路加福音 3
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施洗约翰(A)
3 凯撒提庇留执政第十五年，本丢．彼拉多作犹太总督，希律作加利利的分封王，他兄弟腓力作以土利亚和特拉可尼地区的分封王，吕撒尼亚作亚比利尼的分封王， 2 亚那和该亚法作大祭司的时候， 神的话临到撒迦利亚的儿子，在旷野的约翰。 3 他就来到约旦河一带地方，宣讲悔改的洗礼，使罪得赦。 4 正如以赛亚先知的书上写着：
“在旷野有呼喊者的声音：
‘预备主的道，
修直他的路！
5 一切洼谷都当填满，
大小山冈都要削平！
弯弯曲曲的改为正直，
高高低低的修成平坦！
6 所有的人都要看见 神的救恩。’”
7 约翰对那出来要受他洗礼的群众说：“毒蛇所生的啊，谁指示你们逃避那将要来的忿怒呢？ 8 应当结出果子来，与悔改的心相称；你们心里不要说：‘我们有亚伯拉罕作我们的祖宗。’我告诉你们， 神能从这些石头中给亚伯拉罕兴起后裔来。 9 现在斧头已经放在树根上，所有不结好果子的树，就砍下来，丢在火里。” 10 群众问他：“那么，我们该作甚么呢？” 11 他回答：“有两件衣服的，当分给那没有的，有食物的也当照样作。” 12 又有税吏来要受洗，问他：“老师，我们当作甚么呢？” 13 他说：“除了规定的以外，不可多收。” 14 兵丁也问他：“至于我们，我们又应当作甚么呢？”他说：“不要恐吓，不要敲诈，当以自己的粮饷为满足。”
15 那时众人正在期待，人人心里都在猜想会不会约翰就是基督。 16 约翰对众人说：“我用水给你们施洗，但那能力比我更大的要来，我就是给他解鞋带都没有资格。他要用圣灵与火给你们施洗。 17 他手里拿着簸箕，要扬净麦场，把麦子收进仓里，却用不灭的火把糠秕烧尽。” 18 他还用许多别的话劝勉众人，向他们传福音。 19 分封王希律，因他弟弟的妻子希罗底，并因他自己所行的一切恶事，受到约翰的责备。 20 他在这一切事以外，再加上一件，就是把约翰关在监里。
耶稣受洗(B)
21 众人受了洗，耶稣也受了洗。他正在祷告，天就开了， 22 圣灵仿佛鸽子，有形体地降在他身上；有声音从天上来，说：“你是我的爱子，我喜悦你。”
耶稣的家谱(C)
23 耶稣开始传道，年约三十岁，人以为他是约瑟的儿子，约瑟是希里的儿子， 24 依次往上推，是玛塔、利未、麦基、雅拿、约瑟、 25 玛他提亚、亚摩斯、拿鸿、以斯利、拿该、 26 玛押、玛他提亚、西美、约瑟、约大、 27 约哈难、利撒、所罗巴伯、撒拉铁、尼利、 28 麦基、亚底、哥桑、以摩当、珥、 29 耶书、以利以谢、约令、玛塔、利未、 30 西缅、犹大、约瑟、约南、以利亚敬、 31 米利亚、买拿、马达他、拿单、大卫、 32 耶西、俄备得、波阿斯、撒门（“撒门”有些抄本作“撒拉”）、拿顺、 33 亚米拿达、亚当民（有些抄本无“亚当民”一词）、亚兰（“亚兰”有些抄本作“亚珥尼”）、希斯仑、法勒斯、犹大、 34 雅各、以撒、亚伯拉罕、他拉、拿鹤、 35 西鹿、拉吴、法勒、希伯、沙拉、 36 该南、亚法撒、闪、挪亚、拉麦、 37 玛土撒拉、以诺、雅列、玛勒列、该南、 38 以挪士、塞特、亚当，亚当是 神的儿子。
Luke 3
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John the Baptist prepares people to meet Jesus
3 This report is about John, the son of Zechariah. It happened when Tiberius Caesar had been the Roman ruler for 15 years.[a] Pontius Pilate was the Roman ruler of Judea. Herod had authority over the region of Galilee. Herod's brother Philip had authority over Iturea and Trachonitis. Lysanias had authority over Abilene.[b] 2 At this time, the leaders of the priests were Annas and Caiaphas. John was living in the wilderness. While he was there, God spoke to him.
