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Luke 3:1-20 — John the Baptist Prepares the Way

Luke.3.1-20

¹Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, ²during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas , the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness. ³and he went into all the surrounding region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, ⁴as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight. ⁵Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked places shall become straight paths, and the rough places smooth roads. ⁶And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'" ⁷So he said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say within yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham. ⁹Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire." ¹⁰And the crowds were asking him, “What then should we do?” ¹¹He answered them, “The one who has two tunics must share with the one who has none, and the one who has food must do likewise.” ¹²Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?” ¹³And he said to them, “Collect no more than what has been appointed for you.” ¹⁴Soldiers also were asking him, “And what should we do?” And he said to them, “Do not extort money from anyone, nor accuse anyone falsely, and be content with your wages.” ¹⁵Now as the people were waiting expectantly and all were reasoning in their hearts about John, whether perhaps he might be the Christ, ¹⁶John answered them all, "I baptize you with water, but one stronger than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire . ¹⁷His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire." ¹⁸So with many other exhortations he kept preaching good news to the people. ¹⁹But Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him concerning Herodias, his brother's wife, and concerning all the evil things that Herod had done, ²⁰added this also to them all: he locked John up in prison.

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4/11/2026

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