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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Luke 3 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/luke/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/luke/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Luke 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../luke/2.htm" title="Luke 2">◄</a> Luke 3 <a href="../luke/4.htm" title="Luke 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Preaching of John the Baptist</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 3:1-12">Matthew 3.1-12</ref>; <ref loc="MRK 1:1-8">Mark 1.1-8</ref>; <ref loc="JHN 1:19-28">John 1.19-28</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_3_1"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.1" class="v42_3_1">1</span>It was the fifteenth year of the rule of Emperor Tiberius; Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip was ruler of the territory of Iturea and Trachonitis; Lysanias was ruler of Abilene, </span><span class="v42_3_2"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.2" class="v42_3_2">2</span>and Annas and Caiaphas were High Priests. At that time the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the desert. </span><span class="v42_3_3"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.3" class="v42_3_3">3</span>So John went throughout the whole territory of the Jordan River, preaching, “Turn away from your sins and be baptized, and God will forgive your sins.” </span><span class="v42_3_4"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.4" class="v42_3_4">4</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.3.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> As it is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah:</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v42_3_4">“Someone is shouting in the desert:</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v42_3_4">‘Get the road ready for the Lord;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v42_3_4">make a straight path for him to travel!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v42_3_5"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.5" class="v42_3_5">5</span>Every valley must be filled up,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v42_3_5">every hill and mountain leveled off.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v42_3_5">The winding roads must be made straight,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v42_3_5">and the rough paths made smooth.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v42_3_6"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.6" class="v42_3_6">6</span>The whole human race will see God's salvation!’”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_3_7"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.7" class="v42_3_7">7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.3.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Crowds of people came out to John to be baptized by him. “You snakes!” he said to them. “Who told you that you could escape from the punishment God is about to send? </span><span class="v42_3_8"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.8" class="v42_3_8">8</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.3.8!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Do those things that will show that you have turned from your sins. And don't start saying among yourselves that Abraham is your ancestor. I tell you that God can take these rocks and make descendants for Abraham! </span><span class="v42_3_9"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.9" class="v42_3_9">9</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.3.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots; every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown in the fire.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_3_10"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.10" class="v42_3_10">10</span>The people asked him, “What are we to do, then?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_3_11"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.11" class="v42_3_11">11</span>He answered, “Whoever has two shirts must give one to the man who has none, and whoever has food must share it.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_3_12"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.12" class="v42_3_12">12</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.3.12!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Some tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what are we to do?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_3_13"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.13" class="v42_3_13">13</span>“Don't collect more than is legal,” he told them.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_3_14"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.14" class="v42_3_14">14</span>Some soldiers also asked him, “What about us? What are we to do?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_3_14">He said to them, “Don't take money from anyone by force or accuse anyone falsely. Be content with your pay.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_3_15"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.15" class="v42_3_15">15</span>People's hopes began to rise, and they began to wonder whether John perhaps might be the Messiah. </span><span class="v42_3_16"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.16" class="v42_3_16">16</span>So John said to all of them, “I baptize you with water, but someone is coming who is much greater than I am. I am not good enough even to untie his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. </span><span class="v42_3_17"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.17" class="v42_3_17">17</span>He has his winnowing shovel with him, to thresh out all the grain and gather the wheat into his barn; but he will burn the chaff in a fire that never goes out.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_3_18"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.18" class="v42_3_18">18</span>In many different ways John preached the Good News to the people and urged them to change their ways. </span><span class="v42_3_19"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.19" class="v42_3_19">19</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.3.19!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> But John reprimanded Governor Herod, because he had married Herodias, his brother's wife, and had done many other evil things. </span><span class="v42_3_20"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.20" class="v42_3_20">20</span>Then Herod did an even worse thing by putting John in prison.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Baptism of Jesus</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 3:13-17">Matthew 3.13-17</ref>; <ref loc="MRK 1:9-11">Mark 1.9-11</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_3_21"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.21" class="v42_3_21">21</span>After all the people had been baptized, Jesus also was baptized. While he was praying, heaven was opened, </span><span class="v42_3_22"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.22" class="v42_3_22">22</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.3.22!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> and the Holy Spirit came down upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my own dear Son. I am pleased with you.”</span></p><h3 class="s">The Ancestors of Jesus</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 1:1-17">Matthew 1.1-17</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_3_23"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.23" class="v42_3_23">23</span>When Jesus began his work, he was about thirty years old. He was the son, so people thought, of Joseph, who was the son of Heli, </span><span class="v42_3_24"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.24" class="v42_3_24">24</span>the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, </span><span class="v42_3_25"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.25" class="v42_3_25">25</span>the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, </span><span class="v42_3_26"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.26" class="v42_3_26">26</span>the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, </span><span class="v42_3_27"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.27" class="v42_3_27">27</span>the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, </span><span class="v42_3_28"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.28" class="v42_3_28">28</span>the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, </span><span class="v42_3_29"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.29" class="v42_3_29">29</span>the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, </span><span class="v42_3_30"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.30" class="v42_3_30">30</span>the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, </span><span class="v42_3_31"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.31" class="v42_3_31">31</span>the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, </span><span class="v42_3_32"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.32" class="v42_3_32">32</span>the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, </span><span class="v42_3_33"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.33" class="v42_3_33">33</span>the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, </span><span class="v42_3_34"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.34" class="v42_3_34">34</span>the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, </span><span class="v42_3_35"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.35" class="v42_3_35">35</span>the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, </span><span class="v42_3_36"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.36" class="v42_3_36">36</span>the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, </span><span class="v42_3_37"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.37" class="v42_3_37">37</span>the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Kenan, </span><span class="v42_3_38"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.3.38" class="v42_3_38">38</span>the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.</span></p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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