1 In|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" fifteenth|strong="G4003" year|strong="G2094" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" reign|strong="G2231" of|strong="G2532" Tiberius|strong="G5086" Caesar|strong="G2541", when|strong="G1161" Pontius|strong="G4194" Pilate|strong="G4091" was|strong="G3588" governor|strong="G2230" of|strong="G2532" Judea|strong="G2449", and|strong="G2532" Herod|strong="G2264" was|strong="G3588" tetrarch|strong="G5075" of|strong="G2532" Galilee|strong="G1056", and|strong="G2532" Philip|strong="G5376" his|strong="G1722" brother was|strong="G3588" tetrarch|strong="G5075" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" region|strong="G5561" of|strong="G2532" Ituraea|strong="G2484" and|strong="G2532" Trachonitis|strong="G5139", and|strong="G2532" Lysanias|strong="G3078" was|strong="G3588" tetrarch|strong="G5075" of|strong="G2532" Abilene,
2 during|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" high|strong="G2532" priesthood of|strong="G5207" Annas and|strong="G2532" Caiaphas|strong="G2533", the|strong="G1722" word|strong="G4487" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316" came|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" the|strong="G1722" son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Zechariah|strong="G2197" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" wilderness|strong="G2048".
3 He|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" region|strong="G4066" around|strong="G4066" the|strong="G2532" Jordan|strong="G2446", preaching|strong="G2784" a|strong="G2532" baptism of|strong="G2532" repentance|strong="G3341" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" remission of|strong="G2532" sins,
4 as|strong="G5613" it|strong="G4160" is|strong="G3588" written|strong="G1125" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" book|strong="G3588" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G1722" words|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G1722" prophet|strong="G4396" Isaiah|strong="G2268",
5 Every|strong="G3956" valley|strong="G5327" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" filled|strong="G4137",
6 And|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" flesh|strong="G4561" will|strong="G2316" see|strong="G3708" the|strong="G2532" salvation|strong="G4992" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316".’ ”
7 John|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" crowds|strong="G3793" that|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" coming|strong="G3195" out|strong="G1607" to|strong="G3004" be|strong="G3195" baptized by|strong="G5259" him|strong="G3588", “You|strong="G5210" brood|strong="G1081" of|strong="G5259" vipers|strong="G2191", who|strong="G5101" warned|strong="G5263" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G3004" flee|strong="G5343" from|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3588" coming|strong="G3195" wrath|strong="G3709"?
8 Produce|strong="G4160" fruit|strong="G2590" consistent with|strong="G1722" repentance|strong="G3341", and|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3361" begin to|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" yourselves|strong="G1438", ‘We|strong="G3754" have|strong="G2192" Abraham as|strong="G1722" our|strong="G2316" father|strong="G3962",’ for|strong="G1063" I|strong="G2532" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G5210" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" able|strong="G1410" from|strong="G1537" these|strong="G3778" stones|strong="G3037" to|strong="G2532" raise|strong="G1453" up|strong="G1453" children|strong="G5043" for|strong="G1063" Abraham.
9 Even|strong="G2532" now|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" axe is|strong="G3588" laid|strong="G2749" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" root|strong="G4491" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" trees|strong="G1186". Every|strong="G3956" tree|strong="G1186" therefore|strong="G3767" that|strong="G3588" does|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3361" produce|strong="G4160" good|strong="G2570" fruit|strong="G2590" is|strong="G3588" cut|strong="G1581" down|strong="G1581" and|strong="G2532" thrown into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" fire|strong="G4442".”
10 So|strong="G3767" the|strong="G2532" crowds|strong="G3793" asked|strong="G1905" him|strong="G3588", “What|strong="G5101" then|strong="G3767" should|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160"?”
11 John|strong="G3004" answered|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588", “Whoever|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2192" two|strong="G1417" tunics|strong="G5509" must|strong="G4160" share|strong="G3330" with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2192" none|strong="G3361", and|strong="G2532" whoever|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2192" food|strong="G1033" must|strong="G4160" do|strong="G4160" likewise|strong="G3668".”
12 Some|strong="G3004" tax|strong="G5057" collectors|strong="G5057" also|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" be|strong="G2532" baptized, and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G4160", “Teacher|strong="G1320", what|strong="G5101" should|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160"?”
13 He|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", “Collect|strong="G4238" no|strong="G3367" more|strong="G4119" than|strong="G3844" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G5210" been|strong="G4183" authorized to|strong="G4314" collect|strong="G4238".”
14 Then|strong="G2532" some|strong="G3588" soldiers|strong="G4754" asked|strong="G1905" him|strong="G3588", “And|strong="G2532" what|strong="G5101" should|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" do|strong="G4160"?” He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", “Do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3367" extort money|strong="G1286" from|strong="G2532" anyone|strong="G3367" by|strong="G4314" threats or|strong="G2532" false accusations, and|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" content|strong="G4160" with|strong="G4314" your|strong="G2532" wages|strong="G3800".”
