Dual Panel1In <1722> the fifteenth <4003> year <2094> of the reign <2231> of Tiberius <5086> Caesar <2541>, when Pontius <4194> Pilate <4091> was governor <2230> of Judea <2449>, and <2532> Herod <2264> was tetrarch <5075> of Galilee <1056>, and <1161> his <846> brother <80> Philip <5376> was tetrarch <5075> of <5561> the region <5561> of Iturea <2484> and <2532> Trachonitis <5139>, and <2532> Lysanias <3078> was tetrarch <5075> of Abilene <9>,
2during <1909> the high priesthood <749> of Annas <452> and <2532> Caiaphas <2533>, the word <4487> of God <2316> came <1096> to <1909> John <2491> the son <5207> of Zechariah <2197> in <1722> the wilderness <2048>.
3He <2532> went <2064> into <1519> all <3956> the region around <4066> the Jordan River <2446>, preaching <2784> a baptism <908> of repentance <3341> for <1519> the forgiveness <859> of sins <266>.
4As <5613> it is written <1125> in <1722> the book <976> of <3056> the words <3056> of Isaiah <2268> the prophet <4396>, “The voice <5456> of one shouting <994> in <1722> the wilderness <2048>: ‘Prepare <2090> the way <3598> for the Lord <2962>, make <4160> his <846> paths <5147> straight <2117>.
5Every <3956> valley <5327> will be filled <4137>, and <2532> every <3956> mountain <3735> and <2532> hill <1015> will be brought low <5013>, and <2532> the crooked <4646> will be made <1510> straight <2117>, and <2532> the rough <5138> ways <3598> will be made smooth <3006>,
6and <2532> all <3956> humanity <4561> will see <3700> the salvation <4992> of God <2316>.’”
7So <3767> John said <3004> to the crowds <3793> that came out <1607> to be baptized <907> by <5259> him <846>, “You offspring <1081> of vipers <2191>! Who <5101> warned <5263> you <5213> to flee <5343> from <575> the coming <3195> wrath <3709>?
8Therefore <3767> produce <4160> fruit <2590> that proves <514> your repentance <3341>, and <2532> don’t <3361> begin <756> to say <3004> to <1722> yourselves <1438>, ‘We have <2192> Abraham <11> as our father <3962>.’ For <1063> I tell <3004> you <5213> that <3754> God <2316> can <1410> raise up <1453> children <5043> for Abraham <11> from <1537> these <5130> stones <3037>!
9Even <2532> now <2235> the ax <513> is laid <2749> at <4314> the root <4491> of the trees <1186>, and every <3956> tree <1186> that does <4160> not <3361> produce <4160> good <2570> fruit <2590> will be cut down <1581> and <2532> thrown <906> into <1519> the fire <4442>.”
10So <2532> the crowds <3793> were asking <1905> him <846>, “What <5101> then <3767> should we do <4160>?”
11John answered <611> <3004> them <846>, “The person who has <2192> two <1417> tunics <5509> must share <3330> with the person who has <2192> none <3361>, and <2532> the person who has <2192> food <1033> must do <4160> likewise <3668>.”
12Tax collectors <5057> also <2532> came <2064> to be baptized <907>, and <2532> they said <3004> to <4314> him <846>, “Teacher <1320>, what <5101> should we do <4160>?”
13He told <2036> them <846>, “Collect <4238> no <3367> more <4119> than <3844> you <5213> are required <1299> to.”
14Then <1161> some soldiers <4754> also asked <1905> him <846>, “And <2532> as for us– what <5101> should <4160> we <2249> do <4160>?” He <2532> told <2036> them <846>, “Take money <1286> from no one <3367> by violence <1286> or <3366> by false accusation <4811>, and <2532> be content <714> with your <5216> pay <3800>.”
15While <4328> the people <2992> were filled with anticipation <4328> and they <846> all <3956> wondered <1260> whether <4012> perhaps <3379> John <2491> could be <1510> the Christ <5547>,
16John <2491> answered <611> them all <3956>, “I <1473> baptize <907> you <5209> with water <5204>, but <1161> one more powerful than <2478> I <3450> am is coming <2064>– I am <1510> not <3756> worthy <2425> to untie <3089> the strap <2438> of his <846> sandals <5266>. He <846> will baptize <907> you <5209> with <1722> the Holy <40> Spirit <4151> and <2532> fire <4442>.
