Luke 3:15-18
Christian Standard Bible
15 Now the people were waiting expectantly, and all of them were questioning in their hearts whether John might be the Messiah.(A) 16 John answered them all,(B) “I baptize you with water, but one who is more powerful than I am is coming. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with[a] the Holy Spirit and fire. 17 His winnowing shovel(C) is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and gather the wheat into his barn,(D) but the chaff he will burn with fire that never goes out.”(E) 18 Then, along with many other exhortations, he proclaimed good news to the people.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 3:16 Or in
The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible®, and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers, all rights reserved.