3 John went to many places near the Jordan River and spoke a message from God. ‘You have done many wrong things,’ he taught everybody. ‘You must turn away from them and change how you live. Then God will forgive you and I will baptize you.’
4 The prophet Isaiah wrote this message from God in his book:
‘Somebody's voice is shouting in the wilderness,
“The Lord will come soon, so prepare a way for him to follow.
Make the paths straight for him.
5 Fill in every valley and make every mountain and hill flat.
Take away every bend so that the road is straight.
Take away all the rocks so that the road is flat.
6 Then everyone will see how God can save them.” ’[c]
7 Crowds of people were going out into the wilderness. They wanted John to baptize them. He told them, ‘You are like dangerous snakes! God is angry. You are trying to run away from him. But he will soon punish people like you. 8 You have to show that you are sorry. Change how you live. Stop doing things that God does not like. Do not begin to say to yourselves, “We are in the family of Abraham. God will surely not punish us.”[d] Listen! God can take these stones and make children for Abraham out of them![e] 9 You are like trees that have bad fruit. God has an axe ready to use. He will cut down every tree that does not make good fruit. He will throw those trees into the fire.’
10 ‘So what should we do?’ the crowd asked.
11 John answered, ‘If you have two shirts, give one away. Give it to someone who does not have even one shirt. If you have some food, give some of it away. Give some to someone who has no food.’
12 In the crowd, there were men who took taxes from people. These men also wanted John to baptize them. They asked him, ‘Teacher, what should we do?’ 13 John told them, ‘You must take the right amount of money from people. You must not take more money than the rules say you should take.’
14 Then some soldiers asked John, ‘What about us? What should we do?’
John replied, ‘Do not rob people of their money. Do not say that a person is guilty if he has not done anything wrong. You must not take money for yourself in that way. You should be happy with the money that you receive for your work.’[f]
15 At this time people were thinking, ‘Is John the Messiah that God has promised?’ They were all hoping that he might be. 16 John knew what they were thinking. He said to them, ‘I baptize you with water. But someone else is coming soon. He is much greater than I am. I am not good enough even to undo his shoes for him. This other person will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 17 He is like a farmer that brings the wheat home from his field. He uses a special tool to throw the wheat up in the air. He does this to make the wheat seeds separate from what remains. Then he cleans his yard. He carefully stores all the seeds to keep them safe. But he burns everything else in a great fire that nobody can put out.’
18 John said many more things to the people. He was telling them the good news about how God could change their lives. 19 One day John told Herod, the ruler, that it was wrong for him to marry Herodias. Before that, she had been the wife of Herod's brother.[g] John also told Herod that he had done many other bad things. 20 So then Herod did an even worse thing; he locked John up in prison.
John baptizes Jesus
21 While John was still baptizing all the people, he also baptized Jesus. While Jesus was praying, the sky opened. 22 The Holy Spirit came down onto Jesus. When he came down like that, he looked like a dove. Then a voice spoke from heaven, ‘You are my Son and I love you. You make me very happy.’[h]
The ancestors of Jesus
23 Jesus was about 30 years old when he began his work. People thought that he was the son of Joseph.
Joseph was from the family of Heli.[i]
24 Heli was from the family of Matthat.
Matthat was from the family of Levi.
Levi was from the family of Melchi.
Melchi was from the family of Jannai.
Jannai was from the family of Joseph.
25 Joseph was from the family of Mattathias.
Mattathias was from the family of Amos.
Amos was from the family of Nahum.
Nahum was from the family of Esli.
Esli was from the family of Naggai.
26 Naggai was from the family of Maath.
Maath was from the family of Mattathias.
Mattathias was from the family of Semein.
Semein was from the family of Josech.
Josech was from the family of Joda.
27 Joda was from the family of Joanan.
Joanan was from the family of Rhesa.
Rhesa was from the family of Zerubbabel.
Zerubbabel was from the family of Shealtiel.
Shealtiel was from the family of Neri.
28 Neri was from the family of Melchi.
Melchi was from the family of Addi.
Addi was from the family of Cosam.
Cosam was from the family of Elmadam.
