Luke 3:17-19

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁷ He will come ready to clean the grain.^[a] He will separate the good grain from the straw, and he will put the good part into his barn. Then he will burn the useless part with a fire that cannot be stopped.” ¹⁸ John said many other things like this to encourage the people to change, and he told them the Good News.

How John’s Work Later Ended

¹⁹ John criticized Herod the ruler for what he had done with Herodias, the wife of Herod’s brother, as well as for all the other bad things he had done.