Luke Chapter 3

¹ Now in (the) fifteenth year of-the reign of-Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate governing [the] Judaea, and Herod being-tetrarch of-[the] Galilee, and Philip the brother of-him being-tetrarch of-[the] Abilene, ² at-the-time-of (the) priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas—(the) word of-God came to John, the son of-Zachariah, in the desert. ³ And he-came into all the surrounding-territory of-the Jordan, preaching (a) baptism of-repentance for remission of-sins, ⁴ as it-is-written in (the) book of-(the)-words of-Isaiah the prophet,

            “One shouting in the desert,

‘Prepare the way of-(the)-Lord;

                        make straight the paths of-him.

            ⁵ Every low-place will-be-filled,

                        and every high-place and bump

                                    will-be-leveled-out.

                        and the crooked places will-be [for] straight,

                                    and the rough-places will-be [for] smooth roads.

            ⁶ And all flesh will-see the salvation of-[the God.’”

            ⁷ So he-was-saying to-the crowds traveling-out to-be-baptized by him,

“Generations of-snakes! Who warned you to-flee from the upcoming wrath? ⁸ So produce fruit[s] worthy of-[the] repentance; and do┘not└begin to-say in yourselves, ‘We-have [the] Abraham (as a) father.’ For I-say to-you that [the] God is-able to-raise-up children for-[the] Abraham from [the] these stones. ⁹ Now indeed the ax also lies at the root of-the trees. So every tree not producing good fruit is-being-cut-down and being-thrown into (the) fire.”

¹⁰ And the crowds were-asking him, saying, “What then shall-we-do?”

¹¹ And having-answered, he-was-saying to-them, “Let┘the-one having two tunics└give to-one not having (any), and let┘the-one having food[s]└do likewise.”

¹² And also tax-collectors came to-be-baptized, and they-said to him, “Teacher, what shall-we-do?”

¹³ And the/he said to them, “Collect nothing more than the thing-ordered to-you.”

¹⁴ And soldiering-ones were┘also└asking him, saying, “And what shall┘we└do?”

And he-said to-them, “Do┘not└take-money-by force or extort-money-by-false-charges, and be-satisfied with the wages of-you.”

            ¹⁵ Now the people waiting and all wondering in the hearts of-them about [the] John, whether-perhaps he might-be the Messiah, ¹⁶ [the] John answered, saying to-all,

“I am baptizing you with-water; but the-One stronger than I is-coming, whose [the] strap of-the sandals of-him I-am not worthy to-undo; he will-baptize you with (the) Holy Spirit and fire, ¹⁷ whose [the] winnowing-shovel (is) in the hand of-him to-thoroughly clean-up the threshing-flour of-him, and to-gather the wheat into the granary of-him, and the chaff he-will-burn-up with-unquenchable fire.”

¹⁸ Therefore encouraging them with-respect-to-many and other-things, he-preached-good-news to the people. ¹⁹ But [the] Herod the tetrarch, being-rebuked by him about Herodias the wife of-the brother of-him and about all (the) evil-things that [the] Herod did, ²⁰ added also this on all-things: [and]^ms he-locked [the] John in prison.

            ²¹ And it-happened in all the people’s [the] being baptized and Jesus’s having-been-baptized and praying, the sky’s having-opened-up ²² and the Holy [the] Spirit’s having-come-down onto him in-visible┘bodily└form, and/that (a) voice came out-of heaven, “You are the beloved [the] Son of-me; in you I-delight.”

            ²³ And Jesus himself was starting (his ministry), being about thirty years old, (the) Son—as was-supposed—

of Joseph,              son of Eli,             son of Matthat,      ²⁴ son of Levi,        son of Melchi,

son of Jannai,        son of Joseph,       ²⁵ son of Mattathias, son of Amos,      son of Nahum,

son of Hesli,          son of Naggai,       ²⁶ son of Haath,      son of Mattathias, son of Semein,

son of Josech,       son of Joda,           ²⁷ son of Joanan,    son of Rhesa,        son of Zerubbabel,

son of Shealtiel,    son of Neri,           ²⁸ son of Melchi,    son of Addi,          son of Cosam,

son of Elmadam,   son of Er,              ²⁹ son of Johua,      son of Eliezer,       son of Jorim,  

son of Matthat,      son of Levi,           ³⁰ son of Simeon,   son of Judah,         son of Joseph,

son of Jonam,        son of Eliakim,     ³¹ son of Melea,     son of Menna,       son of Mattathia,

son of Nathan,       son of David,        ³² son of Jesse,       son of Obed,         son of Boaz,

son of Salmon,      son of Nahshon,    ³³ son of Amminadab, son of Admin, son of Ram,

son of Hezron,      son of Perez,         son of Judah,         ³⁴ son of Jacob,      son of Isaac,

son of Abraham,   son of Terah,         son of Nahor,        ³⁵ son of Serug,      son of Reu,

son of Peleg,         son of Heber,        son of Shelah,       ³⁶ son of Cainan,    son of Arphaxad,

son of Shem,         son of Noah,         son of Lamech,     ³⁷ Methuselah,       son of Enoch, 

son of Jared,          son of Mahalaleel, son of Cainan,      ³⁸ son of Enosh,     son of Seth,

son of Adam,  son of God.