Luke 3:3–11

3 He went into all the vicinity of the Jordan, f preaching a baptism of repentance g for the forgiveness of sins, h 4 as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah:

A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:

Prepare the way for the Lord;

make His paths straight!

5 Every valley will be filled,

and every mountain and hill will be made low; i

the crooked will become straight,

the rough ways smooth,

6 and everyone j will see the salvation of God. k l

7 He then said to the crowds who came out to be baptized by him, “Brood of vipers! m Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? n 8 Therefore produce fruit o consistent with repentance. And don’t start saying to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ p for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones! 9 Even now the ax is ready to strike q the root of the trees! Therefore, every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.” r

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

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