Luke 3:6-16

6 ¹and all flesh shall see ²the salvation of God.'"

7 He said therefore to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, ³"You brood of ⁴vipers! Who warned you to flee from ⁵the wrath to come?

8 Bear fruits ⁶in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ⁷'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you, God is able from ⁸these stones to raise up children for Abraham.

9 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. ⁹Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."

10 And the crowds asked him, ¹⁰"What then shall we do?"

11 And he answered them, ¹¹"Whoever has two tunics^[a] is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise."

12 ¹²Tax collectors also came to be baptized and said to him, "Teacher, ¹³what shall we do?"

13 And he said to them, ¹⁴"Collect no more than you are authorized to do."

14 Soldiers also asked him, "And we, ¹⁵what shall we do?" And he said to them, ¹⁶"Do not extort money from anyone by threats or by false accusation, and be content with your ¹⁷wages."

15 As the people were in expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, ¹⁸whether he might be ¹⁹the Christ,

16 ²⁰John answered them all, saying, "I baptize you with water, but ²¹he who is mightier than I is coming, ²²the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you ²³with the Holy Spirit and with ²⁴fire.