Thematic Bible




Luke 3:1 (show verse)

In the fifteenth year of the reign of the Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was governor of Galilee, and his brother Philip was governor of the territory of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was governor of Abilene,

Luke 3:2 (show verse)

in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the message of God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the desert.

Luke 3:3 (show verse)

And he went all over the Jordan valley, preaching a baptism conditioned on repentance to obtain the forgiveness of sins,

Luke 3:4 (show verse)

as it is written in the sermon-book of the prophet Isaiah: "Here is a voice of one shouting in the desert, 'Get the road ready for the Lord, make the paths straight for Him.

Luke 3:5 (show verse)

Every ravine must be filled up, and every mountain and hill leveled down; the crooked places must become straight roads, and the rough roads must be made smooth,

Luke 3:6 (show verse)

And all mankind must see the salvation of God.'"

Luke 3:7 (show verse)

So he used to say to the crowds that continued to come out there to be baptized by him: "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to escape from the wrath that is coming?

Luke 3:8 (show verse)

Produce, then, fruit that is consistent with the repentance that you profess, and do not even begin to say within yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you, God can raise up descendants for Abraham even out of these stones.

Luke 3:9 (show verse)

Now the axe is already lying at the roots of the trees. Every tree, then, that fails to bear good fruit is to be cut down and thrown into the fire."

Luke 3:10 (show verse)

So the crowds were asking him this question, "What then ought we to do?"

Luke 3:11 (show verse)

He answered them, "The man who has two shirts must share with him who has none, and the man who has food must do the same."

Luke 3:12 (show verse)

Then even the tax-collectors came to be baptized, and said to him, "Teacher, what ought we to do?"

Luke 3:13 (show verse)

So he said to them, "Stop collecting any more than is prescribed for you."

Luke 3:14 (show verse)

Then some soldiers too were asking him, "What ought we too to do?" So he said to them, "Never extort money from anyone, never make a false accusation, and always be satisfied with your wages."

Luke 3:15 (show verse)

Now while the people were on tiptoe in their expectations, and they were all arguing in their hearts about John whether he was himself the Christ,

Luke 3:16 (show verse)

John expressly answered them all, "I am baptizing you in water only, but there is coming the One who is stronger than I am, whose shoestrings I am not fit to untie. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire;

Luke 3:17 (show verse)

His winnowing-fork is in His hand, and He will clean out His threshing-floor, and store His wheat in His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with fire inextinguishable."

Luke 3:18 (show verse)

So with many and varied exhortations John continued to proclaim the good news to the people.

Luke 3:19 (show verse)

But Herod the governor, because he was repeatedly reproved by him for Herodias his brother's wife, and for all the wicked deeds that Herod had done,

Luke 3:20 (show verse)

added this on top of it all, that he put John in prison.

Luke 3:21 (show verse)

Now when all the people had been baptized, and when Jesus had been baptized and was still praying, heaven opened

Luke 3:22 (show verse)

and the Holy Spirit came down upon Him in bodily form as a dove, and a voice came out of heaven, "You are my Son, my Beloved! In you I am delighted!"

Luke 3:23 (show verse)

Now Jesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began His work; He was the son, as was supposed, of Joseph, the son of Eli,

Luke 3:24 (show verse)

the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannal, the son of Joseph,

Luke 3:25 (show verse)

the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,

Luke 3:26 (show verse)

the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,

Luke 3:27 (show verse)

the son of Johanan, the son of Resa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Salathiel, the son of Neri,

Luke 3:28 (show verse)

the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,

Luke 3:29 (show verse)

the son of Jesus, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,

Luke 3:30 (show verse)

the son of Symeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,

Luke 3:31 (show verse)

the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,

Luke 3:32 (show verse)

the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,

Luke 3:33 (show verse)

the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

Luke 3:34 (show verse)

the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

Luke 3:35 (show verse)

the son of Serug, the son of Ragau, the son of Peleg, the son of Heber, the son of Shelah,

Luke 3:36 (show verse)

the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

Luke 3:37 (show verse)

the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Maleleel, the son of Cainan,

Luke 3:38 (show verse)

the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.