Luke 3:1-6
New King James Version
John the Baptist Prepares the Way(A)
3 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, (B)Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, 2 [a]while (C)Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of God came to (D)John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. 3 (E)And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance (F)for the remission of sins, 4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying:
(G)“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.
5 Every valley shall be filled
And every mountain and hill brought low;
The crooked places shall be made straight
And the rough ways smooth;
6 And (H)all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’ ”
Footnotes
- Luke 3:2 NU, M in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas
Luke 3:21-23
New King James Version
John Baptizes Jesus(A)
21 When all the people were baptized, (B)it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized; and while He prayed, the heaven was opened. 22 And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, “You are My beloved Son; in You I am (C)well pleased.”
The Genealogy of Jesus Christ(D)
23 Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at (E)about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) (F)the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,
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Luke 16:16
New King James Version
16 (A)“The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.
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