Luke 3:17-27

17 "His ¹winnowing 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 ²unquenchable fire."

18 So with many other exhortations he preached the gospel to the people.

19 But when ³Herod the tetrarch was reprimanded by him because of ⁴Herodias, his brother's wife, and because of all the wicked things which ⁵Herod had done,

20 Herod also added this to them all: ⁶he locked John up in prison.

Jesus Is Baptized

21 ⁷Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus was also baptized, and while He was ⁸praying, heaven was opened,

22 and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came out of heaven, "⁹You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased."

Genealogy of Jesus

23 ¹⁰When He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, the son of ¹¹Joseph, the son of Eli,

24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,

25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Hesli, the son of Naggai,

26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,

27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, ¹²the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,

Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 30:24
• 2. Mark 9:43, 48
• 3. Matthew 14:3; Mark 6:17
• 4. Matthew 14:3; Mark 6:17
• 5. Matthew 14:1; Luke 3:1
• 6. John 3:24
• 7. Luke 3:21, 22: {Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11}
• 8. Matthew 14:23; Luke 5:16; Luke 9:18, 28
• 9. Psalms 2:7; Isaiah 42:1; Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5; Mark 1:11; Luke 9:35; 2 Peter 1:17
• 10. Matthew 4:17; Acts 1:1
• 11. Matthew 1:16; Luke 3:23-27
• 12. Matthew 1:12

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "as it was being thought"
• [b] Lit "of Eli", and so throughout the genealogy
• [c] Also spelled "Heli"
• [d] Also spelled "Esli"
• [e] Gr "Salathiel;" names of people in the Old Testament are given in their Old Testament form through v 38