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Luke 3:1-4:13

The Preaching of John the Baptist (Lk.3.1-9)

3¹IN THE FIFTEENTH YEAR of the Emperor Tiberius,
when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea,
when Herod was prince of Galilee,
his brother Philip prince of Ituraea and Trachonitis,
and Lysanias prince of Abilene,
²during the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas,
the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
³And he went all over the Jordan valley proclaiming a baptism in token of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, ⁴as it is written in the book of the prophecies of Isaiah:

'A voice crying aloud in the wilderness,
"Prepare a way for the Lord;
Clear a straight path for him.
⁵Every ravine shall be filled in,
And every mountain and hill levelled;
The corners shall be straightened,
And the rough ways made smooth;
⁶And all mankind shall see God's deliverance." ' ⁷Crowds of people came out to be baptized by him, and he said to them: 'You vipers' brood! Who warned you to escape from the coming retribution? ⁸Then prove your repentance by the fruit it bears; and do not begin saying to yourselves, "We have Abraham for our father." I tell you that God can make children for Abraham out of these stones here. ⁹Already the axe is laid to the roots of the trees; and every tree that fails to produce good fruit is cut down and thrown on the fire.'

¹⁰The people asked him, 'Then what are we to do?' ¹¹He replied, 'The man with two shirts must share with him who has none, and anyone who has food must do the same.' ¹²Among those who came to be baptized were tax-gatherers, and they said to him, 'Master, what are we to do?' ¹³He told them, 'Exact no more than the assessment.' ¹⁴Soldiers on service also asked him, 'And what of us?' To them he said, 'No bullying; no blackmail; make do with your pay!'

¹⁵The people were on the tiptoe of expectation, all wondering about John, whether perhaps he was the Messiah, ¹⁶but he spoke out and said to them all, 'I baptize you with water; but there is one to come who is mightier than I. I am not fit to unfasten his shoes. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. ¹⁷His shovel is ready in his hand, to winnow his threshing-floor and gather the wheat into his granary; but he will bum the chaff on a fire that can never go out.' ¹⁸In this and many other ways he made his appeal to the people and announced the good news. ¹⁹But Prince Herod, when he was rebuked by him over the affair of his brother's wife Herodias and for his other misdeeds, ²⁰crowned them all by shutting John up in prison.

The Baptism of Jesus (Lk.3.21-22)

²¹DURING A GENERAL BAPTISM of the people, when Jesus too had been baptized and was praying, heaven opened ²²and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove;
and there came a voice from heaven,

'Thou art my Son, my Beloved;
on thee my favour rests.'

The Genealogy of Jesus (Lk.3.23-38)

²³When Jesus began his work he was about thirty years old,
the son, as people thought, of Joseph, son of Heli, ²⁴son of Matthat, son of Levi, son of Melchi, son of Jannai, son of Joseph, ²⁵son of Mattathiah, son of Amos, son of Nahum, son of Esli, son of Naggai, ²⁶son of Maath, son of Mattathiah, son of Semein, son of Josech, son of Joda, ²⁷son of Johanan, son of Rhesa, son of Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, son of Neri, ²⁸son of Melchi, son of Addi, son of Cosam, son of Elmadam, son of Er, ²⁹son of Joshua, son of Eliezer, son of Jorim, son of Matthat, son of Levi, ³⁰son of Symeon, son of Judah, son of Joseph, son of Jonam, son of Eliakim, ³¹son of Melea, son of Menna, son of Mattatha, son of Nathan, son of David, ³²son of Jesse, son of Obed, son of Boaz, son of Salmon, son of Nahshon, ³³son of Amminadab, son of Ami, son of Hezron, son of Perez, son of Judah, ³⁴son of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, son of Terah, son of Nahor, ³⁵son of Serug, son of Reu, son of Peleg, son of Eber, son of Shelah, ³⁶son of Cainan, son of Arpachshad, son of Shem, son of Noah, son of Lamech, ³⁷son of Methuselah, son of Enoch, son of Jared, son of Mahalaleel, son of Cainan, ³⁸son of Enosh, son of Seth, son of Adam, son of God.

The Temptation of Jesus (Lk.4.1-13)

4¹Full of the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan, ²and for forty days was led by the Spirit up and down the wilderness and tempted by the devil. All that time he had nothing to eat, and at the end of it he was famished. ³The devil said to him, 'If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.' ⁴Jesus answered, 'Scripture says, "Man cannot live on bread alone."'

⁵Next the devil led him up and showed him in a flash all the kingdoms of the world. ⁶'All this dominion will I give to you,' he said, 'and the glory that goes with it; for it has been put in my hands and I can give it to anyone I choose. ⁷You have only to do homage to me and it shall all be yours.' ⁸Jesus answered him, 'Scripture says, "You shall do homage to the Lord your God and worship him alone."'

⁹The devil took him to Jerusalem and set him on the Ppet of the temple. 'If you are the Son of God,' he said, 'throw yourself down; ¹⁰for Scripture says, "He will give his angels orders to take care of you", ¹¹and again, "They will support you in their arms for fear you should strike your foot against a stone."' ¹²Jesus answered him, 'It has been said, "You are not to test the Lord your God."'

¹³So, having come to the end of all his temptations, the devil departed, biding his time.