1 - And in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar--Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother, tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene--
2 - Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests--there came a word of God unto John the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness,
3 - and he came to all the region round the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation--to remission of sins,
4 - as it hath been written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths;
5 - every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straightness, and the rough become smooth ways;
6 - and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'
7 - Then said he to the multitudes coming forth to be baptised by him, `Brood of vipers! who did prompt you to flee from the coming wrath?
8 - make, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have a father--Abraham; for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham;
9 - and already also the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree, therefore, not making good fruit is cut down, and to fire it is cast.'
10 - And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, `What, then, shall we do?'
11 - and he answering saith to them, `He having two coats--let him impart to him having none, and he having victuals--in like manner let him do.'
12 - And there came also tax-gatherers to be baptised, and they said unto him, `Teacher, what shall we do?'
13 - and he said unto them, `Exact no more than that directed you.'
14 - And questioning him also were those warring, saying, `And we, what shall we do?' and he said unto them, `Do violence to no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.'
15 - And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ;
16 - John answered, saying to all, `I indeed with water do baptise you, but he cometh who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to loose the latchet of his sandals--he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire;
17 - whose winnowing shovel <FI>is<Fi> in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather the wheat to his storehouse, and the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.'
18 - And, therefore, indeed with many other things, exhorting, he was proclaiming good news to the people,
19 - and Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, and concerning all the evils that Herod did,
20 - added also this to all, that he shut up John in the prison.
21 - And it came to pass, in all the people being baptised, Jesus also being baptised, and praying, the heaven was opened,
22 - and the Holy Spirit came down in a bodily appearance, as if a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, saying, `Thou art My Son--the Beloved, in thee I did delight.'
23 - And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, son of Joseph,
24 - the <FI>son<Fi> of Eli, the <FI>son<Fi> of Matthat, the <FI>son<Fi> of Levi, the <FI>son<Fi> of Melchi, the <FI>son<Fi> of Janna, the <FI>son<Fi> of Joseph,
25 - the <FI>son<Fi> of Mattathias, the <FI>son<Fi> of Amos, the <FI>son<Fi> of Naum, the <FI>son<Fi> of Esli,
26 - the <FI>son<Fi> of Naggai, the <FI>son<Fi> of Maath, the <FI>son<Fi> of Mattathias, the <FI>son<Fi> of Semei, the <FI>son<Fi> of Joseph, the <FI>son<Fi> of Juda,
27 - the <FI>son<Fi> of Joanna, the <FI>son<Fi> of Rhesa, the <FI>son<Fi> of Zerubbabel, the <FI>son<Fi> of Shealtiel,
28 - the <FI>son<Fi> of Neri, the <FI>son<Fi> of Melchi, the <FI>son<Fi> of Addi, the <FI>son<Fi> of Cosam, the <FI>son<Fi> of Elmodam, the <FI>son<Fi> of Er,
29 - the <FI>son<Fi> of Jose, the <FI>son<Fi> of Eliezer, the <FI>son<Fi> of Jorim, the <FI>son<Fi> of Matthat,
30 - the <FI>son<Fi> of Levi, the <FI>son<Fi> of Simeon, the <FI>son<Fi> of Juda, the <FI>son<Fi> of Joseph, the <FI>son<Fi> of Jonan, the <FI>son<Fi> of Eliakim,
31 - the <FI>son<Fi> of Melea, the <FI>son<Fi> of Mainan, the <FI>son<Fi> of Mattatha, the <FI>son<Fi> of Nathan,
32 - the <FI>son<Fi> of David, the <FI>son<Fi> of Jesse, the <FI>son<Fi> of Obed, the <FI>son<Fi> of Booz, the <FI>son<Fi> of Salmon, the <FI>son<Fi> of Nahshon,
33 - the <FI>son<Fi> of Amminadab, the <FI>son<Fi> of Aram, the <FI>son<Fi> of Esrom, the <FI>son<Fi> of Pharez,
34 - the <FI>son<Fi> of Judah, the <FI>son<Fi> of Jacob, the <FI>son<Fi> of Isaac, the <FI>son<Fi> of Abraham, the <FI>son<Fi> of Terah, the <FI>son<Fi> of Nahor,
35 - the <FI>son<Fi> of Serug, the <FI>son<Fi> of Reu, the <FI>son<Fi> of Peleg, the <FI>son<Fi> of Eber,
36 - the <FI>son<Fi> of Salah, the <FI>son<Fi> of Cainan, the <FI>son<Fi> of Arphaxad, the <FI>son<Fi> of Shem, the <FI>son<Fi> of Noah, the <FI>son<Fi> of Lamech,
37 - the <FI>son<Fi> of Methuselah, the <FI>son<Fi> of Enoch, the <FI>son<Fi> of Jared, the <FI>son<Fi> of Mahalaleel,
38 - the <FI>son<Fi> of Cainan, the <FI>son<Fi> of Enos, the <FI>son<Fi> of Seth, the <FI>son<Fi> of Adam, the <FI>son<Fi> of God.
