isv Luke:3:1-20
isv@Luke:3:1 @ Now 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,
isv@Luke:3:2 @ and Annas and Caiaphas high priests, the word of God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness.
isv@Luke:3:3 @ John went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,
isv@Luke:3:4 @ as 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!
isv@Luke:3:5 @ Every 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.
isv@Luke:3:6 @ Everyone will see the salvationthat God has provided.’”
isv@Luke:3:7 @ John 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?
isv@Luke:3:8 @ Produce fruit that is consistent with repentance! Don't begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our forefather.’ For I tell you that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones!
isv@Luke:3:9 @ The 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.”
isv@Luke:3:10 @ The crowds kept asking him, “What, then, should we do?”
isv@Luke:3:11 @ He 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.”
isv@Luke:3:12 @ Even some tax collectors came to be baptized. They asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
isv@Luke:3:13 @ He told them, “Stop collecting more money than the amount you are told to collect.”
isv@Luke:3:14 @ Even 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.”
isv@Luke:3:15 @ Now the people were filled with expectation, and all of them were wondering if John was perhaps the Christ.
isv@Luke:3:16 @ John replied to all of them, “I am baptizing you with water, but the one who is stronger than I am is coming, and I am not worthy to untie his sandal straps. It is he who will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
isv@Luke:3:17 @ His 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.”
isv@Luke:3:18 @ With many other exhortations John continued to proclaim the good news to the people.
isv@Luke:3:19 @ Now Herod the tetrarch had been rebuked by John because he had married his brother's wife Herodias and because of all the evil things Herod had done.
isv@Luke:3:20 @ Added to all this, Herod locked John up in prison.
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