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name="1" id="1"></a><p class="hdg">The Mission of John the Baptist<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../isaiah/40.htm">Isaiah 40:1-5</a>; <a href="../matthew/3.htm">Matthew 3:1-12</a>; <a href="../mark/1.htm">Mark 1:1-8</a>; <a href="../john/1.htm#19">John 1:19-28</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar — Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother, tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene — <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests — there came a word of God unto John the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and he came to all the region round the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation — to remission of sins,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>as it hath been written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, ‘A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straightness, and the rough become smooth ways;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then said he to the multitudes coming forth to be baptised by him, ‘Brood of vipers! who did prompt you to flee from the coming wrath? <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>make, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have a father — Abraham; for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham; <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>and already also the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree, therefore, not making good fruit is cut down, and to fire it is cast.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, ‘What, then, shall we do?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and he answering saith to them, ‘He having two coats — let him impart to him having none, and he having victuals — in like manner let him do.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And there came also tax-gatherers to be baptised, and they said unto him, ‘Teacher, what shall we do?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and he said unto them, ‘Exact no more than that directed you.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And questioning him also were those warring, saying, ‘And we, what shall we do?’ and he said unto them, ‘Do violence to no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ; <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>John answered, saying to all, ‘I indeed with water do baptise you, but he cometh who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to loose the latchet of his sandals — he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire; <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>whose winnowing shovel [is] in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather the wheat to his storehouse, and the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And, therefore, indeed with many other things, exhorting, he was proclaiming good news to the people, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, and concerning all the evils that Herod did, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>added also this to all, that he shut up John in the prison.</p> <a name="21" id="21"></a><p class="hdg">The Baptism of Jesus<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/3.htm#13">Matthew 3:13-17</a>; <a href="../mark/1.htm#9">Mark 1:9-11</a>; <a href="../john/1.htm#29">John 1:29-34</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And it came to pass, in all the people being baptised, Jesus also being baptised, and praying, the heaven was opened, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>and the Holy Spirit came down in a bodily appearance, as if a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, saying, ‘Thou art My Son — the Beloved, in thee I did delight.’</p> <a name="23" id="23"></a><p class="hdg">The Genealogy of Jesus<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../ruth/4.htm#18">Ruth 4:18-22</a>; <a href="../matthew/1.htm">Matthew 1:1-17</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, son of Joseph, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>the [son] of Eli, the [son] of Matthat, the [son] of Levi, the [son] of Melchi, the [son] of Janna, the [son] of Joseph, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>the [son] of Mattathias, the [son] of Amos, the [son] of Naum, the [son] of Esli, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>the [son] of Naggai, the [son] of Maath, the [son] of Mattathias, the [son] of Semei, the [son] of Joseph, the [son] of Juda, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>the [son] of Joanna, the [son] of Rhesa, the [son] of Zerubbabel, the [son] of Shealtiel, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>the [son] of Neri, the [son] of Melchi, the [son] of Addi, the [son] of Cosam, the [son] of Elmodam, the [son] of Er, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>the [son] of Jose, the [son] of Eliezer, the [son] of Jorim, the [son] of Matthat, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>the [son] of Levi, the [son] of Simeon, the [son] of Juda, the [son] of Joseph, the [son] of Jonan, the [son] of Eliakim, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>the [son] of Melea, the [son] of Mainan, the [son] of Mattatha, the [son] of Nathan, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>the [son] of David, the [son] of Jesse, the [son] of Obed, the [son] of Booz, the [son] of Salmon, the [son] of Nahshon, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>the [son] of Amminadab, the [son] of Aram, the [son] of Esrom, the [son] of Pharez, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>the [son] of Judah, the [son] of Jacob, the [son] of Isaac, the [son] of Abraham, the [son] of Terah, the [son] of Nahor, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>the [son] of Serug, the [son] of Reu, the [son] of Peleg, the [son] of Eber, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>the [son] of Salah, the [son] of Cainan, the [son] of Arphaxad, the [son] of Shem, the [son] of Noah, the [son] of Lamech, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>the [son] of Methuselah, the [son] of Enoch, the [son] of Jared, the [son] of Mahalaleel, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>the [son] of Cainan, the [son] of Enos, the [son] of Seth, the [son] of Adam, the [son] of God.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Young's Literal Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../luke/2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Luke 2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Luke 2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../luke/4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Luke 4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Luke 4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' 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