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Luke 3:12-22

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12 And some 1tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what shall we do?"
13 And he said to them, "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 2accuse anyone falsely, and 3be content with your wages."
15 Now while the people were in a state of expectation and all were wondering in their hearts about John, 4as to whether he was the Christ,
16 5John 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 with the Holy Spirit and fire.
17 "His 6winnowing 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 7unquenchable fire."
18 So with many other exhortations he preached the gospel to the people.
19 But when 8Herod the tetrarch was reprimanded by him because of 9Herodias, his brother's wife, and because of all the wicked things which 10Herod had done,
20 Herod also added this to them all: 11he locked John up in prison.

Jesus Is Baptized

21 12Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus was also baptized, and while He was 13praying, heaven was opened,
22 and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came out of heaven, "14You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased."
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Cross References 14

  • 1. Luke 7:29
  • 2. Exodus 20:16; Exodus 23:1
  • 3. Philippians 4:11
  • 4. John 1:19
  • 5. Luke 3:16, 17: {Matthew 3:11, 12; Mark 1:7, 8}
  • 6. Isaiah 30:24
  • 7. Mark 9:43, 48
  • 8. Matthew 14:3; Mark 6:17
  • 9. Matthew 14:3; Mark 6:17
  • 10. Matthew 14:1; Luke 3:1
  • 11. John 3:24
  • 12. Luke 3:21, 22: {Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11}
  • 13. Matthew 14:23; Luke 5:16; Luke 9:18, 28
  • 14. Psalms 2:7; Isaiah 42:1; Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5; Mark 1:11; Luke 9:35; 2 Peter 1:17

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. Or "Exact"
  • [b]. Or "reasoning" or "debating"
  • [c]. I.e. the Messiah
  • [d]. The Gr here can be translated "in, with" or "by"
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