Luke 3

Great^{(i) 1} In the fyfteneth yere of the raygne of Tyberius the Emperoure, Pontius Pylate beynge leftenaunt of Iewrie, and Herode beinge Tetrach of Galile, and his brother Philip Tetrach of Iturea & of the region of the Traconites, & Lysaniath the Tetrach of Abyline ² (when Anna and Cayphas were the hye prestes) the worde of the Lorde came vnto Iohn the sonne of Zacharias in the wyldernes. ³ And he came in to all the coastes aboute Iordan, preaching the baptyme of repentaunce for the remission of synnes, ⁴ as it is wrytten in the boke of the wordes of Esayas the prophet, sayenge: The voyce of a cryar in wyldernes: prepare ye the waye of the Lord, make his pathes strayght. ⁵ Euery valley shalbe fylled, & euery mountayne & hyll shalbe brought lowe. And thinges that be croked, shalbe made streyght: & the rough wayes shalbe made playne: ⁶ & all flesshe shall se the Saluacion of God. ⁷ Then sayde he to the people, that were come forth to be baptysed of him. O ye generacion of vypers, who hath taught you to flye from the wrath to come? ⁸ Brynge forth therfore due frutes of repentaunce, & begyn not to saye wyth in youre selues: we haue Abraham to oure father. For I saye vnto you. God is able of these stones to reyse vp chyldren vnto Abraham. ⁹ Now also is the axe leyde vnto the rote of the trees: euery tree therfore which bryngeth not forth good frute, is hewen doune, & cast into the fyre. ¹⁰ And the people asked him, sayinge: what shall we do then? ¹¹ He answereth and sayeth, vnto them: He that hath two coates? lett him parte wyth hym that hath none, & he that hath meate, let him do lyke wyse. ¹² Then cam the publicans also to be baptised, & sayde vnto him: Master, what shal we do? ¹³ And he sayde vnto them: requyre no more, then that which is appoynted vnto you. ¹⁴ The soudyoures lykewyse demaunded of him, sayinge: and what shall we do? And he sayde vnto them: hurt no man: nether trouble eny man wrongfully: and be content with youre wages. ¹⁵ As the people were in a doute, and all men musyd in their hertes of Iohn, whether he were very Christ, ¹⁶ Iohn answered & sayde vn them all: I baptise you wyth water, but one stronger then I shall come after me, whose shoo latchet I am not worthy to vnlowse: he shall baptyse you with the holy goost, & wt fyre: ¹⁷ which hath hys fanne in hys hande, & wyll pourge his floore, and gather the corne into his barne: but the chaffe wyll he burne with fyre that neuer shalbe quenched. ¹⁸ And many other thinges in his exhortacion preached he vnto the people. ¹⁹ Then Herode the Tetrach when he was rebuked of hym for Herodias his brother Philippes wyfe, & for all the euyls which Herode dyd: ²⁰ added this aboue all, and layed Iohn in preson. ²¹ And it fortuned that whan all the people receaued baptime (& when Iesus was baptised and dyd praye) the heauen was opened, ²² and the holy goost cam downe in a bodely shape lyke a doue vpon him, and a voyce came from heauen, which sayde: Thou arte my beloued sonne, in the do I delyte. ²³ And Iesus him selfe beganne to be aboute thirty yere of age, so that he was supposed to be the sonne of Ioseph: whych was the sonne of Hely: ²⁴ whych was the sonne of Mathat whych was the sonne of Leui: whych was the sonne of Melchi: whych was the sonne of Ianna: whych was the sonne of Ioseph: ²⁵ whych was the sonne of Matatthias: which was the sonne of Amos: which was the sonne of Naum: whych was the sonne of Hesty: which was the sonne of Nagge. ²⁶ which was the sonne of Maath: which was the sonne of Matathias: which was the sonne of Semei: which was the sonne of Ioseph: which was the sonne of Iuda: ²⁷ which was the sonne of Ioanna: whych was the sonne of Rhesa: whych was the sonne of Zorobabel: whych was the sonne of Salathiel: which was the sonne of Neri: ²⁸ which was the sonne of Melchi: whych was the sonne of Addi: whych was the sonne of Coosam: which was the sonne of Helmadan: whych was the sonne of Her: ²⁹ which was the sonne of Ieso: which was the sonne of Heliezer: which was the sonne of Iozam: which was the sonne of Mattha: which was the sonne of Leui: ³⁰ which was the sonne of Simeon: which was the sonne of Iuda: which was the sonne of Ioseph: which was the sonne of Ionam: which was the sonne of Heliachim: ³¹ which was the sonne of Melcha: which was the sonne of Menan: which was the sonne of Mathatha: which was the sonne of Nathan: which was the sonne of Dauid: ³² which was the sonne of Iesse: which was the sonne of Obed: which was the sonne of Boos: which was the sonne of Salmon: which was the sonne of Naassan: ³³ which was the sonne of Aminadab: which was the sonne of Aran: which was the sonne of Esron: which was the sonne of Phares: which was the sonne of Iuda: ³⁴ which was the sonne of Iacob: which was the sonne of Isaac: which was the sonne of Abraham: which was the sonne of Tharra: which was the sonne of Nachor: ³⁵ which was the sonne of Saruch: which was the sonne of Ragau: which was the sonne of Phalec: which was the sonne of Heber: which was the sonne of Sala: ³⁶ which was the sonne of Cainam: which was the sonne of Arphaxat: which was the sonne of Sem: which was the sonne of Noe: which was the sonne of Lameth: ³⁷ which was the sonne of Mathusala: which was the sonne of Enoch: which was the sonne of Iareth: which was the sonne of Malaleel: which was the sonne of Cainam: ³⁸ which was the sonne of Enos. which was the sonne of Seth: which was the sonne of Adam: which was the sonne of God.