Luke 3:10-20

10 And the crowds asked him, ¹“What then shall we do? ”

11 And he answered them, ²“Whoever has two tunics^[a] is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise. ”

12 ³Tax collectors also came to be baptized and said to him, “Teacher, ⁴what shall we do? ”

13 And he said to them, ⁵“Collect no more than you are authorized to do. ”

14 Soldiers also asked him, “And we, ⁶what shall we do? ” And he said to them, ⁷“Do not extort money from anyone by threats or by false accusation, and be content with your ⁸wages. ”

15 As the people were in expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, ⁹whether he might be ¹⁰the Christ,

16 ¹¹John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but ¹²he who is mightier than I is coming, ¹³the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you ¹⁴with the Holy Spirit and ¹⁵fire.

17 His ¹⁶winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to ¹⁷gather the wheat into his barn, ¹⁸but the chaff he will burn with ¹⁹unquenchable fire. ”

18 So ²⁰with many other exhortations he preached good news to the people.

19 But ²¹Herod the tetrarch, who had been reproved by him for Herodias, his brother’s wife, and for all the evil things that Herod had done,

20 added this to them all, that ²²he locked up John in prison.

Cross References

• 1. 3:10 Acts 2:37; 16:30; 22:10
• 2. 3:11 Isa. 58:7; Dan. 4:27; Eph. 4:28; James 2:15, 16; 1 John 3:17; [ch. 18:22]
• 3. 3:12 ch. 7:29; Matt. 21:32
• 4. 3:12 [See ver. 10 above]
• 5. 3:13 ch. 19:8
• 6. 3:14 [See ver. 10 above]
• 7. 3:14 [See ver. 13 above]
• 8. 3:14 1 Cor. 9:7 (Gk.)
• 9. 3:15 John 1:19, 20
• 10. 3:15 See Matt. 1:17
• 11. 3:16 John 1:26; Acts 1:5
• 12. 3:16 John 1:15, 27; 3:30, 31; Acts 13:25
• 13. 3:16 Isa. 5:27
• 14. 3:16 John 1:33; Acts 11:16
• 15. 3:16 [Mal. 3:2, 3; Acts 2:3]
• 16. 3:17 Isa. 30:24
• 17. 3:17 Matt. 13:30
• 18. 3:17 Mal. 4:1
• 19. 3:17 Mark 9:43, 48
• 20. 3:18 [John 20:30; 21:25]
• 21. 3:19 Matt. 14:3; Mark 6:17, 18; See ver. 1
• 22. 3:20 [John 3:24]

Footnotes

• [a] 3:11 Greek 'chiton', a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin