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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 BLB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="../">BLB</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/luke/3.htm" width="100%" height="32" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Berean Literal Bible</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Mission of John the Baptist<br /><span class="cross">(Isaiah 40:1-5; Matthew 3:1-12; Mark 1:1-8; John 1:19-28)</span></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And in <i>the</i> fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip being tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and of Trachonitis, and Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>during <i>the</i> high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, <i>the</i> word of God came upon John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And he went into all the region surrounding the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>as it has been written in <i>the</i> book of <i>the</i> words of Isaiah the prophet:</p><p class="indent1stline">“<i>The</i> voice of one crying in the wilderness,</p><p class="indent1">‘Prepare the way of <i>the</i> Lord;</p><p class="indent2"> make His paths straight.’ </p><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Every valley will be filled,</p><p class="indent2"> and every mountain and hill will be made low;</p><p class="indent1"> and the crooked will become into straight,</p><p class="indent2"> and the rough ways into smooth. </p><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And all flesh will see the salvation of God.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fna" title="Isaiah 40:3-5">a</a></span> </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So he was saying to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “Offspring of vipers, who forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath? <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance. And do not begin to say in yourselves, ‘We have Abraham <i>as</i> father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And already also the ax is applied to the root of the trees; therefore every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and is thrown into <i>the</i> fire.” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the crowds were asking him, saying, “What then shall we do?” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And answering, he was saying to them, “The <i>one</i> having two tunics, let him impart to the <i>one</i> having none; and the <i>one</i> having food, let him do likewise.” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And he said to them, “Collect nothing more beyond that having been appointed to you.” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And those being soldiers also were asking him, saying, “And what shall we do?”</p><p class="reg"> And he said to them, “Extort 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 expecting and all wondering in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>John answered all saying, “I indeed baptize you with water,<span class="fn"><a href="#fnb" title="Or ‘in water’">b</a></span> but the <i>One</i> mightier than I comes, of whom I am not worthy to untie the strap of His sandals; He will baptize you with <i>the</i> Holy Spirit and with fire,<span class="fn"><a href="#fnc" title="Or ‘in the Holy Spirit and in fire’">c</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>of whom the winnowing fork <i>is</i> in His hand to clear His threshing floor, and to gather the wheat into His barn. But He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Therefore indeed exhorting many other things, he was preaching the good news to the people. <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias the wife of his brother, and concerning all <i>the</i> evils that Herod had done, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>added this yet to all: He also locked up John in prison. </p><p class="hdg">The Baptism of Jesus<br /><span class="cross">(Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; John 1:29-34)</span></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Now it came to pass, in all the people having been baptized, Jesus also having been baptized and having prayed, the heaven was opened, <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in a bodily form as a dove, and a voice came out of heaven: “You are My Son, the beloved; in You I am well pleased.” </p><p class="hdg">The Genealogy of Jesus<br /><span class="cross">(Ruth 4:18-22; Matthew 1:1-17)</span></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And Jesus beginning, was Himself about thirty years <i>old</i>,</p><p class="indent1stline"> being son as was supposed, of Joseph,</p><p class="indent2"> of Heli, </p><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>of Matthat, of Levi, of Melchi,</p><p class="indent2"> of Jannai, of Joseph, </p><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>of Mattathias, of Amos, of Nahum,</p><p class="indent2"> of Esli, of Naggai, </p><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>of Maath, of Mattathias, of Semein,</p><p class="indent2"> of Josech, of Joda, </p><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>of Joannen, of Rhesa, of Zerubbabel,</p><p class="indent2"> of Shealtiel, of Neri, </p><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>of Melchi, of Addi, of Cosam,</p><p class="indent2"> of Elmadam, of Er, </p><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>of Joshua, of Eliezer, of Jorim,</p><p class="indent2"> of Matthat, of Levi, </p><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>of Simeon, of Judah, of Joseph,</p><p class="indent2"> of Jonam, of Eliakim, </p><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>of Melea, of Menna, of Mattatha,</p><p class="indent2"> of Nathan, of David, </p><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>of Jesse, of Obed, of Boaz,</p><p class="indent2"> of Sala,<span class="fn"><a href="#fnd" title="BYZ and TR ‘Salmon’">d</a></span> of Nahshon, </p><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>of Amminadab, of Admin,<span class="fn"><a href="#fne" title="BYZ and TR ‘Aram’, others ‘Ram’">e</a></span> of Arni,<span class="fn"><a href="#fnf" title="WH, BYZ, and TR do not include ‘the son of Arni’">f</a></span></p><p class="indent2"> of Hezron, of Perez, of Judah, </p><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham,</p><p class="indent2"> of Terah, of Nahor, </p><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>of Serug, of Reu, of Peleg,</p><p class="indent2"> of Eber, of Shelah, </p><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>of Cainan, of Arphaxad, of Shem,</p><p class="indent2"> of Noah, of Lamech, </p><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>of Methuselah, of Enoch, of Jared,</p><p class="indent2"> of Mahalalel, of Cainan, </p><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/3-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>of Enosh, of Seth, of Adam,</p><p class="indent2"> of God.<A name="fn"><br /><br /></p><A name="fna"></a><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">4-6</span> <span class="footnote">Isaiah 40:3-5</span><br /><A name="fnb"></a><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnote">Or <i>in water</i></span><br /><A name="fnc"></a><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnote">Or <i>in the Holy Spirit and in fire</i></span><br /><A name="fnd"></a><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">32</span> <span class="footnote">BYZ and TR <i>Salmon</i></span><br /><A name="fne"></a><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">33</span> <span class="footnote">BYZ and TR <i>Aram</i>, others <i>Ram</i></span><br /><A name="fnf"></a><span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">33</span> <span class="footnote">WH, BYZ, and TR do not include <i>the son of Arni</i></span><br /><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible<br /><a href="//berean.bible">www.Berean.Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="//literalbible.com">Berean Literal Bible (BLB)</a><br />© 2016 by <a href="//biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a> and <a href="//berean.bible">Berean.Bible</a><br />Used by Permission. 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