Luke 3

1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, ‡ Gen 49:10Luk 23:6-11Act 4:27Luk 2:1Luk 23:24Luk 9:7Mat 27:2Mrk 6:17 +72 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. ‡ Act 4:6Jon 1:1Jhn 18:24Luk 1:80Jhn 18:13-14Mat 26:3Mat 3:1-10Mic 1:1 +123 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; ‡ Luk 1:77Act 13:24Mat 3:5-6Act 19:4Mat 3:11Act 22:16Jhn 1:31-33Jhn 3:26 +24 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. ‡ Isa 40:3-5Jhn 1:23Jhn 1:26-36Luk 1:76-79Isa 62:10Jhn 1:7Jhn 3:28-36Isa 57:14 +45 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; ‡ Isa 40:4Isa 42:16Isa 45:2Isa 49:11Ezk 17:24Heb 12:12-13Luk 1:51-53Isa 2:11-17 +36 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. ‡ Isa 52:10Isa 40:5Psa 98:2-3Isa 49:6Rom 10:18Luk 2:10-11Luk 2:30-32Rom 10:12 +17 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? ‡ Mat 23:331Th 1:10Mat 12:341Jn 3:8Heb 6:18Act 13:10Gen 3:15Isa 59:5 +38 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. ‡ Ezk 18:27-31Act 26:20Isa 1:16-18Gal 5:22-24Mat 21:43Heb 6:7-8Jos 4:3-8Luk 19:40 +129 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. ‡ Mat 7:19Jhn 15:6Isa 10:33-34Luk 13:9Mat 3:10Luk 13:7Dan 4:23Ezk 31:18 +510 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? ‡ Act 2:37Luk 3:14Act 16:30Act 9:6Luk 3:12Luk 3:8 11 He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise. ‡ Isa 58:7-111Jn 3:171Ti 6:18Luk 18:221Jn 4:20Jas 1:27Jas 2:15-26Dan 4:27 +1012 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do? ‡ Luk 7:29Luk 15:1-2Luk 18:13Mat 21:31-32 13 And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. ‡ Luk 19:8Eph 4:281Co 6:10Isa 1:16-17Mic 6:8Tit 2:11-12Mat 7:12Isa 55:6-7 +514 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages. ‡ Heb 13:5-6Exo 20:161Ti 6:8-10Exo 23:1Php 4:11Lev 19:11Rom 13:9-10Luk 19:8 +515 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; ‡ Jhn 10:24Jhn 3:28-29Jhn 1:19-28 16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: ‡ Mat 3:11Act 1:5Act 11:15-16Jhn 1:33Jhn 1:26Act 19:4-5Jol 2:28-29Act 2:3-4 +1417 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. ‡ Jer 15:7Mat 13:30Mic 4:12Psa 1:4Isa 30:24Mat 3:12Psa 21:9-10Mrk 9:43-49 18 And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people. ‡ Act 2:40Jhn 1:29Jhn 1:34Jhn 3:29-36Jhn 1:15 19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, ‡ Luk 3:1Mat 14:3-4Mrk 6:17-18Mat 11:2Pro 15:12Pro 9:7-8 20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison. ‡ 1Th 2:15-162Ch 24:17-222Ch 36:162Ki 24:4Jer 2:30Mat 23:31-33Neh 9:26Rev 16:6 +521 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, ‡ Jhn 1:32-34Mat 3:13-17Jhn 12:27-28Luk 5:16Mrk 1:9-11Mat 14:23Luk 9:28-29Luk 9:18 22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. ‡ Psa 2:72Pe 1:17-18Isa 42:1Jhn 1:32Luk 9:34-35Mat 17:5Mat 3:17Act 10:38 +523 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, ‡ Luk 4:22Mat 13:55Jhn 6:42Num 4:3Act 1:1Gen 41:46Mat 1:16Mat 4:17 +924 Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph, 25 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge, 26 Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda, 27 Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri, ‡ Mat 1:12 28 Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er, 29 Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, 30 Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim, 31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David, ‡ 1Ch 3:52Sa 5:141Ch 14:4Zec 12:12 32 Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson, ‡ Rut 4:18-22Isa 11:1-2Mat 1:3-61Ch 2:10-151Ki 12:161Sa 17:581Sa 20:31Act 13:22-23 +433 Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda, ‡ 1Ch 2:4-51Ch 2:9-101Ch 9:4Rut 4:12Gen 29:35Gen 38:29Gen 46:12Gen 49:8 +334 Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor, ‡ Gen 21:3Jos 24:21Ch 1:34Act 7:8Mat 1:21Ch 1:24-28Gen 25:26Gen 11:24-32 35 Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala, ‡ Gen 10:24-25Gen 11:12-21 36 Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech, ‡ Gen 10:21-22Gen 5:28-32Gen 9:11Pe 3:202Pe 2:5Ezk 14:14Gen 11:10-26Heb 11:7 +937 Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan, ‡ 1Ch 1:1-3Gen 5:6-28 38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God. ‡ Gen 2:7Isa 64:81Co 15:451Co 15:47Gen 4:25Act 17:26-29Gen 1:26-27