1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
2 in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
3 And he came into all the region round about Jordan, preaching the baptism 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, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.
5 Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall become straight, And the rough ways smooth;
6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
7 He said therefore to the multitudes that went out to be baptized of him, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
9 And even now is the axe also laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
10 And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do?
11 And he answered and said unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath food, let him do likewise.
12 And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Master, what must we do?
13 And he said unto them, Extort no more than that which is appointed you.
14 And soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what must we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither exactanythingwrongfully; and be content with your wages.
15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether haply he were the Christ;
16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but there cometh he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost andwithfire:
17 whose fan is in his hand, throughly to cleanse his threshing-floor, and to gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.
18 With many other exhortations therefore preached he good tidings unto the people;
19 but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother’s wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,
20 added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
21 Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
22 and the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
23 And Jesus himself, when he beganto teach, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, thesonof Heli,
24 thesonof Matthat, thesonof Levi, thesonof Melchi, thesonof Jannai, thesonof Joseph,
25 thesonof Mattathias, thesonof Amos, thesonof Nahum, thesonof Esli, thesonof Naggai,
26 thesonof Maath, thesonof Mattathias, thesonof Semein, thesonof Josech, thesonof Joda,
27 thesonof Joanan, thesonof Rhesa, thesonof Zerubbabel, thesonof Shealtiel, thesonof Neri,
28 thesonof Melchi, thesonof Addi, thesonof Cosam, thesonof Elmadam, thesonof Er,
29 thesonof Jesus, thesonof Eliezer, thesonof Jorim, thesonof Matthat, thesonof Levi,
30 thesonof Symeon, thesonof Judas, thesonof Joseph, thesonof Jonam, thesonof Eliakim,
31 thesonof Melea, thesonof Menna, thesonof Mattatha, thesonof Nathan, thesonof David,
32 thesonof Jesse, thesonof Obed, thesonof Boaz, thesonof Salmon, thesonof Nahshon,
33 thesonof Amminadab, thesonof Arni, thesonof Hezron, thesonof Perez, thesonof Judah,
34 thesonof Jacob, thesonof Isaac, thesonof Abraham, thesonof Terah, thesonof Nahor,
35 thesonof Serug, thesonof Reu, thesonof Peleg, thesonof Eber, thesonof Shelah,
36 thesonof Cainan, thesonof Arphaxad, thesonof Shem, thesonof Noah, thesonof Lamech,
37 thesonof Methuselah, thesonof Enoch, thesonof Jared, thesonof Mahalaleel, thesonof Cainan,
38 thesonof Enos, thesonof Seth, thesonof Adam, thesonof God.