Luke 3:2-20

Bishops^{(i) 2} When Annas and Caiaphas were the hye priestes, the worde of the Lorde came vnto Iohn, the sonne of Zacharias, in the wyldernesse ³ And he came into all the coastes about Iordane, preachyng the baptisme of repentaunce, for the remission of sinnes ⁴ As it is writte in ye booke of the wordes of Esaias the prophete, saying: The voyce of a cryer in wyldernesse, prepare ye the way of ye Lorde, make his pathes strayght ⁵ Euery valley shalbe fylled, and euery mountayne & hyll shalbe brought lowe: And thynges that be croked, shalbe made strayght, and the rough wayes shalbe made playne ⁶ And all flesshe, shall see the saluation of God ⁷ Then saide he to the people that were come foorth to be baptized of hym: O generations of vipers, who hath forewarned you to flee from the wrath to come ⁸ Bryng foorth therefore due fruites of repentaunce, and begyn not to say within your selues, we haue Abraham to our father: For I saye vnto you, that God is able of these stones, to rayse vp childre vnto Abraham ⁹ Nowe also is the axe layed vnto the roote of the trees: Euery tree therfore which bryngeth not foorth good fruite, is hewen downe, and cast into the fire ¹⁰ And the people asked hym, saying: What shall we do then ¹¹ He aunswereth, and sayth vnto them: He that hath two coates, let him part with hym that hath none: and he that hath meate, let hym do lykewyse ¹² Then came publicanes also to be baptized, and saide vnto him: Maister, what shall we do ¹³ And he sayde vnto them: Require no more then that which is appoynted vnto you ¹⁴ The souldiours lykewyse demaunded of hym, saying: And what shall we do? And he saide vnto them: Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely, and be content with your wages ¹⁵ As the people wayted, & all men mused in their heartes of Iohn, whether he were very Christe ¹⁶ Iohn aunswered, and said vnto them all, In deede I baptize you with water: but one stronger then I commeth, whose shoes latched I am not worthy to vnlose, he shall baptize you with the holy ghost, and with fire ¹⁷ Which hath his fanne in his hande, & wyll purge his floore, & wyll gather the wheate into his barne: but ye chaffe wyl burne vp, with fire that neuer shalbe quenched ¹⁸ And many other thinges, in his exhortation, preached he vnto the people ¹⁹ Then Herode the tetrarch, when he was rebuked of hym for Herodias, his brother Philippes wyfe, and for all the euyls which Herode dyd ²⁰ Added this aboue all, & shut vp Iohn in pryson