The Concordant Literal New Testament

Luke’s Account

Chapter 3

¹ Now in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, yet Philip, his brother, being tetrarch of the province of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene,
² under Hannas and Caiaphas, the chief priests, came a declaration of God to John, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness.
³ And he came into the entire country about the Jordan, heralding a baptism of repentance for the pardon of sins,
⁴ as it is written in the scroll of the sayings of Isaiah the prophet, saying, "The voice of one imploring: 'In the wilderness make ready the road of the Lord! Straight...be making the highways'" of Him!
⁵ "'Every ravine shall be filled And every mountain and hill shall be made low, And the crooked shall be straight, And the rough places into smooth roads,...
⁶ And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'"
⁷ He said, then, to the throngs going out to be baptized by him, "Progeny of vipers! Who intimates to you to be fleeing from the impending indignation?
⁸ Produce, then, fruits worthy of repentance. And you should not begin to be saying among yourselves, 'For a father we have Abraham,' for I am saying to you that God is able, out of these stones, to rouse children to Abraham.
⁹ Now already the ax also is lying at the root of the trees. Every tree, then, which is not producing ideal fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire."
¹⁰ And the throngs inquired of him, saying "What, then, should we be doing?"
¹¹ Now answering, he said to them, "He who has two tunics, let him be sharing with him who has none, and let him who has food be doing likewise."
¹² Now tribute collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what should we be doing?"
¹³ Now he said to them, "Impose nothing more than has been prescribed to you."
¹⁴ Now soldiers also inquired of him, saying, "What should we also be doing?" And he said to them, "You should be intimidating no one, neither be blackmailing, and be sufficed with your rations."
¹⁵ Now at the people hoping, and all reasoning in their hearts concerning John, lest at some time he may be the Christ,
¹⁶ John answers, saying to all, "I, indeed, in water am baptizing you. Yet coming is One stronger than I, the thong of Whose sandals I am not competent to loose. He will be baptizing you in holy spirit and fire,
¹⁷ Whose winnowing shovel is in His hand, and He will be scouring His threshing floor and be gathering the grain into His barn, yet the chaff shall He burn up with unextinguished fire."
¹⁸ Indeed, then, entreating about many different things also, he brought the evangel to the people.
¹⁹ Now Herod the tetrarch, being exposed by him concerning Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, and concerning all the wicked things which Herod does,
²⁰ adds this also to them all: he locks up John in jail.
²¹ Now it occurred, as all the people are baptized, at Jesus also being baptized and praying, heaven is opened,
²² and the holy spirit descends on Him, to bodily perception as if a dove, and a voice came out of heaven, saying, "Thou art My Son, the Beloved; in Thee I delight."
²³ And He, Jesus, when beginning, was about thirty years old, being a son (as to the law) of Joseph, of Eli, of Matthat, of Levi,
²⁴ of Melchi, of Jannai, of Joseph,
²⁵ of Mattathias, of Amos, of Nahum, of Esli, of Naggai,
²⁶ of Maath, of Mattithiah, of Shemei, of Josech, of Joda,
²⁷ of Joanna, of Rhesa, of Zerubbabel, of Shalthiel, of Neri,
²⁸ of Melchi, of Addi, of Cosam, of Elmadam, of Er,
²⁹ of Jesus, of Eliezer, of Jorim, of Matthat, of Levi,
³⁰ of Simeon, of Judah, of Joseph, of Jonam, of Eliakim,
³¹ of Melea, of Menna, of Mattathah, of Nathan, of David,
³² of Jesse, of Obed, of Boaz, of Salmon, of Nahson,
³³ of Amminadab, of Admein, of Arni, of Hezron, of Pharez, of Judah,
³⁴ of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham, of Tera, of Nahor,
³⁵ of Serug, of Reu, of Peleg, of Eber, of Shelah,
³⁶ of Cainan, of Arphaxad, of Shem, of Noah, of Lamech,
³⁷ of Methuselah, of Enoch, of Jared, of Maleleel, of Cainan,
³⁸ of Enosh, of Seth, of Adam, of God.

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