Luke 3:3-20 And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the immersion of repentance, unto remission of sins,

ABU⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the immersion of repentance, unto remission of sins, ⁴ as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, Make straight his paths. ⁵ Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall be straight, And the rough ways smooth; ⁶ And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. ⁷ He said therefore to the multitudes that came out to be immersed by him: Brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸ Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for I say to you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. ⁹ And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore, that brings not forth good fruit, is cut down and cast into the fire. ¹⁰ And the multitudes asked him, saying: What then shall we do? ¹¹ He answering says to them: He that has two coats, let him impart to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise. ¹² And there came also publicans to be immersed; and they said to him: Teacher, what shall we do? ¹³ And he said to them: Exact no more than that which is appointed you. ¹⁴ And soldiers also asked him, saying: What shall we also do? And he said to them: Do violence to no one, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages. ¹⁵ And while the people were in expectation, and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether he himself were not the Christ, ¹⁶ John answered them all, saying: I indeed immerse you in water; but there comes he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to loose; he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire; ¹⁷ whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn up with fire unquenchable. ¹⁸ And with many other exhortations he published the good tidings to the people. ¹⁹ But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother, and for all the evils which Herod did, ²⁰ added to all this also, that he shut up John in prison.