Luke 3:10–18

¹⁰“What then should we do?”^g the crowds were asking him.

¹¹He replied to them, “The one who has two shirts must share with someone who has none, and the one who has food must do the same.”^h

¹²Tax collectorsⁱ also came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?”^j

¹³He told them, “Don’t collect any more than what you have been authorized.”

¹⁴Some soldiers also questioned him, “What should we do?”

He said to them, “Don’t take money from anyone by force or false accusation, and be satisfied with your wages.”

¹⁵Now the people were waiting expectantly, and all of them were questioning in their hearts whether John might be the Messiah.^{k 16}John answered them all,^l “I baptize you with water, but one who is more powerful than I am is coming. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with^A the Holy Spirit and fire. ¹⁷His winnowing shovel^m is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and gather the wheat into his barn,ⁿ but the chaff he will burn with fire that never goes out.”^{o 18}Then, along with many other exhortations, he proclaimed good news to the people.