The New Testament / Translated From the Original Greek, With Chronological Arrangement of the Sacred Books, and Improved Divisions of Chapters and Verses.

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CHAPTER IV.

THE MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHRIST'S BAPTISM AND GENEALOGY.

1 ^3:1AND in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being procurator of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Ituria and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene, ^3:2under the chief priest Annas, and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness. ^3:3And he went into all the region about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of a change of mind for the forgiveness of sins; ^3:4as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet; A voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. ^3:5Every ravine shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth; ^3:6and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

2 ^3:7Then John said to the multitudes who went out to be baptized by him, Offspring of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come? ^3:8Bear fruits, therefore, worthy of a change of mind. And say not within yourselves, We have Abraham for a father; for I tell you that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. ^3:9And already also the axe lies at the root of the trees; every tree therefore which bears not good fruit, is cut down and cast into the fire. ^3:10And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then shall we do? ^3:11And he answered and said to them, Let him that has two coats give to him that has none; and let him that has food do the same. ^3:12And publicans, also, came to be baptized, and said to him, Teacher, what shall we do? ^3:13And he said to them, Do nothing more than is appointed for you. ^3:14And the soldiers asked him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said to them, Oppress, and falsely accuse, no one; and be contented with your wages.

3 ^3:15And the people being in expectation, and all doubting in their minds concerning John, whether he was the Christ, ^3:16John answered all, saying, I indeed baptize you with water, but a mightier than I is coming, the strings of whose shoes I am not fit to untie; he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. ^3:17His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will thoroughly clean his threshing floor, and gather the wheat into his storehouse; but the chaff he will burn with an inextinguishable fire.

4 ^3:18With many other exhortations, also, he preached the good news to the people. ^3:19But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him on account of Herodias his brother's wife and for all the evil deeds which Herod had done, ^3:20added also this to all, and shut up John in prison.

5 ^3:21And when all the people were baptized, Jesus also being baptized, and praying, heaven was opened, ^3:22and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove upon him; and there was a voice from heaven, saying, You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.

6 ^3:23And Jesus was about thirty years old, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, the son of Eli, ^3:24the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, ^3:25the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, ^3:26the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Shimei, the son of Josech, the son of Juda, ^3:27the son of Joannas, the son of Resa, the son of Zerubabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, ^3:28the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son of Er, ^3:29the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, ^3:30the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim, ^3:31the son of Meleas, the son of Mennas, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, ^3:32the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Naason, ^3:33the son of Aminadab, the son of Admein, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Pharez, the son of Judah, ^3:34the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, ^3:35the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Heber, the son of Selah, ^3:36the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, ^3:37the son of Methusaleh, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahaleel, the son of Cainan, ^3:38the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the Son of God.