| 3:1 | Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanius the tetrarch of Abilene, | |
| 3:2 | Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. | |
| 3:3 | And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance, for the remission of sins; | |
| 3:4 | As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. | |
| 3:5 | Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth; | |
| 3:6 | And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. | |
| 3:7 | Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized by him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? | |
| 3:8 | Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for father: for I say to you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. | |
| 3:9 | And now also the ax is laid to the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down, and cast into the fire. | |
| 3:10 | And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? | |
| 3:11 | He answereth and saith to them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath provisions, let him do likewise. | |
| 3:12 | Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said to him, Master, what shall we do? | |
| 3:13 | And he said to them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. | |
| 3:14 | And the soldiers likewise asked him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said to them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse falsely, and be content with your wages. | |
| 3:15 | And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts concerning John, whether he was the Christ, or not; | |
| 3:16 | John answered, saying to all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and with fire: | |
| 3:17 | Whose fan in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather the wheat into his granary; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. | |
| 3:18 | And many other things in his exhortation he preached to the people. | |
| 3:19 | But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, | |
| 3:20 | Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison. | |
| 3:21 | Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, | |
| 3:22 | And the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. | |
| 3:23 | And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, who was of Heli, | |
| 3:24 | Who was of Matthat, who was of Levi, who was of Melchi, who was of Janna, who was of Joseph, | |
| 3:25 | Who was of Mattathias, who was of Amos, who was of Naum, who was of Esli, who was of Nagge, | |
| 3:26 | Who was of Maath, who was of Mattathias, who was of Semei, who was of Joseph, who was of Juda, | |
| 3:27 | Who was of Joanna, who was of Rhesa, who was of Zorobabel, who was of Salathiel, who was of Neri, | |
| 3:28 | Who was of Melchi, who was of Addi, who was of Cosam, who was of Elmodam, who was of Er, | |
| 3:29 | Who was of Jose, who was of Eliezer, who was of Jorim, who was of Matthat, who was of Levi, | |
| 3:30 | Who was of Simeon, who was of Judah, who was of Joseph, who was of Jonan, who was of Eliakim, | |
| 3:31 | Who was of Melea, who was of Menan, who was of Mattatha, who was of Nathan, who was of David, | |
| 3:32 | Who was of Jesse, who was of Obed, who was of Booz, who was of Salmon, who was of Naasson, | |
| 3:33 | Who was of Aminadab, who was of Aram, who was of Esrom, who was of Phares, who was of Judah, | |
| 3:34 | Who was of Jacob, who was of Isaac, who was of Abraham, who was of Terah, who was of Nahor, | |
| 3:35 | Who was of Serug, who was of Reu, who was of Peleg, who was of Heber, who was of Sala, | |
| 3:36 | Who was of Cainan, who was of Arphaxad, who was of Shem, who was of Noah, who was of Lamech, | |
| 3:37 | Who was of Methuselah, who was of Enoch, who was of Jared, who was of Maleleel, who was of Cainan, | |
| 3:38 | Who was of Enos, who was of Seth, who was of Adam, who was of God. | |