Elmadam was from the family of Er.
29 Er was from the family of Joshua.
Joshua was from the family of Eliezer.
Eliezer was from the family of Jorim.
Jorim was from the family of Matthat.
Matthat was from the family of Levi.
30 Levi was from the family of Simeon.
Simeon was from the family of Judah.
Judah was from the family of Joseph.
Joseph was from the family of Jonam.
Jonam was from the family of Eliakim.
31 Eliakim was from the family of Melea.
Melea was from the family of Menna.
Menna was from the family of Mattatha.
Mattatha was from the family of Nathan.
Nathan was from the family of David.
32 David was from the family of Jesse.
Jesse was from the family of Obed.
Obed was from the family of Boaz.
Boaz was from the family of Salmon.
Salmon was from the family of Nahshon.
33 Nahshon was from the family of Amminadab.
Amminadab was from the family of Ram.
Ram was from the family of Hezron.
Hezron was from the family of Perez.
Perez was from the family of Judah.
34 Judah was from the family of Jacob.
Jacob was from the family of Isaac.
Isaac was from the family of Abraham.
Abraham was from the family of Terah.
Terah was from the family of Nahor.
35 Nahor was from the family of Serug.
Serug was from the family of Reu.
Reu was from the family of Peleg.
Peleg was from the family of Eber.
Eber was from the family of Shelah.
36 Shelah was from the family of Cainan.
Cainan was from the family of Arphaxad.
Arphaxad was from the family of Shem.
Shem was from the family of Noah.
Noah was from the family of Lamech.
37 Lamech was from the family of Methuselah.
Methuselah was from the family of Enoch.
Enoch was from the family of Jared.
Jared was from the family of Mahalalel.
Mahalalel was from the family of Cainan.
38 Cainan was from the family of Enosh.
Enosh was from the family of Seth.
Seth was from the family of Adam.
Adam was from God.[j]
Footnotes
- 3:1 Tiberius Caesar ruled over all the countries where Rome had authority. He began to rule in AD 11 after Caesar Augustus died. See Luke 2:1. This report about John the Baptist begins in AD 25-26.
- 3:1 Galilee, Iturea, Trachonitis and Abilene were the names of some of the different regions of Judea, where the Romans had authority. They chose men to rule those places for them. Judea was the country where the Jewish people lived.
- 3:6 See Isaiah 40:3-5. Isaiah was using a picture to show people what would happen when the Lord was ready to come into the world. At that time, people mended the roads before a ruler arrived. Isaiah showed that someone would prepare the way for the Lord to come. John the Baptist was that person.
- 3:8 The Jews knew that they were God's special people. But how they lived was important to God. God wanted them to live good lives. At that time, many of them did not seem to understand that. When they did not obey him, he was angry with them. He was ready to punish those people, if they would not obey him.
- 3:8 The Jews called themselves ‘children of Abraham’. God had used Abraham many centuries before to start their family.
- 3:14 Many people who took taxes were not honest. They often took too much money. They took it for themselves. John told them that they should be honest. God would then know that these people really wanted to obey him.
- 3:19 Herod had married Herodias. She was already the wife of Philip. Philip was Herod's brother.
- 3:22 God called Jesus, ‘my Son’. Jesus often said that God was his father.
- 3:23 To the Jews, a person's family was very important. God had promised to send the Messiah, who would be from David's family. It was necessary to show that the Messiah was from the family of David. So both Matthew and Luke record the family of Jesus. But the two lists are completely different. Matthew gives the list of names from Abraham to Joseph that the law would recognize. In Jewish law, Joseph was the father of Jesus but in fact, he was not. Matthew starts his list with Abraham and finishes with Jesus (see Matthew 1:2-16). This shows that Jesus as a man is Jewish. Jesus was the Messiah that God promised to Israel. Luke shows that Jesus is not in fact a son of Joseph. So he gives the list of the people in Mary's family. Joseph was the son of Jacob (see Matthew 1:16). Heli was the father of Joseph's wife Mary. Mary was the daughter of Heli. But the Jews would not usually end or start the family list with a woman. So Luke does not mention Mary by name.
- 3:38 The names of all the people in a family were very important to the Jews. In that way, they knew that they were Jews. The list shows that Jesus was in the same family as Judah, David and Abraham.
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