WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:07.140 Chapter Three Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius 00:07.140 --> 00:11.240 Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, 00:11.660 --> 00:15.960 and his brother Philip, tetrarch of Etruria, and of the region of Trachonitis, 00:16.360 --> 00:21.300 and Lysanus the tetrarch of Abilene, Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, 00:21.840 --> 00:26.020 the word of God came unto John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness. 00:26.720 --> 00:31.740 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of 00:31.740 --> 00:36.300 repentance for the remission of sins, as it is written in the book of the words 00:36.300 --> 00:40.540 of Esaias, the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 00:41.100 --> 00:44.820 Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 00:45.580 --> 00:50.040 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, 00:50.420 --> 00:55.140 and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth, 00:55.140 --> 00:59.220 and all flesh shall see the salvation of God. 01:00.160 --> 01:05.260 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation 01:05.260 --> 01:09.800 of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 01:11.220 --> 01:16.100 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within 01:16.100 --> 01:19.380 yourselves, We have Abraham to our father. 01:19.740 --> 01:25.860 For I say unto you, that God is able, of these stones, to raise up children unto 01:25.860 --> 01:26.480 Abraham. 01:27.220 --> 01:30.740 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees. 01:31.280 --> 01:36.260 Every tree therefore, which bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down, 01:36.440 --> 01:37.900 and cast into the fire. 01:38.660 --> 01:41.700 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? 01:42.060 --> 01:47.360 He answereth, and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to 01:47.360 --> 01:48.380 him that hath none. 01:48.380 --> 01:51.760 And he that hath meat, let him do likewise. 01:52.640 --> 01:58.640 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we 01:58.640 --> 01:58.940 do? 01:59.180 --> 02:03.340 And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. 02:03.640 --> 02:07.640 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? 02:07.800 --> 02:13.760 And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely, 02:13.880 --> 02:16.000 and be content with your wages. 02:16.000 --> 02:21.460 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, 02:21.700 --> 02:26.520 whether he were the Christ or not, John answered, saying unto them all, 02:26.700 --> 02:31.800 I indeed baptize you with water, but one mightier than I cometh, 02:32.400 --> 02:35.940 the lachet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose. 02:36.680 --> 02:42.460 He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire, whose fan is in his hand, 02:42.600 --> 02:47.800 and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner, 02:48.300 --> 02:51.940 but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. 02:52.320 --> 02:56.060 And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people. 02:56.940 --> 03:01.600 But Herod the Tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias, his brother Philip's 03:01.600 --> 03:07.760 wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, added yet this above all, 03:08.380 --> 03:10.380 that he shut up John in prison. 03:11.520 --> 03:16.620 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also being 03:16.620 --> 03:23.520 baptized and praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Ghost descended in a 03:23.520 --> 03:28.620 bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven which said, 03:28.940 --> 03:33.260 Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased. 03:33.900 --> 03:38.760 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, 03:39.060 --> 03:43.400 the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, which was the son of Mathat, 03:43.700 --> 03:48.000 which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Jana, 03:48.380 --> 03:52.900 which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of 03:52.900 --> 03:57.640 Amos, which was the son of Nahum, which was the son of Ezli, which was the 03:57.640 --> 04:01.480 son of Nagi, which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, 04:02.160 --> 04:04.960 which was the son of Semii, which was the son of Joseph, 04:35.920 --> 04:40.360 which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of 04:40.360 --> 04:45.240 Eliakim, which was the son of Melia, which was the son of Menan, which was the 04:45.240 --> 04:48.960 son of Matathah, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David, 04:49.440 --> 04:54.180 which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Boaz, 04:54.560 --> 04:58.960 which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasan, which was the son of 04:58.960 --> 05:03.740 Amminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Ezram, Which was the 05:03.740 --> 05:07.620 son of Pharaoh, which was the son of Judah, which was the son of Jacob, 05:08.100 --> 05:12.360 which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of 05:12.360 --> 05:17.340 Pharaoh, which was the son of Nacor, which was the son of Serac, which was the 05:17.340 --> 05:22.220 son of Ragah, which was the son of Phalic, which was the son of Heber, which was the 05:22.220 --> 05:26.400 son of Selah, which was the son of Canaan, which was the son of Arphaxad, 05:26.880 --> 05:31.340 which was the son of Sam, which was the son of Noah, which was the son of Lamech, 05:31.740 --> 05:33.180 which was the son of Methuselah,