Luke 3
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Chapter 3
John the Baptist prepares people to meet Jesus
1This report is about John, the son of Zechariah. It happened when Tiberius Caesar had been the Roman ruler for 15 years. Pontius Pilate was the Roman ruler of Judea. Herod had authority over the region of Galilee. Herod's brother Philip had authority over Iturea and Trachonitis. Lysanias had authority over Abilene. #3:1 Tiberius Caesar ruled over all the countries where Rome had authority. Judea was the country where the Jewish people lived. Galilee, Iturea, Trachonitis and Abilene were the names of different regions of Judea, where the Romans had authority. They chose men to rule those places for them. 2At this time, the leaders of the priests were Annas and Caiaphas. John was living in the wilderness. While he was there, God spoke to him.
3John went to many places near the Jordan River and he spoke a message from God. #3:3 The Jordan River went from Galilee in the north to the Salt Sea (Dead Sea) in the south. He taught people, ‘You have done many wrong things. You must turn away from them and change how you live. Then God will forgive you and I will baptize you.’
4The prophet Isaiah wrote this message from God in his book:
‘Somebody's voice is shouting in the wilderness,
“The Lord will come soon, so prepare a way for him.
Make the paths straight for him.
5Fill in every valley. Make every mountain and hill flat.
Take away every bend so that the road is straight.
Take away all the rocks so that the road is flat.
6Then everyone will see how God can save them.” ’ #3:6 See Isaiah 40:3-5. At that time, people mended the roads before a king travelled along them. Isaiah showed that someone would prepare the way for the Lord to come. John the Baptist was that person.
7Crowds of people were going out into the wilderness. They wanted John to baptize them. He told them, ‘You are like dangerous snakes! God is angry. You are trying to run away from him. But he will soon punish people like you. 8You have to show that you are sorry. Change how you live. Stop doing things that God does not like. Do not begin to say to yourselves, “We are descendants of Abraham. God will surely not punish us.” Listen! God can take these stones and make children for Abraham out of them! 9You are like trees that have bad fruit. God has an axe ready to use. He will cut down every tree that does not make good fruit. He will throw those trees into the fire.’ #3:9 God wanted his people to live good lives. He was ready to punish those people if they would not obey him.
10People in the crowd asked John, ‘So what should we do?’
11John answered, ‘If you have two shirts, give one away. Give it to someone who does not have even one shirt. If you have some food, give some of it away. Give it to someone who has no food.’
12In the crowd, there were men who took taxes from people. These men also wanted John to baptize them. They asked him, ‘Teacher, what should we do?’
13John told them, ‘You must take the right amount of money from people. You must not take more money than the rules say you should take.’ #3:13 Many people who took taxes for the Romans were not honest. They often took too much money.
14Then some soldiers asked John, ‘What about us? What should we do?’
John replied, ‘Do not rob people of their money. Do not say that a person is guilty if he has not done anything wrong. You must not take money for yourself in that way. You should be happy with the money that you receive for your work.’
15At this time people were thinking, ‘Is John the Messiah that God has promised to send to us?’ They were all hoping that he might be. #3:15 Messiah is a Hebrew word for a king that God has chosen to rule his people. In the Greek language the word is ‘Christ.’ God promised his people that the Messiah would come to rescue them, and to be their king.
16John said to the people, ‘I baptize you with water. But someone else is coming soon. He is much greater than I am. I am not good enough even to undo his shoes for him. This man will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 17He is like a farmer who brings the wheat home from his field. He uses a special tool to throw the wheat up in the air. He does this to make the wheat seeds separate from the chaff. Then he cleans his yard. He carefully stores all the seeds to keep them safe. But he burns everything else in a great fire that nobody can put out.’
