Luke 3:17-27

17 His winnowing shovel^[a] is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and gather the wheat into His barn, but the chaff He will burn up with a fire that never goes out."

18 Then, along with many other exhortations, he proclaimed good news to the people.

19 But Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him about Herodias, his brother's wife, and about all the evil things Herod had done,

20 added this to everything else-he locked John up in prison.

The Baptism of Jesus

21 When all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. As He was praying, heaven opened,

22 and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a physical appearance like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: You are My beloved Son. I take delight in You!

The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

23 As He began [His ministry], Jesus was about 30 years old and was thought to be^[b] the son of Joseph, [son]^[c] of Heli,

24 [son] of Matthat, [son] of Levi, [son] of Melchi, [son] of Jannai, [son] of Joseph,

25 [son] of Mattathias, [son] of Amos, [son] of Nahum, [son] of Esli, [son] of Naggai,

26 [son] of Maath, [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,

Footnotes

• [a]. A wooden farm implement used to toss threshed grain into the wind so the lighter chaff would blow away and separate from the heavier grain
• [b]. People did not know about His virgin birth; Lk 1:26-38; Mt 1:18-25
• [c]. The relationship in some cases may be more distant than a son.