17His winnowing fork <4425> is in <1722> his <846> hand <5495> to clean out <1245> his <846> threshing floor <257> and <2532> to gather <4863> the wheat <4621> into <1519> his <846> storehouse <596>, but <1161> the chaff <892> he will burn up <2618> with inextinguishable <762> fire <4442>.”
18And <2532> in this way <3767>, with many <4183> other <2087> exhortations <3870>, John proclaimed good news <2097> to the people <2992>.
19But <1161> when John <846> rebuked <1651> Herod <2264> the tetrarch <5076> because of <4012> Herodias <2266>, his <846> brother’s <80> wife <1135>, and <2532> because of <4012> all <3956> the evil deeds <4190> that <3739> he <2264> had done <4160>,
20Herod added <4369> this <5124> to <1909> them all <3956>: He locked up <2623> John <2491> in <1722> prison <5438>.
21Now when all <537> the people <2992> were baptized <907>, Jesus <2424> also <2532> was baptized <907>. And <2532> while he was praying <4336>, the heavens <3772> opened <455>,
22and <2532> the Holy <40> Spirit <4151> descended <2597> on <1909> him <846> in bodily <4984> form <1491> like <5613> a dove <4058>. And <2532> a voice <5456> came <1096> from <1537> heaven <3772>, “You <4771> are <1510> my <3450> one dear <27> Son <5207>; in <1722> you <4671> I take great delight <2106>.”
23So <2532> Jesus <2424>, when he <846> began <756> his ministry, was <1510> about <5616> thirty <5144> years old <2094>. He was <1510> the son <5207> (as <5613> was supposed <3543>) of Joseph <2501>, the son of Heli <2242>,
24the son of Matthat <3158>, the son of Levi <3017>, the son of Melchi <3197>, the son of Jannai <2388>, the son of Joseph <2501>,
25the son of Mattathias <3161>, the son of Amos <301>, the son of Nahum <3486>, the son of Esli <2069>, the son of Naggai <3477>,
26the son of Maath <3092>, the son of Mattathias <3161>, the son of Semein <4584>, the son of Josech <2501>, the son of Joda <2448>,
27the son of Joanan <2490>, the son of Rhesa <4488>, the son of Zerubbabel <2216>, the son of Shealtiel <4528>, the son of Neri <3518>,
28the son of Melchi <3197>, the son of Addi <78>, the son of Cosam <2973>, the son of Elmadam <1678>, the son of Er <2262>,
29the son of Joshua <2424>, the son of Eliezer <1663>, the son of Jorim <2497>, the son of Matthat <3158>, the son of Levi <3017>,
30the son of Simeon <4826>, the son of Judah <2455>, the son of Joseph <2501>, the son of Jonam <2494>, the son of Eliakim <1662>,
31the son of Melea <3190>, the son of Menna <3104>, the son of Mattatha <3160>, the son of Nathan <3481>, the son of David <1138>,
32the son of Jesse <2421>, the son of Obed <5601>, the son of Boaz <1003>, the son of Sala <4527>, the son of Nahshon <3476>,
33the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron <2074>, the son of Perez <5329>, the son of Judah <2455>,
34the son of Jacob <2384>, the son of Isaac <2464>, the son of Abraham <11>, the son of Terah <2291>, the son of Nahor <3493>,
35the son of Serug <4562>, the son of Reu <4466>, the son of Peleg <5317>, the son of Eber <1443>, the son of Shelah <4527>,
36the son of Cainan <2536>, the son of Arphaxad <742>, the son of Shem <4590>, the son of Noah <3575>, the son of Lamech <2984>,
37the son of Methuselah <3103>, the son of Enoch <1802>, the son of Jared <2391>, the son of Mahalalel <3121>, the son of Kenan <2536>,
38the son of Enosh <1800>, the son of Seth <4589>, the son of Adam <76>, the son of God <2316>.