Luke:3:3-9
rsv@Luke:3:3 @ and he went into all the region about the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
rsv@Luke:3:4 @ As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
rsv@Luke:3:5 @ Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
rsv@Luke:3:6 @ and all flesh shall see the salvation of God."
rsv@Luke:3:7 @ He said therefore to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
rsv@Luke:3:8 @ Bear fruits that befit repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, `We have Abraham as our father'; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
rsv@Luke:3:9 @ Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."
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