Luke 3

1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius CaesarâPontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, 2 in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness; 3 and he came into all the region of the Jordan, preaching the immersion of repentance unto remission of sins; 4 as it has been written in book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make straight His paths. 5 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; 6 and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’" 7 He was saying, therefore, to the multitudes coming forth to be immersed by him, “Broods of vipers! who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 Produce, therefore, fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say within yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’; for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. 9 And already the axe also is lying at the root of the trees; every tree, therefore, not producing good fruit, is cut down, and cast into the fire." 10 And the multitudes were asking him, saying, “What, then, shall we do?" 11 And he, answering, said to them, “Let him who has two coats share with him who has none; and let him who has food do likewise." 12 And there came also tax-collectors to be immersed, and they said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?" 13 And he said to them, “Exact no more than that which has been appointed you." 14 And soldiers also were questioning him, saying, “And what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Do violence to no one, neither accuse any one falsely, and be content with your wages." 15 And, as the people were in expectation, and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he himself were the Christ, 16 John answered, saying to them all, “I, indeed, immerse you in water; but He is coming, Who is mightier than Iâthe latchet of Whose sandals I am not worthy to looseâHe will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire; 17 Whose fan in His hand, thoroughly to cleanse His threshing-floor, and to gather the wheat into His granary; but the chaff He will burn up with unquenchable fire." 18 Therefore, indeed, exhorting as to many and various things, he was proclaiming the good news to the people; 19 but Herod, the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias, the wife of his brother, and concerning all the evils which Herod did, 20 added this also to all, that he shut up John in prison. 21 Now it came to pass, when all the people were immersed, that as Jesus also was immersed, and was praying, Heaven was opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form, as a dove; and a voice came out of Heaven, “Thou art My Son, the Beloved, in Whom I delighted." 23 And Jesus Himself, when beginning , was about thirty years old, being, as was supposed, the Son of Joseph, the of Heli, 24 the of Matthat, the of Levi, the of Melchi, the of Jannai, the of Joseph, 25 the of Mattathias, the of Amos, the of Nahum, the of Esli, the of Naggai, 26 the of Maath, the of Mattathias, the of Semein, the of Josech, the of Joda, 27 the of Joanan, the of Rhesa, the of Zerubbabel, the of Shealtiel, the of Neri, 28 the of Melchi, the of Addi, the of Cosam, the of Elmadam, the of Er, 29 the of Jesus, the of Eliezer, the of Jorim, the of Matthat, the of Levi, 30 the of Symeon, the of Judas, the of Joseph, the of Jonam, the of Eliakim, 31 the of Melea, the of Menna, the of Mattatha, the of Nathan, the of David, 32 the of Jesse, the of Obed, the of Boaz, the of Salmon, the of Nahshon, 33 the of Amminadab, the of Arni, the of Hezron, the of Perez, the of Judah, 34 the of Jacob, the of Isaac, the of Abraham, the of Terah, the of Nahor, 35 the of Serug, the of Reu, the of Peleg, the of Eber, the of Shelah, 36 the of Cainan, the of Arphaxad, the of Shem, the of Noah, the of Lamech, 37 the of Methuselah, the of Enoch, the of Jared, the of Mahalaleel, the of Cainan, 38 the of Enos, the of Seth, the of Adam, the of God.