nor accuse falsely , and be satisfied with your pay . * But as the people were in expectation , and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John whether he might be the Christ , * John answered all , saying , I indeed baptise you with water , but the mightier than I is coming , the thong of whose sandals I am not fit to unloose ; he shall baptise you with [the ] Holy Spirit and fire ; * whose winnowing-fan is in his hand , and he will thoroughly purge his threshing-floor , and will gather the wheat into his garner , but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable . * Exhorting then many other things also he announced [his ] glad tidings to the people . * But Herod the tetrarch , being reproved by him as to Herodias , the wife of his brother , and as to all the wicked things which Herod had done , * added this also to all [the rest ], that he shut up John in prison .

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