Popular Bible Verses from Luke 3

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Noo, it was, that whan aʼ the folk war bapteezʼt, Jesus too was bapteezʼt, and continued in prayer — and the heevens war unsteekit, And the Holie Spirit cam doon in bodily form like a doo upon him; and a voice cam oot oʼ the heevens, “Thou art my Son, the Beloved Ane; in Thee I delicht!”

John answerʼt, sayin till ane‐and‐aʼ, “I, indeed, bapteeze ye wiʼ watir; but Ane comes wha is michtier than I; the whang oʼ whase shoon I am‐na fit to lout doon and lowse. He sal bapteeze ye wiʼ Holie Spirit and wiʼ fire.

“Bring ye than forth frutes fit for repentance; and begin‐na to say wiʼ yersels, ‘We hae a faither, eʼen Abraʼm!’ For say I tʼye, that God coud raise up oʼ thae stanes bairns till Abraʼm!

“And eʼen noo the axe is by the rute oʼ the trees: ilka tree bringin‐na forth gude fruit is cuttit doon, and cuisten intil the lowe.”

As it is putten‐doon iʼ the buik oʼ the sayins oʼ Esaiah the prophet, “The sough oʼ ane cryin oot iʼ the muirlands, ‘Mak ye gangable the Lordʼs way! mak straucht his fit‐roads.’ “Ilka heugh sal be filled heigh; and ilka mountain and hill sal be made laigh, and the gleyʼt sal be made straucht, and the rouch ways plain; “And aʼ flesh sal look on Godʼs salvation!”