Luke 3:1–16

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of ^aTiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate ^bbeing governor of Judea, and ^cHerod being ^dtetrarch of Galilee, and his brother ^ePhilip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, ^2fAnnas and ^gCaiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto ^hJohn ⁱthe son of Zacharias ^jin the wilderness. ³And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance ^kfor the remission of sins; ⁴as it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, ^lThe voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. ⁵Every 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; ^6mand all flesh shall see ^mmthe salvation of God. ⁷Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? ⁸Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and ⁿbegin not to say within yourselves, We have ⁿⁿAbraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. ⁹And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

¹⁰And the people asked him, saying, ^oWhat shall we do then? ¹¹He answereth and saith unto them, ^pHe that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise. ¹²Then came also ^qpublicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, ^owhat shall we do? ¹³And he said unto them, ^rExact no more than that which is appointed you. ¹⁴And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, ^oAnd what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither ^saccuse any falsely; and be content with your ^twages.

¹⁵And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, ^uwhether he were the Christ, or not; ¹⁶John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the ^xlatchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: