Luke 3:10-18

English Standard Version

¹⁰ And the crowds asked him, ^(A)“What then shall we do?” ¹¹ And he answered them, ^(B)“Whoever has two tunics^[a] is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.” ^12 (C)Tax collectors also came to be baptized and said to him, “Teacher, ^(D)what shall we do?” ¹³ And he said to them, ^(E)“Collect no more than you are authorized to do.” ¹⁴ Soldiers also asked him, “And we, ^(F)what shall we do?” And he said to them, ^(G)“Do not extort money from anyone by threats or by false accusation, and be content with your ^(H)wages.”

¹⁵ As the people were in expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, ^(I)whether he might be ^(J)the Christ, ^16 (K)John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but ^(L)he who is mightier than I is coming, ^(M)the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you ^(N)with the Holy Spirit and ^(O)fire. ¹⁷ His ^(P)winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to ^(Q)gather the wheat into his barn, ^(R)but the chaff he will burn with ^(S)unquenchable fire.”

¹⁸ So ^(T)with many other exhortations he preached good news to the people.