Luk 3 | NASB1995 | STEP | Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar , when 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 ,

Luke 3

John the Baptist Preaches

1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when ^aPontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and ^bHerod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, 2 in the high priesthood of ^cAnnas and ^dCaiaphas, ^ethe word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness. 3 And he came into all ^fthe district around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins; 4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, ^g“The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
‘Make ready the way of the Lord,
Make His paths straight.
5 ‘ ^h Every ravine will be filled,
And every mountain and hill will be ^{▼▼ Or leveled} brought low;
The crooked will become straight,
And the rough roads smooth;
6 ^j And all ^{▼▼ Or mankind} flesh will ^l see the salvation of God.’”

7 So he began saying to the crowds who were going out to be baptized by him, ^m“You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 “Therefore bear fruits in keeping with repentance, and ⁿdo not begin to say ^{▼▼ Or in}to yourselves, ‘ ^pWe have Abraham for our father,’ for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham. 9 “Indeed the axe is already laid at the root of the trees; so ^qevery tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”

10 And the crowds were questioning him, saying, ^r“Then what shall we do?” 11 And he would answer and say to them, “The man who has two tunics is to ^sshare with him who has none; and he who has food is to do likewise.” 12 And some ^ttax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?” 13 And he said to them, ^{▼▼ Or Exact}“Collect no more than what you have been ordered to.” 14 Some soldiers were questioning him, saying, “And what about us, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Do not take money from anyone by force, or ^vaccuse anyone falsely, and ^wbe content with your wages.”

15 Now while the people were in a state of expectation and all were ^{▼▼ Or reasoning or debating}wondering in their hearts about John, ^yas to whether he was ^{▼▼ I.e. the Messiah}the Christ, 16 ^aaJohn answered and said to them all, “As for me, I baptize you with water; but One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to untie the thong of His sandals; He will baptize you ^{▼▼ The Gr here can be translated in, with or by}with the Holy Spirit and fire. 17 “His ^acwinnowing fork is in His hand to thoroughly clear His threshing floor, and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with ^adunquenchable fire.”

18 So with many other exhortations he preached the gospel to the people. 19 But when ^aeHerod the tetrarch was reprimanded by him because of ^afHerodias, his brother’s wife, and because of all the wicked things which ^agHerod had done, 20 Herod also added this to them all: ^ahhe locked John up in prison.

Jesus Is Baptized

21 ^aiNow when all the people were baptized, Jesus was also baptized, and while He was ^ajpraying, heaven was opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came out of heaven, ^ak“You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased.”

Genealogy of Jesus

23 ^alWhen He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years of age, being, ^{▼▼ Lit as it was being thought}as was supposed, the son of ^anJoseph, ^{▼▼ Lit of Eli, and so throughout the genealogy}the son of ^{▼▼ Also spelled Heli}Eli, 24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, 25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of ^{▼▼ Also spelled Esli}Hesli, the son of Naggai, 26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, 27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, ^arthe son of Zerubbabel, the son of ^{▼▼ Gr Salathiel; names of people in the Old Testament are given in their Old Testament form through v 38}Shealtiel, the son of Neri, 28 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, 29 the son of ^{▼▼ Gr Jesus}Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, 30 the son of Simeon, the son of ^{▼▼ Gr Judas}Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, 31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, 32 ^avthe son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of ^{▼▼ Gr Sala}Salmon, the son of ^{▼▼ Gr Naasson}Nahshon, 33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of ^{▼▼ Gr Arni}Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, 34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, ^azthe son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, 35 the son of Serug, the son of ^{▼▼ Gr Ragau}Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of ^{▼▼ Gr Eber}Heber, the son of Shelah, 36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, ^bcthe son of Noah, the son of Lamech, 37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, 38 the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.