Luke:3:1-20

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ylt @Luke:3:1 @And in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar -- Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea , and Herod tetrarch of Galilee , and Philip his brother , tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis , and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene -- ylt @Luke:3:2 @Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests -- there came a word of God unto John the son of Zacharias , in the wilderness , ylt @Luke:3:3 @and he came to all the region round the Jordan , proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins , ylt @Luke:3:4 @as it hath been written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet , saying , 'A voice of one crying in the wilderness , Prepare ye the way of the Lord , straight make ye His paths ; ylt @Luke:3:5 @every valley shall be filled , and every mountain and hill shall be made low , and the crooked shall become straightness , and the rough become smooth ways ; ylt @Luke:3:6 @and all flesh shall see the salvation of God .' ylt @Luke:3:7 @Then said he to the multitudes coming forth to be baptised by him , 'Brood of vipers ! who did prompt you to flee from the coming wrath ? ylt @Luke:3:8 @make , therefore , fruits worthy of the reformation , and begin not to say within yourselves , We have a father -- Abraham ; for I say to you , that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham ; ylt @Luke:3:9 @and already also the axe unto the root of the trees is laid , every tree , therefore , not making good fruit is cut down , and to fire it is cast .' ylt @Luke:3:10 @And the multitudes were questioning him , saying , 'What , then , shall we do ?' ylt @Luke:3:11 @and he answering saith to them , 'He having two coats -- let him impart to him having none , and he having victuals -- in like manner let him do .' ylt @Luke:3:12 @And there came also tax-gatherers to be baptised , and they said unto him , 'Teacher , what shall we do ?' ylt @Luke:3:13 @and he said unto them , 'Exact no more than that directed you .' ylt @Luke:3:14 @And questioning him also were those warring , saying , 'And we , what shall we do ?' and he said unto them , 'Do violence to no one , nor accuse falsely , and be content with your wages .' ylt @Luke:3:15 @And the people are looking forward , and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John , whether or not he may be the Christ ; ylt @Luke:3:16 @John answered , saying to all , 'I indeed with water do baptise you , but he cometh who is mightier than I , of whom I am not worthy to loose the latchet of his sandals -- he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire ; ylt @Luke:3:17 @whose winnowing shovel [is ] in his hand , and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor , and will gather the wheat to his storehouse , and the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable .' ylt @Luke:3:18 @And , therefore , indeed with many other things , exhorting , he was proclaiming good news to the people , ylt @Luke:3:19 @and Herod the tetrarch , being reproved by him concerning Herodias the wife of Philip his brother , and concerning all the evils that Herod did , ylt @Luke:3:20 @added also this to all , that he shut up John in the prison .

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