18John said many more things to the people. He was telling them the good news about how God could change their lives. 19One day John told Herod, the ruler, that it was wrong for him to marry Herodias. Before that, she had been the wife of Herod's brother. #3:19 Herodias was already the wife of Philip, Herod's brother. Herod should not have married her. See Leviticus 20:21. John also told Herod that he had done many other bad things. 20So then Herod did an even worse thing. He locked John up in prison.
John the Baptist baptizes Jesus
21While John was still baptizing all the people, he also baptized Jesus. While Jesus was praying, the sky opened. 22The Holy Spirit came down onto Jesus. When he came down like that, he looked like a dove. Then a voice spoke from heaven, ‘You are my Son and I love you. You make me very happy.’
The ancestors of Jesus
23Jesus was about 30 years old when he began his work. People thought that he was the son of Joseph.
Joseph was from the family of Heli. #3:23 Both Matthew and Luke record the family of Jesus. But the two lists are different. See Matthew 1:16. Heli was the father of Joseph's wife Mary. Mary was the daughter of Heli. But the Jews would not usually end or start the family list with a woman. So Luke does not use Mary's name.
24Heli was from the family of Matthat.
Matthat was from the family of Levi.
Levi was from the family of Melchi.
Melchi was from the family of Jannai.
Jannai was from the family of Joseph.
25Joseph was from the family of Mattathias.
Mattathias was from the family of Amos.
Amos was from the family of Nahum.
Nahum was from the family of Esli.
Esli was from the family of Naggai.
26Naggai was from the family of Maath.
Maath was from the family of Mattathias.
Mattathias was from the family of Semein.
Semein was from the family of Josech.
Josech was from the family of Joda.
27Joda was from the family of Joanan.
Joanan was from the family of Rhesa.
Rhesa was from the family of Zerubbabel.
Zerubbabel was from the family of Shealtiel.
Shealtiel was from the family of Neri.
28Neri was from the family of Melchi.
Melchi was from the family of Addi.
Addi was from the family of Cosam.
Cosam was from the family of Elmadam.
Elmadam was from the family of Er.
29Er was from the family of Joshua.
Joshua was from the family of Eliezer.
Eliezer was from the family of Jorim.
Jorim was from the family of Matthat.
Matthat was from the family of Levi.
30Levi was from the family of Simeon.
Simeon was from the family of Judah.
Judah was from the family of Joseph.
Joseph was from the family of Jonam.
Jonam was from the family of Eliakim.
31Eliakim was from the family of Melea.
Melea was from the family of Menna.
Menna was from the family of Mattatha.
Mattatha was from the family of Nathan.
Nathan was from the family of David.
32David was from the family of Jesse.
Jesse was from the family of Obed.
Obed was from the family of Boaz.
Boaz was from the family of Salmon.
Salmon was from the family of Nahshon.
33Nahshon was from the family of Amminadab.
Amminadab was from the family of Ram.
Ram was from the family of Hezron.
Hezron was from the family of Perez.
Perez was from the family of Judah.
34Judah was from the family of Jacob.
Jacob was from the family of Isaac.
Isaac was from the family of Abraham.
Abraham was from the family of Terah.
Terah was from the family of Nahor.
35Nahor was from the family of Serug.
Serug was from the family of Reu.
Reu was from the family of Peleg.
Peleg was from the family of Eber.
Eber was from the family of Shelah.
36Shelah was from the family of Cainan.
Cainan was from the family of Arphaxad.
Arphaxad was from the family of Shem.
Shem was from the family of Noah.
Noah was from the family of Lamech.
37Lamech was from the family of Methuselah.
Methuselah was from the family of Enoch.
Enoch was from the family of Jared.
Jared was from the family of Mahalalel.
Mahalalel was from the family of Cainan.
38Cainan was from the family of Enosh.
Enosh was from the family of Seth.
Seth was from the family of Adam.
Adam was from God. #3:38 Adam was the first person that God made. See Genesis 2. The names of all the people in a family were very important to the Jews. The list shows that Jesus was a descendant of Judah, David and Abraham.
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