15 Now|strong="G1161" as|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992" were|strong="G1510" waiting|strong="G4328" in|strong="G1722" expectation|strong="G4328" and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" all|strong="G3956" questioning in|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2532" hearts|strong="G2588" whether|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" might|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G5547",
16 John|strong="G2491" answered|strong="G3004" them|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956", “I|strong="G1473" baptize you|strong="G5210" with|strong="G1722" water|strong="G5204", but|strong="G1161" one|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" coming|strong="G2064" who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" mightier|strong="G2478" than|strong="G2478" I|strong="G1473", the|strong="G1722" strap of|strong="G4151" whose|strong="G3739" sandals|strong="G5266" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" worthy|strong="G2425" to|strong="G2532" untie|strong="G3089"; he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" baptize you|strong="G5210" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" and|strong="G2532" fire|strong="G4442".
17 His|strong="G1519" winnowing|strong="G4425" fork|strong="G4425" is|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1519" hand|strong="G5495", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" thoroughly|strong="G1245" clean out|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" threshing floor and|strong="G2532" gather|strong="G4863" the|strong="G1722" wheat|strong="G4621" into|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" barn, but|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" chaff he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" burn|strong="G2618" up|strong="G1519" with|strong="G1722" unquenchable fire|strong="G4442".”
18 With|strong="G2532" these|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" many|strong="G4183" other|strong="G2087" exhortations|strong="G3870" John|strong="G2097" preached|strong="G2097" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992".
19 But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" John|strong="G2532" rebuked|strong="G1651" Herod|strong="G2264" the|strong="G2532" tetrarch|strong="G5076" because|strong="G1161" of|strong="G4012" his|strong="G3956" marriage|strong="G1135" to|strong="G2532" Herodias|strong="G2266", his|strong="G3956" brother's wife|strong="G1135", and|strong="G2532" because|strong="G1161" of|strong="G4012" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" evils|strong="G4190" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" done|strong="G4160",
20 Herod added|strong="G4369" this|strong="G3778" to|strong="G2532" everything|strong="G3956" else|strong="G2532": He|strong="G2532" locked|strong="G2623" John|strong="G2491" up|strong="G2623" in|strong="G1722" prison|strong="G5438".
21 Now|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" all|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992" were|strong="G3588" baptized, and|strong="G2532" when|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" also|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1096" baptized and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" praying|strong="G4336", the|strong="G1722" heavens|strong="G3772" were|strong="G3588" opened,
22 and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" descended|strong="G2597" on|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" bodily|strong="G4984" form|strong="G1491" like|strong="G5613" a|strong="G1096" dove|strong="G4058". Then|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1096" voice|strong="G5456" came|strong="G1096" from|strong="G1537" heaven|strong="G3772", saying, “Yoʋ are|strong="G1510" my|strong="G1722" beloved Son|strong="G5207"; in|strong="G1722" yoʋ I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" well|strong="G2532" pleased|strong="G2106".”
23 Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G1510" about|strong="G5613" thirty|strong="G5144" years|strong="G2094" of|strong="G5207" age|strong="G2094" when|strong="G5613" he|strong="G2532" began his|strong="G2532" ministry, being|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" son|strong="G5207" (so|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" thought|strong="G3543") of|strong="G5207" Joseph|strong="G2501", the|strong="G2532" son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Heli|strong="G2242",
24 the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Matthat|strong="G3158", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Levi|strong="G3017", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Melchi|strong="G3197", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Janna|strong="G2388", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Joseph|strong="G2501",
25 the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Mattathias|strong="G3161", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Amos, the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Nahum|strong="G3486", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Esli|strong="G2069", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Naggai|strong="G3477",
26 the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Maath|strong="G3092", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Mattathias|strong="G3161", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Semei|strong="G4584", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Joseph|strong="G2501", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Judah|strong="G2448",
27 the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Joanan, the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Rhesa|strong="G4488", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Zerubbabel|strong="G2216", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Shealtiel|strong="G4528", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Neri|strong="G3518",
28 the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Melchi|strong="G3197", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Addi, the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Cosam|strong="G2973", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Elmodam|strong="G1678", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Er|strong="G2262",
29 the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G2424" Jose, the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G2424" Eliezer|strong="G1663", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G2424" Jorim|strong="G2497", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G2424" Matthat|strong="G3158", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G2424" Levi|strong="G3017",
30 the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Simeon|strong="G4826", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Judah|strong="G2455", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Joseph|strong="G2501", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Jonan|strong="G2494", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Eliakim|strong="G1662",
31 the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Melea|strong="G3190", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Mainan, the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Mattatha|strong="G3160", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Nathan|strong="G3481", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" David|strong="G1138",
32 the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Jesse|strong="G2421", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Obed|strong="G5601", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Boaz|strong="G1003", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Salmon, the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Nahshon|strong="G3476",
33 the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Amminadab, the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Ram, the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Joram|strong="G2496", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Hezron|strong="G2074", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Perez|strong="G5329", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Judah|strong="G2455",
34 the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Jacob|strong="G2384", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Isaac|strong="G2464", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Abraham, the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Terah|strong="G2291", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Nahor|strong="G3493",
35 the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Serug, the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Reu|strong="G4466", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Peleg|strong="G5317", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Eber, the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Shelah|strong="G4527",
36 the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Cainan|strong="G2536", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Arphaxad, the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Shem|strong="G4590", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Noah|strong="G3575", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Lamech|strong="G2984",
37 the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Methuselah|strong="G3103", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Enoch|strong="G1802", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Jared|strong="G2391", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Mahalaleel|strong="G3121", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G3588" Cainan|strong="G2536",
38 the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G2316" Enosh|strong="G1800", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G2316" Seth|strong="G4589", the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G2316" Adam, the|strong="G3588" son of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316".